Slashdot Mirror
Analyzing the Microsoft Tablet PC
An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet UK has an amusing - but accurate in my view - review of the Microsoft Tablet PC. It may not be the first, but it is the most incisive because of the way it dissects the many fundamental flaws in Microsoft's latest creation."
Man, those batteries are heavy ...
> --- All Of The Above --- >
Take two and call me in the morning.
graspee
At least there's the redeeming fact that it's not an MS tablet PC. Of course based on the review, it sounds just as bad.
Jason
ProfQuotes
You're quite correct. This is not a Tablet PC. Read the review... It's a *suppository* PC :)
I think ZD's reviewer may have started something with that name...
... by the Iraqi Information Minister. In the summary I was expecting it to say:
"This is a tablet pc, any who claim that it is not is an infidel. You can see it is shaped as Allah intended, a tablet. This "AirPanel" does not even exist. It is a figment of the imagination of the dogs of the oppressors."
Anyone with 15 inches is gonna be popular, and according to spam, is becoming increasingly cost effective.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
The worst bit about this terrible submission is that Taco will dupe the post in about 3 hours.
Trolling is a art,
that just about covers it
2) Sell ad space to Microsoft
do not read this line twice.
So if I have the urge to tell my boss where to stick it, I can hand him one of these?
"Tell ya what. Here. Stick it up your ass."
--Fesh
Kill -9 'em all, let root@localhost sort 'em out.
"Tablet is the wrong medicinal analogy: suppository more adequately describes the Smart Display experience."
Lawrence Person (lawrencepersonh@gmailh.com (remove all "h"s to mail)
http://www.lawrenceperson.com/
Which is to say, the brainwashing worked? :-)
More than mere navel gazing.
At least CmdrTaco spelled "Tablet PC" correctly...
Perhaps it was the sight of Captain James T Kirk scribbling away on his executive starship tablet...
I remember we actually got a look at that tablet in one of the episodes. About 20% of the space on one side was dedicated to a light labeled 'System Failure' (which was not on at the time). That's right, about 10% of the total potential screen space was dedicated to a light telling you it was broken, implying that this is a 'feature' that is required often. Looking back, I wonder if this is what MS used as a prototype...
I am TheRaven on Soylent News
Didn't the newton have hadwriting regognition?
Yes it dud, mole or lease.
Obliteracy: Words with explosions
"...seen lots of posts complaining that the Slashdot editors aren't paying attention to what they post."
They must all be new to slashdot.
------
"And may your days be long upon the earth."
I dont see anything gay about these devices. If they were gay they would be more stylish, have more accessories ,and know how to throw a party.
HuuHuuHuuuu! SLOTH LOVES CHUNK! This isn't a Tablet PC, YOU GUYS! SLOTH LOVES CHUNK! HEY YOU GUYS! Point taken. Let's just ignore the M$ bashing article now, 'kay? Kay.
OMG! Wau!
Stop giving CmdrTaco hell. This article passed the stringent Slashdot tests for posting:
1. It busts on Microsoft.
2. It busts on Microsoft.
3. errr...uhhh...
Tired of being "punished" by the Slashdot $rtbl since 2002. I'm now over at http://soylentnews.org/ .
This brings a whole new meaning to "assraped by Microsoft"!
If you're happy and you know it read my blog
Yeah, and the suppository is 38.9cm by 30cm by 4.57cm ... OUCH!
utter rubbish
The goatse.cx guy was obviously a betatester.