Originally Posted by
satchip
Sailinfun, et al.
There is no doubt that IOS is a superior operating system to Win RT. That accounts for your freezes. But the Surface is a superior device. It is more capable and configurable and upgradeable. Pair it with a better OS and I think it will be a very good device for our purposes.
I don't even carry my MacBook Air any more because the Surface does all I need on the road. I take a TB HD and have all the infotainment one needs even without a decent internet connection. The keyboard is way easier to type on than an IPad screen. In the ipad's favor is app support. RT support is woefully inadequate but it's on the way out. I think we'll have full blown windows soon.
My hope is MS makes a smaller Surface Pro 3 with the same features.
Sooner or later something is going to go wrong on your surface and you're going to have to exchange it out for a loaner. They will send you a new one that you will completely have to reconfigure. I am not willing to risk having to swap out on a few minutes notice. I could post forever on the other issues. The Ipad simply is a far better EFB that works.
Delta often seems to want to do things bigger and better then others. In the end we wind up with a complex system with high failure rates. Our onboard entertainment system being a classic example. The surfaces are failing so fast Delta has run out of them!