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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. But is it open? by CoolQ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, it's a great idea. But is it typical Microshit? Have they actually published the necessary technical information for linux to be ported to it? Somehow I don't think so. --Quentin

  2. Yeah, yeah, yeah... by BurKaZoiD · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm sure it's wonderful and all, but what happens when you're away at a conference with the thing and it crashes on you? Prolly, the same thing that happens when you're at a conference with a Pocket PC: HARD RESET and you lose all your data.

    Look, I know operating systems are a complex thing, especially those with GUIs. But, shit, with as many people as Microsoft employs you'd think they'd have all the bases covered and BSODs would be a thing of the past.

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  3. Sounds like hype to me by FridayBob · · Score: 0, Redundant

    150 hard-core Linux users cheering for a Microsoft product? Why do I have trouble believing this? And even if it is a cool product, what do you think will run on it? Windows of course. And I seriously doubt whether they will ever publish the details for this thing's hardware API. Therefore, I don't see that this product can ever be better than any of M$' other products. I just don't trust their motives.

    If it's cool enough, I'll just wait until some other manufacturer produces one that runs Linux. :-)

  4. Re:Tablet PCs Are Nothing New by kir · · Score: 1, Redundant

    5) ???
    6) Profit!!!

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