Posted by: kurtsh | May 10, 2013

NEWS: "CIO Road Test: Microsoft Surface Pro Beats Apple iPad"

imageExcellent read on Surface Pro from an actual CIO.

Rough summary of Surface Pro:

  • Stylish. Sleek, angular, and attractive.
  • Speed & Power. Faster than most anything on the market for CPU & networking… capable of running mega-applications like Adobe Lightroom.
  • Enterprise Manageable. Joins domains, respects IT policies.
  • Enterprise Connected. Accesses network drives, printers, & apps. Works with Lync. Seamlessly connects to Windows Live ID, Skydrive.
  • Enterprise Secure. Adheres to IT security policies, encrypted storage, leverages existing Enterprise security software.
  • Workplace Friendly. Immediately connects to desktop peripherals: Displays, mice, keyboards, speakers, hard drives, & wired gigabit networking over USB 3.0.
  • Compatible. Provides 100% of the functionality & application support of Windows 7 – including HTML5 & Flash support in Internet Explorer 10 & VPN clients.
  • Touch-Enabled. ‘Metro’ apps like Internet Explorer 10 work exactly as advertised… it’s an efficient & quick-to-use interface for touch screens.
  • Full Keyboard. Touch cover keyboard is highly portable & very usable as a traditional desktop keyboard.
  • Multitasking. Productively changing work contexts between tasks is as easy as a desktop PC.
  • Productive. 1080p/multiple external display support provides extremely large screen real estate for multitasking along with full mouse/keyboard.

(And even with all this praise, he doesn’t address the Durability of Surface Pro’s VaporMg casing, the availability of Pen Computing through it’s Wacom digitizer & stylus, or the capability to add Extensible Storage via micro SD flash – all of which I believe are also important.)

Read it here:

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