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      wirestyle22 @Minion Queen
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      @Minion-Queen said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

      @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

      @wirestyle22 Oh, and there's something related to the hardware of the iPad, also… of course I cannot connect anything ethernet or serial, and this is a BIG downside when some support is required. Neither I can use an USB drive the right way: lack of support for filesystem, I cannot burn an iso etc.
      Way too inflexible for what I need. With a standard laptop I can install or virtualize any os and use at least standard usb, video output and ethernet.

      You can't do Ethernet without the dock on the Surface either.

      This is where I'm getting confused too. That was my understanding.

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        Francesco Provino @Minion Queen
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        @Minion-Queen said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

        @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

        @wirestyle22 Oh, and there's something related to the hardware of the iPad, also… of course I cannot connect anything ethernet or serial, and this is a BIG downside when some support is required. Neither I can use an USB drive the right way: lack of support for filesystem, I cannot burn an iso etc.
        Way too inflexible for what I need. With a standard laptop I can install or virtualize any os and use at least standard usb, video output and ethernet.

        You can't do Ethernet without the dock on the Surface either.

        Uhm? What about a 10€ usb-to-ethernet adapter?

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          wirestyle22 @Francesco Provino
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          @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

          @Minion-Queen said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

          @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

          @wirestyle22 Oh, and there's something related to the hardware of the iPad, also… of course I cannot connect anything ethernet or serial, and this is a BIG downside when some support is required. Neither I can use an USB drive the right way: lack of support for filesystem, I cannot burn an iso etc.
          Way too inflexible for what I need. With a standard laptop I can install or virtualize any os and use at least standard usb, video output and ethernet.

          You can't do Ethernet without the dock on the Surface either.

          Uhm? What about a 10€ usb-to-ethernet adapter?

          Outside of attaching a USB device to a VM I can't think of why I'd ever want to do this. If you need that you should have a laptop with an actual NIC IMO.

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            Minion Queen Banned
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            The only Ports on the surface are :
            full-size USB 3.0
            microSD™ card reader
            Surface Connect™
            Headset jack
            Mini DisplayPort

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              scottalanmiller @Minion Queen
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              @Minion-Queen said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

              The only Ports on the surface are :
              full-size USB 3.0
              microSD™ card reader
              Surface Connect™
              Headset jack
              Mini DisplayPort

              USB 3 gives you basically anything.

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                scottalanmiller
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                Ethernet for iPad...

                http://www.cultofmac.com/425400/when-wi-fi-is-out-use-ethernet-to-get-online-with-your-ipad/

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                  Minion Queen Banned @Francesco Provino
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                  @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                  @Minion-Queen said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                  @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                  @wirestyle22 Oh, and there's something related to the hardware of the iPad, also… of course I cannot connect anything ethernet or serial, and this is a BIG downside when some support is required. Neither I can use an USB drive the right way: lack of support for filesystem, I cannot burn an iso etc.
                  Way too inflexible for what I need. With a standard laptop I can install or virtualize any os and use at least standard usb, video output and ethernet.

                  You can't do Ethernet without the dock on the Surface either.

                  Uhm? What about a 10€ usb-to-ethernet adapter?

                  Yeah I have tried those and they do not work great. And again as mentioned above the USB port doesn't work reliably on the Surface anyway .

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                    Francesco Provino @wirestyle22
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                    @wirestyle22 said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                    @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                    @Minion-Queen said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                    @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                    @wirestyle22 Oh, and there's something related to the hardware of the iPad, also… of course I cannot connect anything ethernet or serial, and this is a BIG downside when some support is required. Neither I can use an USB drive the right way: lack of support for filesystem, I cannot burn an iso etc.
                    Way too inflexible for what I need. With a standard laptop I can install or virtualize any os and use at least standard usb, video output and ethernet.

                    You can't do Ethernet without the dock on the Surface either.

                    Uhm? What about a 10€ usb-to-ethernet adapter?

                    Outside of attaching a USB device to a VM I can't think of why I'd ever want to do this. If you need that you should have a laptop with an actual NIC IMO.

                    Laptop without a real NIC are huge compared to the ultrabook standard of today. I can live with an ethernet adapter.

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                      scottalanmiller
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                      Serial console for iPad...

                      https://www.get-console.com/shop/

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                        scottalanmiller @Francesco Provino
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                        @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                        @wirestyle22 said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                        @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                        @Minion-Queen said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                        @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                        @wirestyle22 Oh, and there's something related to the hardware of the iPad, also… of course I cannot connect anything ethernet or serial, and this is a BIG downside when some support is required. Neither I can use an USB drive the right way: lack of support for filesystem, I cannot burn an iso etc.
                        Way too inflexible for what I need. With a standard laptop I can install or virtualize any os and use at least standard usb, video output and ethernet.

                        You can't do Ethernet without the dock on the Surface either.

                        Uhm? What about a 10€ usb-to-ethernet adapter?

                        Outside of attaching a USB device to a VM I can't think of why I'd ever want to do this. If you need that you should have a laptop with an actual NIC IMO.

                        Laptop without a real NIC are huge compared to the ultrabook standard of today. I can live with an ethernet adapter.

                        Are they? Even my older ultrabooks have a real NIC and are tiny. How small are ultrabooks today?

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                          Minion Queen Banned
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                          Now the Ethernet for my Ipad has worked fine for me.

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                            scottalanmiller @Minion Queen
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                            @Minion-Queen said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                            @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                            @Minion-Queen said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                            @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                            @wirestyle22 Oh, and there's something related to the hardware of the iPad, also… of course I cannot connect anything ethernet or serial, and this is a BIG downside when some support is required. Neither I can use an USB drive the right way: lack of support for filesystem, I cannot burn an iso etc.
                            Way too inflexible for what I need. With a standard laptop I can install or virtualize any os and use at least standard usb, video output and ethernet.

                            You can't do Ethernet without the dock on the Surface either.

                            Uhm? What about a 10€ usb-to-ethernet adapter?

                            Yeah I have tried those and they do not work great. And again as mentioned above the USB port doesn't work reliably on the Surface anyway .

                            Right the fact that none of it actually works is the core issue.

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                              Francesco Provino @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                              Serial console for iPad...

                              https://www.get-console.com/shop/

                              I knew about it, it's sort of an hack :D.

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                                scottalanmiller @Francesco Provino
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                                @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                @scottalanmiller said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                Serial console for iPad...

                                https://www.get-console.com/shop/

                                I knew about it, it's sort of an hack :D.

                                So is the entire Surface, though. By that standard, you rule it out.

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                                  dafyre @Francesco Provino
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                                  @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                  Serial console for iPad...

                                  https://www.get-console.com/shop/

                                  I knew about it, it's sort of an hack :D.

                                  You'd need a USB-SERIAL converter for your laptop / ultrabook anyway.

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                                    scottalanmiller @dafyre
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                                    @dafyre said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                    @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                    Serial console for iPad...

                                    https://www.get-console.com/shop/

                                    I knew about it, it's sort of an hack :D.

                                    You'd need a USB-SERIAL converter for your laptop / ultrabook anyway.

                                    Only for most. It wasn't long ago that you didn't.

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                                      wirestyle22
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                                      The Thunderbolt Gigabit Ethernet adapter for the iPad is actually pretty fast too. Relatively speaking.

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                                        Francesco Provino @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                        @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                        @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                        @Minion-Queen said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                        @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                        @wirestyle22 Oh, and there's something related to the hardware of the iPad, also… of course I cannot connect anything ethernet or serial, and this is a BIG downside when some support is required. Neither I can use an USB drive the right way: lack of support for filesystem, I cannot burn an iso etc.
                                        Way too inflexible for what I need. With a standard laptop I can install or virtualize any os and use at least standard usb, video output and ethernet.

                                        You can't do Ethernet without the dock on the Surface either.

                                        Uhm? What about a 10€ usb-to-ethernet adapter?

                                        Outside of attaching a USB device to a VM I can't think of why I'd ever want to do this. If you need that you should have a laptop with an actual NIC IMO.

                                        Laptop without a real NIC are huge compared to the ultrabook standard of today. I can live with an ethernet adapter.

                                        Are they? Even my older ultrabooks have a real NIC and are tiny. How small are ultrabooks today?

                                        Just look at XPS 13 or the new MacBook and you will see how a NIC cannot fit them :D.

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                                          scottalanmiller @Francesco Provino
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                                          @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                          @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                          @wirestyle22 said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                          @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                          @Minion-Queen said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                          @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                          @wirestyle22 Oh, and there's something related to the hardware of the iPad, also… of course I cannot connect anything ethernet or serial, and this is a BIG downside when some support is required. Neither I can use an USB drive the right way: lack of support for filesystem, I cannot burn an iso etc.
                                          Way too inflexible for what I need. With a standard laptop I can install or virtualize any os and use at least standard usb, video output and ethernet.

                                          You can't do Ethernet without the dock on the Surface either.

                                          Uhm? What about a 10€ usb-to-ethernet adapter?

                                          Outside of attaching a USB device to a VM I can't think of why I'd ever want to do this. If you need that you should have a laptop with an actual NIC IMO.

                                          Laptop without a real NIC are huge compared to the ultrabook standard of today. I can live with an ethernet adapter.

                                          Are they? Even my older ultrabooks have a real NIC and are tiny. How small are ultrabooks today?

                                          Just look at XPS 13 or the new MacBook and you will see how a NIC cannot fit them :D.

                                          MacBook can easily fit it, they just choose not to for their own reasons. That's their own animal. XPS 13 is a normal one, but lots do come with NICs. Mine is tiny, as small as an Air for sure, and has one.

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                                            dafyre @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                            @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                            @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                            @wirestyle22 said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                            @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                            @Minion-Queen said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                            @Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:

                                            @wirestyle22 Oh, and there's something related to the hardware of the iPad, also… of course I cannot connect anything ethernet or serial, and this is a BIG downside when some support is required. Neither I can use an USB drive the right way: lack of support for filesystem, I cannot burn an iso etc.
                                            Way too inflexible for what I need. With a standard laptop I can install or virtualize any os and use at least standard usb, video output and ethernet.

                                            You can't do Ethernet without the dock on the Surface either.

                                            Uhm? What about a 10€ usb-to-ethernet adapter?

                                            Outside of attaching a USB device to a VM I can't think of why I'd ever want to do this. If you need that you should have a laptop with an actual NIC IMO.

                                            Laptop without a real NIC are huge compared to the ultrabook standard of today. I can live with an ethernet adapter.

                                            Are they? Even my older ultrabooks have a real NIC and are tiny. How small are ultrabooks today?

                                            Just look at XPS 13 or the new MacBook and you will see how a NIC cannot fit them :D.

                                            MacBook can easily fit it, they just choose not to for their own reasons. That's their own animal. XPS 13 is a normal one, but lots do come with NICs. Mine is tiny, as small as an Air for sure, and has one.

                                            I wouldn't get a laptop / ultrabook without ethernet. Even if I can get a USB one for it.

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