Me still, Alan.   
    AZ> Note that the Surface keyboard(s) are $100+ add-ons to the various   
    AZ> base-prices...   
    AZ> there are lots of optional add-on keyboards for iPads as well - and I've   
    AZ> been able to plug a USB keyboard into my (Android) Nexus 7 tablet and   
    AZ> even my Galaxy Nexus smartphone... not something I feel the need to use   
    AZ> on a regular basis, but it was nice to see that it worked.   
      
   	It took me a while to get to know this and I did this morning. The basic one   
   is sans this KB. If/when I go to the Pro version, I will first test the Touch   
   KB or the Type KB at Best Buy before I decide.   
      
    AZ> A keyboard and pointing device is pretty much needed (in my opinion) for   
    AZ> the upcoming Windows 8 tablets (like next year's promised Surface Pro   
    AZ> models); hopefully less needed for Windows RT tablets (like this month's   
    AZ> promised Surface models).... the difference - Windows RT isn't backwards   
    AZ> compatible to standard Windows software, so (hopefully) anything that   
    AZ> CAN run on them will be touch-optimized. We'll see!   
      
   	I recently saw somebody typing on an ipad, the backspace was hit as much as   
   any other key, could have been the typist but that was enough to turn me off a   
   non-KB tablet. I hope that the Pro version will accept all my old apps as this   
   W-8 does here. I have been on it since April or so and I can still use Office   
   2K and most of the other old PRGs that I have here. Time will tell.   
      
   	Back home now and doing winter prevention chores. Are you ready ?   
      
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