Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

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."

Comments

Re:What's wrong with a keyboard?

[dsfox]

You could start by reading the articles. Especially the one on the MSR site.

Re:how long..

[Ivan Raikov]

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)

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.

WallsRSolid?

[mrfantasy]

Hmmm, maybe they need WINDOWS? Hello?

Damn astroturfing.

cough...cough...cough

[toupsie]

cough...cough...Astroturf...cough...cough...Astrot urf...cough...cough. So what Getty stock photo does WallsRSolid use for his college yearbook?

I remember these things when Windows 3.11 was around. Dumb idea then, dumb idea now. I can type faster than I write, plus how you are going to do "Control-Alt-Delete" with a pen?

Re:looks like a laptop

[nmg]

Read the article, you stupid piece of shit.

Re:unbelievable

[Anonymous Coward]

Just your basic Astroturfer at work. Who do you think submitted this "article" to begin with? You actually belive this guy knows 1linux user, let alone 150 of of us?

This is just another of MicroSoft's "Manufactured" adovactes. In fact the person who submitted it most likely is an employee of one of the PR firms Microsoft uses.

Re:looks like a laptop

[neoform]

eat me, since you eat shit and all.

I smell a rat.

[rindeee]

Let me first say that I am not a Church of Linux zealot. Yes, I prefer Linux in most circumstances, simply where it works better. What strikes me about the parent post and various replies is the similarity in terminology (no stupid, not the fact that they all talk about tablet PCs). I smell a "panel poster". Maybe I'm just paranoid, but come on, seriously, a room full of people cheering a product (okay, maybe at MacWorld). The mere fact that this is pointed out and that it is added that included in the screaming fans were Linux folks. Hey, I'm probably wrong.

Re:Don't be too sure

[NickFortune]

Actually, I firmly believe that it'd make no difference. The corporate culture at MS is so corrupt that I don't think these guys would be allowed to write anything useful or innovative.

They might be put in charge of finding new ways to disable competitors' products or shaft thier customers though - that's the only sort of innovation Redmond are interested in