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Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-look-at dept.

WallsRSolid writes "Microsoft just finished a week-long series of lectures and demos at my university, and the product that really stole the show was the Tablet PC. I was in a room with probably 150 hardcore linux users, and it seemed to me that the demonstration just floored them (the entire lecture hall CHEERED a Microsoft product). I believe that Microsoft's own online hype literature is insufficient in describing just how powerful their Tablet concept is. A July preview, Acer's propaganda, a press release about their initial success, and a behind-the-scenes account (good article) of the enabling technology. Oh, and the input stylus is electromagnetic, not pressure-sensing, ANY document (not just MS) can be annotated, and the journal software is AMAZING in its power and flexibility."

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  1. hmmm by Em+Emalb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I do believe the earth just ripped open, pigs have wings, and it might just be me, but it's awful cold down here....

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  2. how long.. by EvilStein · · Score: 4, Funny

    before:
    1)People get one and install Linux onto it (eleven seconds)
    2)Someone tries to make a beowulf cluster (fourteen minutes)
    3)We see them on eBay (4 days)
    4)That hinge thing on the Acer one gets broken (0.5345 seconds after the warranty expires)

    1. Re:how long.. by BabyDave · · Score: 5, Funny
      1)People get one and install Linux onto it (eleven seconds)


      1a) The first one gets Slashdotted (11.00001 seconds)
    2. Re:how long.. by Gleng · · Score: 3, Funny

      5) Windows XP hangs with a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL blue screen (after 2 days; every 5 minutes)

      6) Time spent reinstalling all your software and settings (8 hours)

      7) goto 5

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    3. Re:how long.. by tswinzig · · Score: 5, Funny

      1)People get one and install Linux onto it (eleven seconds)

      1b) People get handwriting recognition on their Linux version (eleven years)

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    4. Re:how long.. by Rysc · · Score: 5, Funny

      6.5) Windows trolls post on Slashdot how Win XP works for them, because they've configured it properly, and if it doesn't work for you, surely you don't know what you're doing.

      Wait... isn't that what Linux users normally say about Linux?

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    5. Re:how long.. by CoolVibe · · Score: 3, Funny

      Some people consider Microsoft to be harmful. Sounds like a great match to me ;)

  3. Old News by llamaluvr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tablet PC?! Electromagnetic input pen?! I'm pretty sure Fisher-Price made the same thing like 25 years ago!

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    1. Re:Old News by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 5, Funny

      That would be awesome to take into a big business meeting. Everyone's all serious and taking little notes and getting phone numbers, and you're drawing pictures of airplanes. "BRRROOOM!"

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  4. Re:damn, looks hot! by cscx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Definitely, I'd hit it. And the Acer page doesn't have a disclaimer that says "Hot girl in chair does not come with Tablet PC," so hey, y'know, you might be lucky.

  5. Text recognition by hopbine · · Score: 4, Funny

    If the handwriting recognition software is as good as they say it is, give one to every doctor - that way we will all understand the damn prescriptions.

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  6. write where i want it? by digitalsushi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Swap the stock photo girl out with Heidi Wall chicken-scratching GIMP under X windows, and I'll buy one. Tell me I can bash alias a frowny face to /dev/null and I'll buy two. Tell me someone's working on a GUI iptables interface where I can flick digital bugs with my index finger, and I'll swap out my router. And if I can get it with an at&t natural voice Majel Barrett module, I'll wet my pants and run around in little circles. Now to resurrect a cliche- will it run linux? oops, I mean, how long til it runs linux?

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  7. Re:unbelievable by The+J+Kid · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news:

    Microsoft (MSIE) has just released a beta version of there upcoming Human Resource Management tool, called MS Brainwash 2003. It's said to give offices serious productivity spurs and makes office meetings a breeze. The product is expeced to release around sping 2003.

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  8. What would be really funny... by uradu · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...is you having to excuse yourself for a quick trip to the photocopier every ten words or so.