There was a book on this a few years back: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140167129/jimloyshom...

Sony Duo 11. I have one as my primary dev machine and it works pretty well + I can play Civ 5 on the plane.

Is there anything that you are less than satisfied with about it? I was close to getting one, but when I heard the stylus was the S-Trig (significantly inferior to the Wacom for artistic purposes) I just got an iPad 4 to hold me over for a couple of years. It looked really awesome, but 1300 bucks is quite a bit of money for me.

Drawing on an iPad is dreadful....

It sure is, but It was 800 dollars less than a Duo 11. I figured it would have to be good enough until my ideal device is released. I mostly use it for reading programming books, so I still get a lot of use out of it.

Have you tried the Adonit Jot stylus, it's pretty impressive.

http://adonit.net/jot/

Well there is me. I wanted a dev machine that I could use as a desktop, laptop or occasional tablet. I ended up with a Sony Vaio Duo which is pretty good at what I want.

Or there is my (leaving) boss who has a laptop, desktop and iPad but is now going to a W8 tablet, probably a Surface Pro or Helix.

Or there is my (incoming) boss who has a desktop and an android tablet but would prefer a single device.

When I show my Duo off to people, no-one has said "what a bad idea". What they have said is "how much" and "can I have it".

While the surface pro itself may not be the right device, there are a lot of people who would like a good convertible device.

How the hell can a doctors visit run to $800?

Probably on the high end of things, but it's really not that hard. Based on what I've seen from my insurance co. the base rate for my doctor is about ~$250, even for something as simple as simple consultation about the flu (i.e., no tests or other treatment/equipment).

If you have something more complicated, like, say, requiring stitches, or even basic lab testing (urinalysis?), it all adds up on top of all of that. I'd imagine if you went to the doctor and he/she ordered a small battery of tests, you'd run up well over $800 fairly quickly.

I'd drop serious dollars on one of these if it had more ram and storage.

Why do you need more on board storage? Buy a usb drive or a network-enabled external.

Windows 8 supports multitouch trackpads on new computers. Many older laptops can also get gesture support with the correct drivers. My 18 month old laptop has pinch support + all the edge swipe gestures.

For our CEO and GM, that's true. Add a citrix client and it could be an only computer for the rest of our staff except for me.

I believe it has an RDP client. If it does I'm buying one, if it doesn't I probably won't.

This post would have made a lot more sense if I had the slightest idea who any of the sports players or teams were.

Driving to ski fields will be fun:)

A friend of mine had $3m stolen by his business partner who simply wrote out $500k cheques and took them to the bank. The bank oked the cheques despite knowing that he had no signing authority.

Once it all came to light, the bank then sued my friend and drove him into bankruptcy.

Fuck banks

Wouldn't you be able to sue the business partner for that sort of behavior?

Muc cheaper to get the money back from the bank and let them sue him. It was their mistake and they have lawyers fur such things.