Microsoft Surface.. Anyone?

#1
TcM

Posted 10 September 2007 - 12:45 AM

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What do you think of the new Microsoft Project? Microsoft Surface.. If you never heard of it then see this:
Microsoft Surface

What you think? A project like the others? Buggy as hell? What do you think?

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Guest_Jordan_*

Posted 10 September 2007 - 04:54 AM

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It looks like a nice piece of equipment but it will probably be buggy as hell. I doubt it will be cheap enough to have in most homes though.

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Guest_NeedHelp_*

Posted 10 September 2007 - 01:39 PM

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Yeah, it looks cool but it probably wont work worth a ****.

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Posted 11 September 2007 - 12:24 AM

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Well but we all must admit, it is a cool piece of equipment... That's for sure. I doubt that linux would go on this too? Meaning, will linux make an open source os like this?

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Posted 20 October 2007 - 07:42 AM

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The opening page for Microsoft Surface was one of the coolest introductions I've ever seen. As for the device itself, it seems very interesting, but not very practical.

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Posted 28 October 2007 - 02:00 PM

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Well we will have to wait and see.. disaster or results?! And that introduction has a bug (not a joke) I found it but I could not reproduce it again to take a snapshot and show it to you.

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Posted 04 November 2007 - 05:37 AM

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TheComputerMaster said:

Well but we all must admit, it is a cool piece of equipment... That's for sure. I doubt that linux would go on this too? Meaning, will linux make an open source os like this?

Depends on the X-Server. As I understanding there are X-Servers out there that will run on such a device. Linux depends entirely on the architecture and hardware support. It's unlikely they use a CPU that Linux cannot run on. Drivers are another issue, if it goes into userland via X there's a chance we could get any Unix platform that supports the architecture on there.

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Posted 05 November 2007 - 06:24 AM

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G_Morgan said:

HaHa that would be cool! Having Linux on that device!!

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Posted 11 December 2008 - 12:55 PM

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It's not a question about if it "will work", or if it will "have bugs".
Fact is that a big, big player is introducing a paradigm shift on how we will use computers from now on.
The idea that we need to use a keyboard and a mouse to "talk" to the computers is old fashioned.
Now, the "actors" are not just humans anymore: we, programmers, will need to make interface for the many many actors that will come to play: portable devices that will share a new communication protocol to share, store and process informations.
Will be great times those...

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Posted 11 December 2008 - 01:07 PM

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Old threads should not be revived.

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G_Morgan

Posted 12 December 2008 - 01:48 AM

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The keyboard and mouse will remain. Just as the mouse did not displace the keyboard any touch screen will never displace the keyboard and mouse. The fact is the keyboard and mouse are superior in most cases. However there is room for augmenting the keyboard and mouse with a touch screen.