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HP Developing Hybrid Tablet PC / Coffee Table

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the please-use-a-coaster dept.

StrongGlad writes "HP has been working on a different take on the home entertainment PC. "Misto" is a hybrid of a coffee table and a tablet PC, featuring a large, built-in touch-screen display. The idea is to allow a group to congregate around the table and share pictures, play board games, or peruse a map. Misto uses a standard desktop PC as its engine, but comes with some specialized HP software for managing the interface. Pricing, availability and style of coffee table are all undetermined, but Misto gives people some idea of how HP wants to develop products that expand on its existing businesses."

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  1. useless by ExE122 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look for this item in next years Ikea catalog as part of the Tákkí collection. At the low price of $15,995.99 it is a perfect addition to any Mátereülisték line of furniture and Yöpee accessories. If you are a Mátereülisték person looking to spend some money, a Tákkí coffee table with a PC built into it would be a perfect addition to your Yöpee house! It is custom made to fit into your gas-guzzling Hummer for easy delivery. And just imagine how well it would look gathering dust between your baby-harp-seal-skin sofa and 97 inch high definition television!

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    Hideous piece of show-off crap... this is the most useless invention since the pet rock!

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    1. Re:useless by Coryoth · · Score: 4, Funny

      My Finnish is appalling but I think you'll find that Tääki, Metiriälistik, and Jaappi are better fits should you need to recycle the joke at a later date - though this gets into the confusion over the fact that "j" is pronounced as we pronounce "y" in Finnish, while "y" is pronounced kind of like the the "u" in Munich or bureau.

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  2. My $399 PC already has a coffee cup holder by Green+Salad · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just press the eject button and a motorized coffee cup holder slides out. Must be some kind of productivity option on my cheap PC.

  3. Embarrassing Coffee Table Moment by Billosaur · · Score: 4, Funny

    Madge: Barb, this party is terrific. Good wine, excellent cheese...

    Barb: Thanks Madge! Jim and I try to make them memorable!

    Madge: I really like your coffee table [sets wineglass down on top of table]

    Barb: Oh yes, it's the latest thing! It's got a computer inside...

    Madge: Oh my!!!!! [loudly]

    Barb: What's wrong Barb? What... OH DEAR GOD! JIIIMMMMMM!!!!

    Jim: What's up Honey?!? What's with all the... GOOD GOD!!!

    [Party comes to a halt as Jim's private pics of his and Barb's conjugal activites slideshow across tabletop]

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  4. Re:But... by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny
    What's your problem, were you raised in a barn?!!

    Use a coaster before your wife catches you!

    I'd rather have a robust touch-screen coffee table display that I can connect my laptop to.

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  5. Re:But... by HaloZero · · Score: 4, Funny

    A virtual coaster appears underneath it. You may customize this to your level of desired geekdom. For some, a nice lace doiley. For others, damaged floppy disks or burn-failed CDs and DVDs.

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