dell xps 13 ! On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 2:42 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < [email protected]> wrote:
> I have a Microsoft surface that I bought to resolve the very problem you > have (the too big and heavy one, not the having to downsize to make my wife > happy one). > > I have a smallish "personal item" sized bag (my wife calls it my "murse") > that I keep all of the things I might need during a flight, such as phone > charger, usb cables, pencils, etc. This fits nicely in there and doesn't > take up too much space. > > Overall, it's a similar size to a tablet, and can be used that way as > well. It also runs normal windows stuff, so you can probably run > solidworks. You may actually find that the stylus pen you can get for the > surface makes certain solidworks operations easier, but that most likely > depends on what operations you are performing. > > On the other hand my wife just replaced her tablet with a new large > Samsung tablet which comes with a nice keyboard as well. Id have to look > up the model but for everything she does (email, support tickets, etc) it > works fine. But it isn't as nice to do actual work on as the surface. > > One last note about the surface. The tablet version uses an optional > magnetic snap on keyboard which can be removed. They have also released a > new version with a permantely attached keyboard. Im intrigued by this but > not completely convinced. > > > On Sun, Sep 8, 2019, 11:45 AM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My wife is busy (for months) planning some travel for this fall. She >> told me I am not taking my laptop. Too big, too heavy etc etc. (I >> actually left it on a train at Heathrow once, had enough time to go catch >> that same train and found it.)But I digress. >> >> She says I can have an iPad. I acquiesce due to the fact that she micro >> manages these trips and I don’t have to do a thing. She likes it that way >> and I like it that way. I just go where I am told to go and I pay. She >> makes sure I have clean clothes and the proper tickets needed for travel as >> well as hotel rooms. It is actually pretty wonderful. She teams up with >> my UK son-in-law as he is like this too. >> >> But again, I digress. >> >> I know almost zero about iPads. I need a human size keyboard. Hopefully >> one with keys that physically move. I would like to be able to plug in an >> HDMI monitor too. Mouse? >> >> Dear Borg, what are my options? >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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