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| Time: 05:05 EST/10:05 GMT | News Source: MSNBC | Posted By: Julien Jay | ||
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Amid a slumping economy and a declining PC market, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates tried to make the case to the Comdex masses that technology’s best days are yet to come. Speaking at the opening of Comdex Fall 2001, Gates provided a concrete example with the Tablet PC, which uses a touch screen and a forthcoming version of Windows XP. The device, unveiled as a concept last year, was shown in prototype form Sunday with examples from Compaq Computer, NEC, Toshiba, Intel and others. One of the devices resembled an Etch A Sketch, while another looked more like a notebook PC with a screen that could be rotated to sit on top of the keyboard. Others were almost small enough to be considered handhelds. Microsoft also announced the name of the software that powers the Tablet PC: Microsoft Windows XP Tablet Edition. Gates said the company hopes the devices will be commercially available in 2002. “Next year I hope a lot of people in the audience will be taking their notes on a Tablet PC,” Gates said. | ||
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| #1 By 182 (24.23.60.217) at 11/12/2001 12:27:08 PM |
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If they execute this properly, I want it, and I want it BAD.
It is currently infeasible to carry around a laptop that you can pop open at a moment's notice and take down notes. Not only is there (almost always...Standby is good for this) a bootup time associated with it, but it is not usable without a surface on which to type, even if it is only your lap. I look forward to the day when I can conveniently undock my tablet PC from its KVM interface and take it directly to the meeting, or on the road in a small carrying case, able to whip it out quickly and easily. I have much less ability with a mouse than a pen. So that would be helpful to me as well. Unfortunately, my handwriting stinks, so data entry might be a problem. But I can fix that if I can have a good hybrid between my PDA and my laptop. While it's not an original idea, it is, as some have pointed out, not who comes up with the idea first, but who gets it to market in some usable form. That's innovation, and kudos to MS for bringing it to us. If they do it right. We'll see. |
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