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Microsoft's Athens PC

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nice-and-simple dept.

OneLeg noted that the Seattle Times has a story on Microsoft deciding to partner up with HP and work on new PCs with a simpler, more controlled architecture. Including things like integrated telephony into the PCs, and in general, being a bit more Maclike and locking Linux out of the desktop market.

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  1. Re:Great, more of this... by treuf · · Score: 0, Troll

    "The Athens PC has a built-in telephone linked to Microsoft's productivity applications. When the hardware receives an incoming call, the software automatically pulls up the caller's contact information and photo if the data are stored on the system."

    This is already on MacOSX (as usual ?).
    You need to own a supported phone (there is not much for now as it's pretty new, only a few nokias and Sony Ericson phones) which works over bluetooth - but this is a really pleasant feature.

    One of the reasons Mac have so few problems compared to MS is that hardware is often controled by Apple - which help them to have a stable os (BSD helps them even more here though - but I doubt MS will copy that anytime soon)

    Moreover, it's a good time for them to do a such move, I don't see the bush administration push for another antitrust trial there - they have to do all their nasty stuffs before the next US elections ...

  2. Re:Ah, another MS lockdown by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fortunately we have someone very ambitious, with lots of money, and a distaste for Microsoft on OUR side: Micheal Robertson.