My stepdaughter received a W8RT computer, and it's useless!
Can't load any programs, not even the driver for the 2/3/4g dongle!
What is wrong with these idiots!
Tom
Anyone had to deal with this?
This is what is wrong.
Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I14b-C67EXY
And if you think my post is only funny, I also have a (long) serious read: Microsoft’s Lost Decade
Indeed my child is extremely disappointed with what's available in the Windows Store - the variety and quality of dinosaur games is extremely limited.
Thankfully the tablet is running x64 Windows 8.1 so it's still got some capabilities
This ia why I use apple macs.
2 weeks ago I bought my 18 year old daughter a Nokia phone running windows something or other (mobile 8 I think) and she loves it. Not so many apps but the main things are catered for.
With the high prices of apple macs I was thinking of taking a look at windows again, but maybe I won't bother after all.
I'm using a Nokia Lumia with Windows since a couple of months and love it too. Application avaliability is a bit limited but the Windows user interface is fantastic. Used Android and iOS before but this is way better.
My child is a bit too old for dinosaur games (she's 31), problem is I can't install the driver for the GSM dongle on it, nor can I load Firefox, and am stuck with Windows BS!
Tom
hey Timow - what the hell is the groan for?
See PM reply.
comparing apples with oranges, I'd say. Surely your comparison should be iPad to WinRT unless you're throwing some fanboi juice around.....?
Or just finger scrolling on the wrong part of the screen ...... life doesn't always have to be complicated.
I'm afraid I'm not up to date on the different windows versions, so I don't know specifically what WindowsRT is or which devices it runs on.
I'm not a fan of apple products, but I use them because windows causes me more grief.
Anyway - off topic, all sorted out.
What kind of computer tom ? RT is really only for tablet systems, I.e. Apps from the App Store and browsing. There should be no requirement to install drivers or software on it. For that you would use the full version of windows 8.
It's an Acer tablet, and works fine with WiFi, but she doesn't have WiFi at home.
So, USB GSM 2/3/4g dongle is the only choice, but it isn't compatible (none are it seems), and there is no provision for a SIM card.
Tom
Smartphone tethering an option?
Possible, as she has an iPhone, but I know nothing about Apple products.
Tom
Just a case of turning on Personal Hotspot, under Settings, and entering the code on her tablet, when it finds the wifi network; or can connect with a cable.
Sold the wrong horse tom if the salesman knew that at the time. RT is closed in terms of os level modification, it's by design - for the solution you want, to add drivers, you should be using full windows 8.1 home edition or above. Think of RT as like an iPad - you couldn't install your own dongle onto an iPad either.
The suggestion by Timow is for me the solution. Turn your iphone into a hotspot it's a one press of a button job and your away.
And yet in the last 5 years Microsoft shares have gone up consistently and remained solid over the last 10. How is this possible if the company is on its way to the wall ?
She'd got it as a gift from her brother.
Will give the hotspot idea a try.
Tom
I'm not going to discuss Micosoft's future here.
The topic of the thread is why Windows RT is so bad. And I gave my opinion, because of the lack of vision from the top.
I will discuss whether I think that Microsoft is on its way to the wall in a proper thread, which won't be in the Complaints corner.