Originally Posted by
BranSolo
I think you're missing the point of what I'm saying. The surface CAN replace my laptop for my travelling duties.
it's a hybrid. it's also not selling that well.
I'm sure I could cobble together what I need from an iPad if I was willing to install servers in all of our global offices to support airprint, carry an SD card reader, another adapter for video output, and just deal with it when I can't browse a file share (sure, probably there's some app somewhere that can do this). At that point I might as well just carry a laptop as well, which is what I was trying to avoid.
you're not the typical use case for an ipad. as i said before, no one device can do everything. pick the best tool for the job. there are things surface can't do that an ipad can't. some people might have both.
I'm not saying Office on iPad (that as far as we know doesn't exist) couldn't open files, I'm saying there's no file browser on the iPad.
ipads are not file centric. they are document centric. there is no need for a file browser. it doesn't make any sense.
There's probably an app somewhere that can do it, but it's annoying that I can't just click a link in an email to open an intranet file share, find the file I'm looking for, double click and open it. This works on my Surface.
you can click on a link in an email and open an attachment.
I don't know why you're arguing so vehemently that iPad can do all of this stuff.
i'm not arguing at all. you said an ipad can't do a number of things which it can easily do, including offloading photos from a camera and uploading them to flickr, finding airprint printers in best buy or using a non-airprint printer and using a projector with a presenatation. an ipad can easily do all of that.
You *can* change the oil on your car with nothing but a pan and a rag, but it's a lot easier with the right wrench. For what I use a tablet for in particular, the surface is the easiest tool for the job. I used to have an iPad, but I sold it on craigslist after picking up a Surface RT. Surely for others the iPad will be better and for others an Android would be better. YMMV.
nothing wrong with that. i never said an ipad is for everyone.