I just tried this in Vista myself, with Search indexing shut off (as it always is on my machines) and, lo and behold, it went up to 99% CPU usage. Even after I closed the Start Menu, it stayed at 99% for at least 10-15 seconds. Fortunately it did not crash my Dual Core PC, no matter how many times I tried it.
SP1 does not fix this issue either.
What would stop you from using a normal piece of paper to print the promotion onto, thereby making the transient paper redundant? A more useful implementation would be if they made had a 24 hour+ version of this type of paper. Stores/cafes/restaurants could hand out coupons with something like a "Come back tomorrow for a free ____" deal that ran out after the allotted time.
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I just tried this in Vista myself, with Search indexing shut off (as it always is on my machines) and, lo and behold, it went up to 99% CPU usage. Even after I closed the Start Menu, it stayed at 99% for at least 10-15 seconds. Fortunately it did not crash my Dual Core PC, no matter how many times I tried it. SP1 does not fix this issue either.
What would stop you from using a normal piece of paper to print the promotion onto, thereby making the transient paper redundant?
A more useful implementation would be if they made had a 24 hour+ version of this type of paper. Stores/cafes/restaurants could hand out coupons with something like a "Come back tomorrow for a free ____" deal that ran out after the allotted time.