Wow! Check this out!

[jpeso2525]

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

This caught my eye! How do you think this will affect the market? Bust or success?

 

[bumblebee_tuna]

No offense, but that's soooooo 5 minutes ago..........

My guess is they're going to market these more towards the entertainment industry more than personal, home use.

 

[jedijeff123]

ohh i saw this on cnet a while back. i think that it has a practical use, but it will wait a few years before people will buy it.

 

[SFR]

Yeah.. Touch screen is NOT a new technology. It has been around for awhile. You walk into a grocery store and there are Kodak photo Kiosks... or even car headunits and navigation systems... even in warehouses touch screens are being used.. I doubt Microsoft Surface will make it off the floor.

 

[EGS]

Bah they took my idea!

 

[bigsaucybob]

I'm pretty sure that its not just touch screen, its multi-touch screen. And the first real products that have utilized that are the iPhone and the HTC Touch.

 

[patrickv]

Don't that thread exist, i think there's 3 threads like this
http://www.computerforum.com/86392-microsoft-surface.html

 

[INTELCRAZY]

I am tired of seeing this, any OS company can take their OS and redesign to enable it to have physics when touched on a touchscreen. It's not that hard, but now that MS does it, everyone gets aroused.

 

[Cleric7x9]

I'm pretty sure that its not just touch screen, its multi-touch screen. And the first real products that have utilized that are the iPhone and the HTC Touch.

yes you are correct. the reason its a big deal is because it can detect touches in two different places simulatenously. touchscreens have been around for a very long time, however go to yoru grocery store or warehouse and touch it in two places at the same time....it wont work

 

[kobaj]

Multi touch screens have been around for quite a while, I thought I read somewhere 1980ish.

Anywho, why wait for microsoft when you can make your own. I just wish I had a projector .