Hi Donovan
I'm the guy from Ohio that thinks our way of driving is normal.
I don't mean to beat a dead horse here. But!!! My 4 year old W7 Pro laptop has the Microsoft SkyDrive app installed. One of my client's Acer Iconia Tab W500 has Windows 8 Release Preview and the SkyDrive app installed along with Office Pro Plus 2013 Preview installed, ...and they also have a box with Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Release Candidate installed along with the SkyDrive app installed and the Office Pro Plus 2013 Preview installed. My phone is a first generation Samsung Focus with Windows Phone 7.5 installed along with a 32 GB micro SD card installed.
I've been taking the Iconia W500 out to other client offices while leaving my laptop connected to the Internet at my base client office (could be a tower at home, a virtual machine somewhere on the Internet, wherever). With W8 x86 on the tablet I've VPN'd and Remote Desktopped to various client servers while in the field. I've reached into my laptop, with all it's documentation for all my clients, via SkyDrive to retrieve various documents not on the tablet. My email is in sync between my laptop, my phone, the tablet, and the W2012 server. My documents are in sync between all the devices. I've pulled the tablet off its keyboard/dock to work on troubleshooting a wireless network at one client office...I really wouldn't want to use my laptop for this.
But for a vehicle failure I would have gone to another client office today to upgrade antivirus on their system plus set up a website (I like Plone for a content management system). I also would have updated the subscription on their Unified Threat Management system, added a new email account to their system and edited several other email accounts. I would have been able to VPN/Remote Desktop to all my other clients if needed.
This is all on a +-$500 tablet (with keyboard, my wireless mouse, and a stylus, all for input).
I have full MS Office compatibility (on all devices). I have all native printer drivers installed for all my clients. I think as a consultant I have some pretty demanding needs. One client is a beta for an iPad app to connect to a program hosted by Rackspace. With the W8 tablet there is no need for a special app....the desktops and kiosks use IE7/8 to run the app. Another client ( a county transit agency) runs a MS SQL-based app on W7 boxes. It runs on my tablet. Another client has a court of common pleas app, again based on MS SQL Server. It runs on my tablet.
With my W8 Release Preview tablet I can touch the surface with Metro-based apps. If needed, I can dive down to x86 programs to do real work.
