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My Samsung ATIV Smart PC: I love it, but returned it…

UPDATE 03/22/2013: I have my replacement Samsung #ATIV keyboard dock and all is good. No more wobbly power connection so far! After a couple of weeks with my Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro I have returned it. I hope to get it, or another, back but am currently waiting for ‘the verdict’. After a couple of weeks home use this is how I found life with a Windows 8 hybrid tablet/ultra-book. What’s right – The ATIV as a Tablet The ATIV, and the Windows 8 Modern User Interface (formerly Metro ), worked beautifully as a tablet. Start-up from sleep took... Read more →

Revit Technology Conference Australasia 2013 — See you there?

RTC is coming to Auckland, New Zealand. I’ve just registered and look forward to meeting you there. RTC Australasia 2013 – www.rtcevents.com/rtc2013au/ The ninth Australasian Revit Technology Conference will be held at the Langham Hotel Auckland on 16 – 18 May 2013. Learn from some of the world's top instructors and industry experts. Share ideas and insights with an international community of your peers. Explore the latest trends and technologies Network with your peers Cultivate important business and professional contacts that can benefit your company and your career. Come to learn from the experts and leave with a wealth of... Read more →

My (nearly) Perfect PC? Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro

Back in 2009 I wrote a post, which also spawned a new category “My Perfect PC”, prompted by the desire for a truly mobile design/drawing/documentation tool: My perfect computer - Part 1 - It comes out of the closet? Recently I was clearing out a closet and found what was, a long time ago, my design tool box: + + + An A3 board, mechanical/architectural templates plus a handful of drawing instruments meant I could draw pretty much anything... Later in the article I set out a spec for that device: Based on technology that's available today, or nearly here,... Read more →