Will Visual Studio Work on Surface?
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I might consider buying a Surface tablet if Visual Studio will work on it. And I may have bought an iPad if I could develop software on it. Are any of you thinking of getting a Surface tablet? What do you think you'd use it for?
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I might consider buying a Surface tablet if Visual Studio will work on it. And I may have bought an iPad if I could develop software on it. Are any of you thinking of getting a Surface tablet? What do you think you'd use it for?
AspDotNetDev wrote:
I might consider buying a Surface tablet if Visual Studio will work on it.
It should work on the Surface Pro. The pure RT version won't run the desktop.
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I might consider buying a Surface tablet if Visual Studio will work on it. And I may have bought an iPad if I could develop software on it. Are any of you thinking of getting a Surface tablet? What do you think you'd use it for?
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
I might consider buying a Surface tablet if Visual Studio will work on it.
It should work on the Surface Pro. The pure RT version won't run the desktop.
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Nah, it should work either way, especially VS 11, which MS is trying to make as widely usable as possible, that's why they now have VS 11 Express have most features of the Pro edition. CORRECTION: VS 11 will work on Surface Pro, but not likely on RT (no plans yet anyway). Sorry for the wrong post earlier.
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Nah, it should work either way, especially VS 11, which MS is trying to make as widely usable as possible, that's why they now have VS 11 Express have most features of the Pro edition. CORRECTION: VS 11 will work on Surface Pro, but not likely on RT (no plans yet anyway). Sorry for the wrong post earlier.
What makes you say that VS 11 that is compiled for x86 chips will work on the ARM chip that WinRT has?
Steve Maier
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Not sure I'd want to develop for Android. I have a Nook Color, and the poor quality has left a bad taste in my mouth (you can search to see some posts I made about issues I've had with my Nook).
lewax00 wrote:
whether or not it can run it effectively is yet to be seen
Yeah, the single tiny screen might be a bit limiting, and I'm not sure it will have the type of resources (e.g., RAM) that VS requires. Though it would probably be convenient for testing the native features of the Surface (touch and such), and might actually work well for compiles (assuming the Surface has an SSD that is reasonably fast).
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What makes you say that VS 11 that is compiled for x86 chips will work on the ARM chip that WinRT has?
Steve Maier
Similar question to you - what makes you say the author referred to WinRT version of the surface? He didn't, he just said "Microsoft Surface", which will ship with Win 8 Pro at the same time as RT ;)
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What makes you say that VS 11 that is compiled for x86 chips will work on the ARM chip that WinRT has?
Steve Maier
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Similar question to you - what makes you say the author referred to WinRT version of the surface? He didn't, he just said "Microsoft Surface", which will ship with Win 8 Pro at the same time as RT ;)
You answered Pete's reply saying it should work either way when he said it would not work on the RT machines. To me, you saying it will work either way meant that it should work for both RT and Pro.
Steve Maier
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Similar question to you - what makes you say the author referred to WinRT version of the surface? He didn't, he just said "Microsoft Surface", which will ship with Win 8 Pro at the same time as RT ;)
I wasn't referring to any version, but you did say "either way". Were you referring to something other than the two versions of surface (pro/RT)?
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You answered Pete's reply saying it should work either way when he said it would not work on the RT machines. To me, you saying it will work either way meant that it should work for both RT and Pro.
Steve Maier
Ah, true, apologies then.
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I might consider buying a Surface tablet if Visual Studio will work on it. And I may have bought an iPad if I could develop software on it. Are any of you thinking of getting a Surface tablet? What do you think you'd use it for?
iPads do have some Lua compilers available in the store now. It took alot of time tho to get them there. SDKs like the Corona SDK can turn your Lua code into an iPhone/iPad/android app too. It's just not as smooth as using a single think like with VS.
Steve Maier
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Similar question to you - what makes you say the author referred to WinRT version of the surface? He didn't, he just said "Microsoft Surface", which will ship with Win 8 Pro at the same time as RT ;)
Vitaly Tomilov wrote:
which will ship with Win 8 Pro at the same time as RT
I don't share your optimism here. The future will tell how many months there will be between both. My bet is we won't see actual sales of Surface Pro this year. :|
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Vitaly Tomilov wrote:
which will ship with Win 8 Pro at the same time as RT
I don't share your optimism here. The future will tell how many months there will be between both. My bet is we won't see actual sales of Surface Pro this year. :|
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I just double-checked with Microsoft, they promise Pro edition on the market 90 days after RT is.
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I might consider buying a Surface tablet if Visual Studio will work on it. And I may have bought an iPad if I could develop software on it. Are any of you thinking of getting a Surface tablet? What do you think you'd use it for?
Sure, it'll work on the surface; but underneath - uh oh!
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I just double-checked with Microsoft, they promise Pro edition on the market 90 days after RT is.
:thumbsup:
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Similar question to you - what makes you say the author referred to WinRT version of the surface? He didn't, he just said "Microsoft Surface", which will ship with Win 8 Pro at the same time as RT ;)
Just to clarify - my answer stated the Surface Pro and not Windows Pro, and the Surface Pro will not start shipping until 90 days after the Surface. This was all announced last week.
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I might consider buying a Surface tablet if Visual Studio will work on it. And I may have bought an iPad if I could develop software on it. Are any of you thinking of getting a Surface tablet? What do you think you'd use it for?
AspDotNetDev wrote:
And I may have bought an iPad if I could develop software on it.
Even if I could develop software on it, I would never have developed software on iPad. To develop software I prefer faster machines (laptops or desktops) with good CPU/memory/screen resolution. A tablet is not for that purpose at all. Same thing go for surface (Pro). To develop software on it I would prefer it connected to dual monitors (which I am not sure it can do).
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I might consider buying a Surface tablet if Visual Studio will work on it. And I may have bought an iPad if I could develop software on it. Are any of you thinking of getting a Surface tablet? What do you think you'd use it for?
Looking at the specs, yes on Pro, provided a monitor is connected. Surface is not upgradeable or reparable like any other tablet, but if the battery is easy to replace and it has enough pressure levels so that it is good for drawing, I will consider it as my next main PC.
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I might consider buying a Surface tablet if Visual Studio will work on it. And I may have bought an iPad if I could develop software on it. Are any of you thinking of getting a Surface tablet? What do you think you'd use it for?
I've got VS2008 running on a netbook for when I'm on support in remote areas and don't want the weight of a full size laptop (camping etc.) and it's fine - just damn slow. I imagine VS on the x86 version of the Surface will be far, far better than that as it's based on an ultrabook spec rather than a netbook spec. I'm certainly going to try it - though not necessarily with the MS device specifically.
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