Friday, May 3, 2013

Get iPad to run Windows 7, Microsoft Office with Citrix Receiver

<p>The iPad is mostly used as a recreational device right now. But with applications like Citrix Receiver, this tablet could become a real productivity tool soon enough. Check out the video demo.</p><p>The iPad might be a convenient and fun game to catch up on World Cup scores and view some photos or videos but can it actually be used to get work done?</p><p>A recent study of early iPad adopters shows that almost all activity on Apple Inc.'s tablet is geared towards fun and games. Checking e-mail is the only possibly work-related task users are engaging on their iPads. But that could change soon with applications such as Citrix Receiver.</p><p>The free app delivers a virtual desktop to an iPad. This creates the unusual scenario of booting into Windows 7 and using Microsoft's Office suite to do work just as you normally would. But all the iPad's intuitive touch interface features are still in place. Receiver is part of Citrix Systems Inc.'s XenDesktop portfolio.</p><p><a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/get-ipad-to-run-windows-7-microsoft-office-with-citrix-receiver/13767">Keep reading...</a></p>

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