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Post by midjd on Apr 17, 2015 20:44:22 GMT -5
This is not making my decision any easier!  Captain, I am drooling over that tablet. It looks like everything I would ever want. The only factor that gives me pause is Windows 8 -- I am not opposed to it but I use Mac iOS at home/phone and Windows 7 at work, so I'm not really familiar with 8. I could probably adapt though. From what I've seen of it I can see how it would be great on a device designed for apps. The keyboard case is also awesome and appeals to my cheapness. Then again, I haven't actually done anything on the iPad for months (DD mainly uses it to look at pictures of puppies) so who knows how buggy it is. Maybe by the time Black Friday rolls back around, I'll have made a decision...  |
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Post by taz157 on Apr 17, 2015 21:02:56 GMT -5
In our house, there is: - 2 smartphones (1 an iPhone and 1 Samsung Galaxy 4 but will be an iPhone soon)
- 3 iPads (me, DH and DD)
- 4 laptops (my old one that we don't use anymore, my current one, DH's personal that he hardly uses and her work one that he just got last week)
ETA: I also have a Kindle Fire that I hardly use anymore and to think of it, I don't know where it is. It maybe in one of my nightstand drawers. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2015 21:20:17 GMT -5
I have an old (7 years, I think) desktop. It still works fine for what I do with it.I had a newer laptop but I gave it to DD a few weeks ago because I never used it and she needed one. I have an old black and white Kindle and last year's Kindle Fire. The Fire was a gift because I'm so behind the times lol. I was perfectly fine without it, but I do use it. Mostly just to see what you all are talking about, play Sudoku and play Pandora through my Beats speaker. Almost everything else computer related, I do on my desktop. I still read books on my old Kindle though. The gift giver doesn't know that.
I'm still using my Blackberry smart phone I bought 4 years ago. I haven't upgraded because I'm so far behind, I don't want a phone that is touch-screen only. My phone is touch-screen, but it also has real keys.
My iPod is old and was made when all you could do with them was load music, movies and pictures onto them.
People IRL just shake their head sadly at me and joke about my "dinosaurs".
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2015 21:26:29 GMT -5
Is this an ok place to say (again) that I spend way too much time correcting the auto correct on my Fire? It's a PITA trying to catch most of it so I don't look like a complete idiot. Ugh!
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Post by trippypea on Apr 18, 2015 7:49:25 GMT -5
I have a desktop iMac, a PC laptop (which I rarely use because PCs stink), a Kindle Fire, a Kindle Keyboard, and an iPhone. DH has two Mac desktops, his work Mac laptop, and a basic cell phone. DD #1 and DD#2 each have two PC laptops, a Kindle Fire, an Ipod, and an iPhone.
The two Macs DH has are from 2002 and work fine! The PCs crap out after a year...
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Apr 20, 2015 11:12:47 GMT -5
Is this an ok place to say (again) that I spend way too much time correcting the auto correct on my Fire? It's a PITA trying to catch most of it so I don't look like a complete idiot. Ugh! My Kindle autocorrects all kinds of crazy things. I just got a new one (might be same as yours) and it gives me the option to add to the dictionary more often, so that's helpful. I've almost broken it of correcting things to versions of duck. Ducking, ducked.... I never ever mean ducking!  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 11:16:14 GMT -5
Is this an ok place to say (again) that I spend way too much time correcting the auto correct on my Fire? It's a PITA trying to catch most of it so I don't look like a complete idiot. Ugh! My Kindle autocorrects all kinds of crazy things. I just got a new one (might be same as yours) and it gives me the option to add to the dictionary more often, so that's helpful. I've almost broken it of correcting things to versions of duck. Ducking, ducked.... I never ever mean ducking!  |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Apr 20, 2015 11:27:51 GMT -5
It wasn't ducking Kindle that I was typing  It is good for some laughs though. |
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Post by The Captain on Apr 20, 2015 11:36:01 GMT -5
This is not making my decision any easier! Captain, I am drooling over that tablet. It looks like everything I would ever want. The only factor that gives me pause is Windows 8 -- I am not opposed to it but I use Mac iOS at home/phone and Windows 7 at work, so I'm not really familiar with 8. I could probably adapt though. From what I've seen of it I can see how it would be great on a device designed for apps. The keyboard case is also awesome and appeals to my cheapness. Then again, I haven't actually done anything on the iPad for months (DD mainly uses it to look at pictures of puppies) so who knows how buggy it is. Maybe by the time Black Friday rolls back around, I'll have made a decision... The Windows 8 O/S has a dummy Windows 7 overlay feature if you're more comfortable in that environment. I'm still learning the new O/S and flip back to the old interface when needed. However, to really get the benefits of the touch screen you need to learn 8, still - it's nice to have the old interface available. (Seriously, go get the damn thing - you'll thank me!) |
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Apr 20, 2015 11:40:56 GMT -5
This is not making my decision any easier! Captain, I am drooling over that tablet. It looks like everything I would ever want. The only factor that gives me pause is Windows 8 -- I am not opposed to it but I use Mac iOS at home/phone and Windows 7 at work, so I'm not really familiar with 8. I could probably adapt though. From what I've seen of it I can see how it would be great on a device designed for apps. The keyboard case is also awesome and appeals to my cheapness. Then again, I haven't actually done anything on the iPad for months (DD mainly uses it to look at pictures of puppies) so who knows how buggy it is. Maybe by the time Black Friday rolls back around, I'll have made a decision... The Windows 8 O/S has a dummy Windows 7 overlay feature if you're more comfortable in that environment. I'm still learning the new O/S and flip back to the old interface when needed. However, to really get the benefits of the touch screen you need to learn 8, still - it's nice to have the old interface available. (Seriously, go get the damn thing - you'll thank me!) So does mine. I HATE Windows 8 and am so glad that the desktop I bought at the same time has 7 on it. I'm still waiting for 10 to come out for my laptop (which does have a touch screen but I rarely use it), as it's supposed to be off the 7 platform. |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Apr 20, 2015 11:41:56 GMT -5
This is not making my decision any easier! Captain, I am drooling over that tablet. It looks like everything I would ever want. The only factor that gives me pause is Windows 8 -- I am not opposed to it but I use Mac iOS at home/phone and Windows 7 at work, so I'm not really familiar with 8. I could probably adapt though. From what I've seen of it I can see how it would be great on a device designed for apps. The keyboard case is also awesome and appeals to my cheapness. Then again, I haven't actually done anything on the iPad for months (DD mainly uses it to look at pictures of puppies) so who knows how buggy it is. Maybe by the time Black Friday rolls back around, I'll have made a decision... The Windows 8 O/S has a dummy Windows 7 overlay feature if you're more comfortable in that environment. I'm still learning the new O/S and flip back to the old interface when needed. However, to really get the benefits of the touch screen you need to learn 8, still - it's nice to have the old interface available. (Seriously, go get the damn thing - you'll thank me!) I have 8 on my phone (Yes, I'm that one person that bought a Windows phone). It's not that hard but it's on a device, not a computer.  |
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Post by grumpyhermit on Apr 20, 2015 13:40:19 GMT -5
* Laptop (Windows 8.1)
* Desktop (Windows 8.1)
* 10 inch Android Tablet
* 7 inch Android Tablet
* Kindle Paperwhite
* 3 game consoles (X1, 360, PS3)
* smartphone
It's just me, and all of this equipment is essentially in the same room.
Regarding W8.1; I hate it, and I am one of the people that try to make the interface as much like Windows 7 as possible. The biggest problem I had was the lack of the traditional "Start" menu. I am....adapting... and have since found some software that emulates the old Start Menu.
It is definitely a touch based interface (Laptop has touch, desktop does not) but I just try to avoid the "Start Screen" at all costs. I find this essential "tablet" OS on a traditional computer annoying. I would never buy a Windows based OS if all I wanted was a tablet; the app support is horrible, and the apps they do have, are often not as good/stable as their Android/Apple counterparts. I was using the desktop to watch Hulu (via the app) and it crashed at least a few times a day. I never have issues with the Hulu app on my android devices or my game systems.
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