topic Microsoft Surface in ArcReader Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/microsoft-surface/m-p/510908#M606 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Does anybody have any experience using ArcReader (or any other ArcGIS software) on a Microsoft Surface tablet? If so which version of the tablet are you running? If not the Surface, how about another Windows 8-based tablet? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>-Matt</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:45:10 GMT MattZetterman 2014-02-10T13:45:10Z Microsoft Surface https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/microsoft-surface/m-p/510908#M606 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Does anybody have any experience using ArcReader (or any other ArcGIS software) on a Microsoft Surface tablet? If so which version of the tablet are you running? If not the Surface, how about another Windows 8-based tablet? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>-Matt</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:45:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/microsoft-surface/m-p/510908#M606 MattZetterman 2014-02-10T13:45:10Z Re: Microsoft Surface https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/microsoft-surface/m-p/510909#M607 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I would strongly recommend staying away from the Surface.&nbsp; It used Windows RT&nbsp; and that can be problematic for ArcGIS applications.&nbsp; It is also a bit underpowered.&nbsp; Keep in mind most tablets are designed for reading email, browsing the internet etc..</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The surface, and most tablets, are not built to be working machines.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I would recommend something more along the line of </SPAN><BR /><A href=" http://www.msimobile.com/level3_productpage.aspx?cid=112&amp;id=425"> http://www.msimobile.com/level3_productpage.aspx?cid=112&amp;id=425</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>or</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.msimobile.com/level3_productpage.aspx?cid=112&amp;id=440">http://www.msimobile.com/level3_productpage.aspx?cid=112&amp;id=440</A><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Both very reasonably priced and have full versions of their operating systems </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I tested out ArcReader on a Windows 8.1 computer with a database built using Windows XP and ArcGIS 10.2 and it worked just fine. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Does anybody have any experience using ArcReader (or any other ArcGIS software) on a Microsoft Surface tablet? If so which version of the tablet are you running? If not the Surface, how about another Windows 8-based tablet? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.<BR /><BR />-Matt</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:27:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/microsoft-surface/m-p/510909#M607 RobertBorchert 2014-02-10T16:27:55Z