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30 Days with Surface Pro: Day 9 Back on Day 6 of the 30 Days with Surface Pro series I spent some time looking at the Windows Store, and exploring the apps available for Windows 8. Today, I’m going to […]
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30 Days with Surface Pro: Day 8 For today’s 30 Days with Surface Pro adventure, I’m going to dive into the Start screen–the Windows 8 Modern / Metro interface that Windows 8 boots into by default. I need to customize
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30 Days with Surface Pro: Day 7 I spent Day 6 of the 30 Days with Surface Pro series exploring the pros and cons of the Windows Store. On a Surface RT (or other device running Windows RT) the Windows
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30 Days with Surface Pro: Day 6 Today I’m going to take a look at the Windows Store–the online repository of apps designed for Windows 8. Microsoft had an ambitious goal of hitting 100,000 apps in the first 90 days.
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30 Days with Surface Pro: Day 5 At some point in this 30 Days with Surface Pro series, I’ll focus on its functions and capabilities as a tablet. But, first I am trying to just get it set up and
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30 Days with Surface Pro: Day 4 In case you missed the memo–and all of the subsequent reviews and backlash since the new operating system launched–Windows 8 is a dramatic departure from Windows 7. Windows 8 is Microsoft’s first attempt
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30 Days with Surface Pro: Day 3 As I turned the Surface Pro on for the first time, I had to run through the initial configuration. After selecting English as the language, and adding the necessary key to connect the
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Alright. So, let’s get this party started. Today is the unboxing. First–in the interest of full disclosure–let me say that this Surface Pro is on loan from Microsoft. I already have a Samsung Series 7 Slate tablet running Windows 8,
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30 Days with Surface Pro: Day 1 I’ve done a few Morgan Spurlock-esque experiments over the last few years where I immerse myself in a new platform or technology for 30 days and blog daily about the experience. I’ve switched
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