[ale] Microsoft can brag about something other than the X-Box now...

[Pete Hardie]

On 9/30/07, JK <jknapka at kneuro.net> wrote:
> aaron wrote:
>
> > On Friday 28 September 2007 22:55, Marvin, Martian of Mystery wrote:
> >
> >>http://www.microsoft.com/surface/
> >>if they don't bugger it up a-la "vista"! hahahahaha...
> >
> >
> > Mafia$oft has been pimping their Surefarce gadget for a while now.
> > I personally can't think of anything more insanely stupid and useless.
>
> That's what Geek v1.0 folks said about the mouse. Multipoint
> touch screens look to me to have similar potential to revolutionize
> the human/machine interface.


Until it gets cheap enough to put into every cubicle work surface,
it's a novelty.
It's not likely people will be physically comfortable reaching for
their screen, or
leaning over a tabletop.

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Pete Hardie
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