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Tablet PC falls short of a religious eXPerience | |
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| Time: 16:51 EST/21:51 GMT | News Source: USA Today | Posted By: Alex Harris | ||
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Had Microsoft existed during biblical times, doth anyone doubt how the Ten Commandments would have been delivered? Bill Gates would have descended from the mountaintop carrying a computerized tablet running Windows XP, on which surely would have been displayed such commandments as ''Thou shalt not separate Internet Explorer from the Windows operating system.'' A few thousand years late, but Microsoft is poised to foist upon its minions a Tablet PC for real. The wireless carry-around, not much bigger than a spiral notebook, runs a special edition of the Windows XP operating system with enhancements for taking digital notes, converting handwriting into text and recognizing speech. The hardware will be built by Microsoft partners such as Acer, Fujitsu and Toshiba. The Tablet PC is initially targeted at both road warriors and ''corridor warriors,'' those folks who spend an inordinate amount of time wandering from meeting to meeting. Eventually, the company is hoping the Tablet will appeal to the masses. | ||
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| #1 By 1401 (24.74.52.178) at 6/27/2002 5:28:02 PM |
| I have a feeling that later releases of the Windows XP Tablet Edition will be more and more compelling... |
| #2 By 1169 (212.38.182.251) at 6/27/2002 5:52:54 PM |
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If I go by experience, Bill would have come down from the mountain bearing the tablet, calmed down the microsef anxiously chatting at the base of the mountain and began to read cautiously but in a thunderous voice:
'Thow shall not...' and as he prepared to end the sentence a little sound, like a 'ding' would fill the air, and the tablet would simply display a blue screen mumbling something about exception error E0034Agtxz. After the initial shock, the Microsefs would walk back to their tents murmuring about the fact that 'it was possible that God used the wrong drivers, or about some kind of activeX virus from the devil |
| #3 By 1896 (208.61.156.122) at 6/27/2002 5:59:47 PM |
| I love the idea. If it is going to perform as it is supposed to do this is going to be my next laptop! |
| #4 By 2332 (165.247.1.237) at 6/27/2002 7:45:11 PM |
| This is the first portable computing device I've ever considered buying... I think I'm gonna get the HP/Compaq one... it's nifty. :-) |
| #5 By 2332 (165.247.5.19) at 6/28/2002 2:14:21 AM |
| Hrm... ya... good point, I guess it depends on how much more the Acer costs. |
| #6 By 1896 (208.61.157.250) at 6/28/2002 7:15:22 AM |
| I agree, the swivel screen concept looks very interesting. Well we just have to wait n see. |
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