Day 23 – Podcasting with the Surface Pro Windows 8 Tablet
Teaching and Learning with a Windows 8 Tablet4/03/2013
Welcome to Day 23 of working with a Microsoft Surface Pro Windows 8 tablet for educators. Today I will discuss why I have switched to using the Surface Pro as my full-time podcasting machine of choice.
In a previous blog post, I mentioned that I was using the Samsung Ativ Windows 8 tablet to edit my podcasts since purchasing it back in December. What I liked most about the Ativ was the digital S-Pen that I use to highlight and edit my audio podcasts. Using the digital Pen on the touchscreen gives me much more control and precision than either a mouse or my finger when using the Ativ.
All of that remains true with the Surface Pro with one big addition.
This thing is FAST!
Most impressive is the speed at which you can import and export audio on the Surface Pro. I have embedded a screencast below that goes over my podcasting workflow.
Most impressive is the speed at which you can import and export audio on the Surface Pro. I have embedded a screencast below that goes over my podcasting workflow.
This screencast was recorded on the Surface Pro so it gives you a sense of the speed this Windows 8 tablet commands. With an Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD hard drive the power and speed is appreciated when some heavy lifting is needed.
The digital Pen that comes standard with the Surface Pro is larger and more comfortable in the hand than the Samsung S-Pen. With the digital Pen you can really zoom in and out on the timeline to carefully select areas for editing. This comes in handy when trying to remove some of the ums and ahs that inevitably happen when we record the TechTalk4Teachers podcast.
There were just some things the Samsung Ativ Clover Trail processor just could not handle. I could get by with some shorter podcasting edits on the Ativ, but editing video would bring the Clover Trail processor to its knees.
Of course the trade-off for all this power and speed is battery-life. The Ativ gets over 10 hours and the Surface Pro gets around 5 hours, less if you are doing heavy processing.
The other thing to note about the Surface Pro is that the back will get warm whenever you are doing tasks that require heavy use of the i5 processor. The Surface Pro has a vent around the backside and a fan will kick in to cool it off when needed. The fan is quiet but can definitely be heard with a whispering sound.
The Surface Pro Windows 8 tablet has much to offer the creative person and the processing power is a big advantage over other tablets on the market.
Until next time...
Keep on Learning,
Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, PhD
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