Anyone use Windows 8?

[Midniteoyl]

My wife has a Sony Vaio Tap 20 all in one. It has a touch screen and came with Windows 8. She uses it for email and internet. It was a big learning curve for us senior citizens, but she likes it.

The Windows Mail is a hassle to keep synced to Gmail. Also could not keep it working wirelessly with our router, so I ran a cable to it, since she uses it as a desktop.
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I am still on XP and a Dell Vostro 1700 laptop, looking at the Dell XPS18 touch screen all in one.
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Pictures from Google Image Search.

Google stopped Exchange ActiveSync (a MS product) so Gmail doesnt sych correctly anymore...

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/use-google-windows-8-rt

Google makes Gmail sync harder on rival platforms by dropping Exchange ActiveSync for consumers | The Verge

 

[MossRoad]

That's another thing about the Surface.... if you don't have wireless it doesn't have an RJ45 jack. You have to purchase an aftermarket adapter to go usb to cat5.