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So, I just bought a keyboard for my surface and the split minute decision is that it is a great decision! Why – because with this it has made typing so much faster and accurate! I really didn’t want to learn how to type a again! that was the one thing that was great about a real keyboard.
Will I use this more often, oh yea. this keyboard is really feeling good on the fingers, and I can see me using this more often to take notes. now the question is which other devices will I pair it with? i’m going to guess with my phone. Lets see how it goes… Ideally, we’re expecting Desktop, Tablet, and then phone? thaose are the main three devices? I also have that fourth device… the htpc. I really don’t want to

Preface

Let me preface this review with a little bit of info about the user:

1. Is familiar with Windows 8 on a traditional desktop environment i.e. downloaded the customer preview and then downloaded the RTM build when available on MSDN, knows that there is no Start button and understands that it is an operating system built for “touch first” in mind.
2. Has had < 30 mins of experience on a Surface through a friend.

Touching Windows 8

What a refreshing, and easy to use Operating System! The gestures make it easy to fly around the different apps, without a big learning curve. App selection is a little limited, but that’s okay considering it’s only a 3 day old platform! There are definitely some bugs in the apps i.e. the AccuWeather app would not refresh sometimes, and end up crashing, but that’s okay because there are other weather apps like Weatherflow, Bing Weather or Weatherbug. This is the perfect segway to the next section – Apps!

One thing I’ve realized recently, is that life goes by fast – really fast. It’s Friday one minute, its Monday the next, just like that its 1986 one year, and its 2012 the next! So, if time is a constant and its going by really fast – the best way to live is in the moment, and don’t sweat about the small stuff. Because, time – the great equalizer, will take care of that.