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I’ll try it today – for now, word, excel and access run smoothly, but I worked only with middle size single files.

Browser? Have to check it.

15 days ago on So I bought my wife HP Envy X2... (questions / suggestions)

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And for hipsters.

21 days ago on I'm curious: Exactly what x86 apps do 'regular' users need that would render Windows RT useless?

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Yeap. Regular user (student) who wants to remotely access online science library like sciencedirect.com using theirs college tunnel connection. It’s extremely common for Warsaw’s students.

21 days ago on I'm curious: Exactly what x86 apps do 'regular' users need that would render Windows RT useless? 1 reply

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As I said later in the comments – I’m talking about out-of-the-box regular experience. Regular user don’t care about ported desktop apps. You can also change the kernell and install linux on Surface RT, but I don’t think it’s the solution.

21 days ago on I'm curious: Exactly what x86 apps do 'regular' users need that would render Windows RT useless? 2 replies 2 recommends

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Not really. Almost everyone I know uses at least one specific x86 app which don’t have a replacement in Windows Store.

21 days ago on I'm curious: Exactly what x86 apps do 'regular' users need that would render Windows RT useless? 1 reply 2 recommends

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But it is not in the store. We are talking here about regular experience for average user. You can also install Linux on Surface RT, but it doesn’t mean that…

21 days ago on I'm curious: Exactly what x86 apps do 'regular' users need that would render Windows RT useless? 1 reply 1 recommend

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- notepad++
- putty
- photoshop (it’s a common tool)
- filezilla
- outlook

Plus power-user software:
- Visual Studio
- SQL Server

to name a few…

21 days ago on I'm curious: Exactly what x86 apps do 'regular' users need that would render Windows RT useless? 5 replies 4 recommends