Impressive Windows 8 laptop/tablet form factors by various manufacture

Announcement of Microsoft Surface gave us an hint of whats coming. If that was interesting to you, these new Windows 8 laptop/tablet form-actors by other manufacturers will definitely appeal to you.

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With IFA 2012 taking place just two months before the launch of Windows 8, it was all but guaranteed that major PC players would have next-generation hardware on display. They did, and this year there’s one particular form factor that stole the show: convertibles, or hybrids whichever label you prefer to slap on the laptop-tablet remixes. Asus, Dell, HP, Samsung, Sony, and Toshiba all had models on display.

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[Coke Robot]

Wait, I'm not old enough obviously to know what a bag phone is, but I think I've once seen a backpack that contained the guts of the phone and hand piece out of it, is that what you're talking about Hippsie? I'm impressed that you haven't had a landline for 12 years, well done! I personally hate land lines, don't really know why...


I don't find the hybrid laptops all too pleasing to me. It just don't like the bulk of the keyboard and trackpad. The Surface Pro does a better job of it I find. It's the ideal tablet hybrid.

Thats the whole beauty of the different designs, you buy what you like. A lot of the hybrids add more than just a keyboard and track pad. In some you'll find a second battery, additional USB ports, etc. I would think it would be a lot easier to use a hybrid with the keyboard dock attached, on your lap like a laptop than the Surface. In tablet only mode they'd be the same thing but different.

I think you can say that's the beauty of Windows 8, new PCs, new user experiences, new user scenarios, delivered to all in what they like.

 

[MikeFromHC]

The new tablet PCs being revealed are pretty nice. I've a few I'd consider, but none are really making me want a particular one. Right now, I'm still rather set on a Surface. You can pop off a thin colored screen protector that is also a keyboard and prop it up with the kickstand and use the Surface Pro's digital pen possibly as a stylus for precise navigation and designing.

Agreed. But it is the software that will be a deciding factor for many.

I've sat on several boards and most of the time a lap top was of little use.
I want to draw circles, underline, draw arrows and scribble quick one liners on agendas and reports.
MSFT and other have demo'd apps that do just that. If it can convert MY handwriting to something legible I'm happy.
Add something that links older agendas and reports the way Outlook does and I'm in Hog Heaven.
My memory of what was said or (not) done has always been good but the promise to do it can be hard to find in three years of reports.

 

[Kebero]

Add something that links older agendas and reports the way Outlook does and I'm in Hog Heaven.
My memory of what was said or (not) done has always been good but the promise to do it can be hard to find in three years of reports.

Have you taken a look at OneNote MX yest?

 

[MikeFromHC]

Add something that links older agendas and reports the way Outlook does and I'm in Hog Heaven.
My memory of what was said or (not) done has always been good but the promise to do it can be hard to find in three years of reports.

Have you taken a look at OneNote MX yest?

Thanks. This (Microsoft Courier Booklet (Dual-Screen) - YouTube) is what I was thinking of but I'll bet OneNote includes most if not all of it.