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Any use I can put my Windows RT tablet to?

Anonymous
2016-05-19T01:49:57+00:00

This tablet is basically useless so far. It can't upgrade to anything better, limited apps to get, and all the drawing apps are bad or overly complex. Please, give me some ideas.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-04-25T16:38:19+00:00

    I'm using mine to share my wireless mouse and keyboard with my Surface Pro via Mouse Without Borders, thus avoiding as much as possible that goofy flat keyboard. 

    Since upgrading my Surface 2 Pro to Windows 10 Creators Update I have discovered Remote Desktop Connection.  What an improvement over Mouse Without Borders!  And I think the Surface RT is actually handling my hardware better than the W10--less flicker on my second monitor, even with a MWDA, fewer hangs and more consistent response (! how can that be possible?) with my wireless mouse and keyboard--so essentially my Surface 2 Pro is now working like a Desktop tower and my RT as a smart controller for my peripherals.  I'm not sure if this option has always existed and I had just been overlooking it or if the W10 CU has made it more usable.  I vaguely remember having been unsuccessful with it for some reason before.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-19T04:10:55+00:00

    I'm using mine to share my wireless mouse and keyboard with my Surface Pro via Mouse Without Borders, thus avoiding as much as possible that goofy flat keyboard.  It can also use one port of my widescreen monitor, so now I have 4 monitors to play with but frequently end up confusing myself and wondering why the pointer is not showing up where I was expecting it to (e.g. because the "remote" session's use of the monitor was showing and I was using the mouse "locally".)

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-25T20:33:27+00:00

    What are you trying to do, exactly? I've never tried drawing on mine since the touchscreen isn't really designed for it, but what else?

    I've upgraded to a Surface Pro, but I used to use my RT for:

    Writing (using Word)

    Web surfing

    Checking email with both the Mail app and Outlook in the desktop (useful for work)

    Watching videos with XBox Video or VLC Media Player

    Games (especially since the SurfRT will work with USB game controllers)

    Remote support using Teamviewer and Splashtop

    Working from home using Citrix

    Reading books and magazines with the Kindle and Zinio apps

    Storing pictures I took with my phone (and then posting on Facebook)

    It isn't as powerful as a full computer (including a Surface Pro) but the Surface RT/2 is the most powerful ARM-based tablet I've ever used. I loved it (gave it to my cousin for schoolwork) but of course that doesn't mean it's necessarily the best option for your needs.

    If you want good drawing support and a wider app selection, you'd be better off with a Surface Pro or the x86-based Surface 3. The Pro has a digitizer so it's designed for drawing, and you can run any Windows desktop program or Metro/UWA app on it.

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