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this episode of technobuffalo is brought to you by goto meeting welcome back to another episode of ask the buffalo this to show you could ask me jon rettinger any question you've got from the wide wide world of technology well this week it's all tablets all the time we're gonna talk ipad mini ipad 4th generation Microsoft Surface some rumor tablets and everything in between this desk to Buffalo it's going get start so our first question comes from user i choose C do who asks John did Apple released a fourth generation to counter the surface and Nexus 10 tablets or are they trying to change the release cycle from march to april to september-october timeframe so a lot of people were left scratching their heads wondering what Apple was thinking releasing a new tablet six months after the new iPad was released I guess now it's got to change its name to the old iPad I don't think we're gonna see two iPads a year from here on out I think apple is resetting the release cycle which i think is going to be about a 12 to 13 month cycle makes more sense to release a flagship product right before the holiday season when it's fresh when it's new and people really want to go out there and buy them not only for themselves but for family friends co-workers really got to like to coworker to buy them and ipad 4 but i think this is when we were going to see the new releases every year around the October time frame for the ipad so March no more I think this is when we're gonna start seeing him year after year certainly Apple knew about the surface for months ago i'm sure they knew about the nexus 10 as well i don't think that this was a competitive move to combat those the new ipad or the I bet their generation are selling like hotcakes anyway the ipad still represents 90 ish percent of internet browsing mark the chair and this was more of an effort to reset their these calendar so hopefully that helps enter question so there's been a lot of talk about this guy the Microsoft Surface how good is it should i buy it is it worth the money and all kinds of questions and that's what our next user max wants to talk about hey John help me be decide between the windows surface or iPad 4 which one is better so we've only had a few days to check out the Microsoft service so i cant yeah answer your question but what I can't say is that we will be doing a full head to head slammed down throw down this fight tablet battle to the death between the microsoft surface with Windows RT and the fourth-generation iPad soon as we get our hands on one which hopefully will be sometime in the next week so as far as which one you should get that one really has yet to be seen i will say the first impressions of the surface it's been pretty positive the bill caught is absolutely outstanding build quality is on par with anything that we've seen from Apple it looks and feels different my favorite feature so far has got to be the touch cover this thing is really neat it takes a while to get used to typing on it but i really liked having the option it's thin takes up really no extra room in the bag and is really useful so stay tuned to the coming weeks TechnoBuffalo calm will give you a full answer your question max steve asks hey john i have an ipad 3 should i upgrade to an ipad for and what case should i get for either one so if you've got an ipad 3 and you're looking longingly and lovingly at the ipad 4 and it's lightning connector and it's a6x chip look away it is not worth the upgrade at all now certainly we haven't had a chance to review the ipad 4th generation yet but just based on what we know i'd say hold off save your cash for the next generation ipad yes you're going to get a little better graphics performance yeah you're going to get a little better performance overall but did you have bad performance with their generation ipad 2 games not perform up to your standards I chances are up until monday before Apple announced the 4 generation iPad you loved your third on the fourth one really doesn't offer that much so sure there's a lightning connector in there after 30 pin is a relic and cherish it so as far as what cover you should pick well there are a ton of options out there my ipad is being protected by a red smart cover but you have to pick which one's best for you hopefully that helped enter question want to take minute pause for a second to thank our friends and sponsors add gotomeeting you know them you love them and you should be using them meetings are essential to the way we work it's an opportunity for different voices to be heard to your ideas problem solve and develop creative solutions if your team is spread out in different locations coming together can be an impossible task use gotomeeting with HD faces the powerful simple way to meet and collaborate with clients and coworkers online here at TechnoBuffalo we're spread out all over the country in the world and we gotta have a way to see each other go to me with HD faces is the best way 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surface pro comes out so i need to know a few things about you first before i could best advise you the first one thing i need to know is you have another laptop or desktop in your apartment or dorm room if the answer is yes then the ipad or the surface RT is going to be a great way to go they're going to be awesome for browsing the web checking videos or even writing up short papers or notes not going to be used for a primary computing machine if you don't have another computer you want to tablet that can do both your best bet is going to be to wait to the surface pro comes n essentially you're getting all the power of the latest Intel Core Series chip in a tablet form factor you can plug in any type of keyboard accessory you want you could use a touch cover or whatever else you like and you get the best of all worlds I don't have to buy something in addition so hopefully that helps answer your question you got to pick what's best for your situation thank you guys for watching another episode of ask the buffalo i'm your host jon rettinger thank you to our friends and sponsors at gotomeeting i'm sure to check us out at technobuffalo calm for the ladies and greatest tech news i'll see you next video bye guys