{"id":3887,"date":"2017-02-16T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/?p=3887"},"modified":"2017-02-16T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T18:43:00","slug":"good-article-on-latest-windows-tablets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/good-article-on-latest-windows-tablets\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Article on Latest Windows Tablets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Feb 16, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an article with a good rundown of\u00a0the latest Windows tablets that are out there.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/microsoft-surface-pro-5-alternatives\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/microsoft-surface-pro-5-alternatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you know I am a fan of Windows tablets because they can run a full desktop copy of Microsoft Outlook. You really need a full desktop copy of Outlook to enable the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/1MTDvsMYN.html\">MYN<\/a>\u00a0system&#8212;don&#8217;t try to use a watered-down app or web version of Outlook for that.<\/p>\n<p>However, I am not a fan of the tablet apps available on Windows tablets. The app selection is still pretty lame. I&#8217;d only get one because of Outlook, or just to get a thin and lightweight laptop (see next point).<\/p>\n<p>Most of the machines in this list are really hybrids: combination laptops and tablets. So they are not really light enough to replace\u00a0a ten-inch iPad, say. Two\u00a0exceptions in the list: The Huawei Matebook, which at 1.4 pounds is the same weight as my favorite Windows tablet the\u00a0Surface 3 (non-Pro). And the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S which weighs 1.5 lbs.\u00a0It&#8217;s good\u00a0to see these two because Microsoft&#8217;s small Surface 3 line (non-Pro) appears to be discontinued. But even the other, heavier, hybrids listed here still offer usefulness, and most in this list have an <a title=\"The Importance of an Active Digitizer Pen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/the-importance-of-an-active-digitizer-pen\/\">active digitizer pen<\/a> option.<\/p>\n<p>Again, check out the article\u00a0here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/microsoft-surface-pro-5-alternatives\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/microsoft-surface-pro-5-alternatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 16, 2017 Here&#8217;s an article with a good rundown of\u00a0the latest Windows tablets that are out there.\u00a0https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/microsoft-surface-pro-5-alternatives\/ As you know I am a fan of Windows tablets because they can run a full desktop copy of Microsoft Outlook. You &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/good-article-on-latest-windows-tablets\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3887"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3892,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3887\/revisions\/3892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}