In the meantime I was still working with a notebook along all my digital devices which was a bit weird. I was simply not able to as a Google fan. Recently I even considered buying a Chromebook but this requires a 100% Google adoption of their productivity tools otherwise it doesn’t make sense. The experience was disappointing which made me never go away from Microsoft’s productivity tools. I have tried a number of apps to read my Microsoft files but most of the times it was fairly slow and there was never a 100% clean conversion. ![]() ![]() Several times I started using the Google apps for spreadsheets, docs and presentations but it never really worked out. Several times I started using the Google apps for spreadsheets, docs and presentations but it never really worked out.One thing never changed during all these years and that was the usage of applications like Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Microsoft Outlook apps, Google Drive, Sonos, Tesla, Harmony remote control, cabling company, Garmin sports,in many ways Google is the backbone of supporting my life. The number of apps running on my Google devices even more integrates with my life. Tablet and Smartphone by Nexus, thermostat by Nest and Chromecast at my TV. The iPhone never made it into the palm of my hands. Back in 2010 there was a kind of revival by Apple when I got the iPad within one week after their announcement in the US. Today they are scattered everywhere throughout my business and private life. I got all Google Nexus devices and the way how they integrate (profiling) data across all of their application, regardless mobile or fixed, creates a unique user experience which brings me a lot of value.ĭuring the last 10 years the number of applications and devices by Google dramatically increased. Until today I am still a huge Google fan although for the productivity part I am taking another exit. Where others were still struggling with Nokia I got myself pretty well organized. ![]() That was back in the early days of 2000 where my Outlook mail, agenda and contacts were already synchronised with my smartphone. Where others were still struggling with Nokia I got myself pretty well organized.Prior to the Android phone I think I was one of the first with a Windows Mobile phone. During the course of my professional career I lost the preference for Apple a bit mainly because once you get a laptop this is the device that you start to use in business and private life. The 2nd generation of their Android smartphone. It took me about 10 years to get my first Google device. Microsoft but also Lotus Notes were the main productivity tools at that moment. After 5 years I joined 3Com in 1994, a networking company. In my teenage years I was programming on my MSX and developing my own games. So I was quite used to DOS and the Macintosh OS. We had personal computers in our house for years from Sperry Univac, Wang and Apple. Both my parents were already in IT for years. My professional career started at Apple back in 1989. ![]() This could be the true come back of Microsoft although they might have never been away. The road to this decision and my first experiences I want to share with you because I am extremely enthousiastic. As a Google fan for years I decided to go for a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 a couple of weeks ago.
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