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Microsoft announces cheap Tablet PC | |
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| Time: 11:15 EST/16:15 GMT | News Source: E-Mail | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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Microsoft aims to launch its own tablet PC. The company wants to work with a computer manufacturer to produce the unit, which will be sold for less than 1200 euros, Armin Cremerius-Günther, Division Head for Windows at Microsoft Deutschland, announced on Tuesday. A special Tablet PC Edition of Windows XP runs on tablet PCs; inside such Microsoft units, classic PC components are used, the main difference being a touch-sensitive display with fine temporal resolution that allows for control using a special pen that can also be used to enter hand-written data. Microsoft wants to use this low price to give a boost to the technology, which was first presented in 2002. According to Cremerius-Günther, many customers find the tablet PCs currently available too expensive. Microsoft estimates that they usually cost between 1800 and 2500 euros. | ||
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| #1 By 1401 (69.40.35.229) at 1/18/2005 11:49:51 AM |
| Maybe this is to combat the news of the Mac Mini, the cheap Mac... |
| #2 By 61 (65.32.168.114) at 1/18/2005 4:54:45 PM |
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Right... two completely different products, in two completely different markets... yeah, that's why they are doing this, to compete with the Mini.
And there ain't nothing cheap about the Mini. |
| #3 By 1401 (69.40.35.229) at 1/18/2005 5:07:43 PM |
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I was being facetious CPU - but since you mentioned it - nothing cheap about the Mac Mini? How about outdated PowerPC G4 processor technology? How about a limitation at 1GB of RAM? How about a 40 GB hard drive (probably a 5400 RPM drive too)? Of course there are no expansion slots. 167MHz system bus . No keyboard or mouse included
I configured the Mac Mini online and added a 80GB hard drive and 1 GB of Ram and the price came out to $1,132.00! I can get a hell of alot of PC for that price. Anyways, I like Mac, I have one with OS X on it. |
| #4 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 1/19/2005 1:42:03 AM |
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#4 Yikes - prolly a Fujitsu, too - slow as pond water and that's pretty slow, cuz pond water don't move...
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| #5 By 61 (65.32.168.114) at 1/19/2005 2:59:43 AM |
| I mean there is nothing cheap price wise about the Mini... it's waaay overpriced for what you get. |
| #6 By 1401 (69.40.35.229) at 1/19/2005 11:42:25 AM |
| Oh - sorry CPU, I mistook what you were saying... |
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