M$ New "Surface" Technology

[Uber_Tiny]

Code-named "Milan," Microsoft's Surface project has been in the works for about five years now, and while at first glance it looks like just a thin, touch-sensitive sheet (now that would be cool), in reality it's a full-on Vista PC crammed into a table base with five motion-detecting cameras mounted below the 30-inch display. So no, you're not taking Surface on the bus anytime soon.

Also, in practical terms, these units are simply way too expensive for anything but commercial applications at this point—about $5,000 to $10,000 each, according to the AP. So for the near future, I wouldn’t expect to see Surface, uh, surfacing anywhere except at a few retail and hospitality venues, like T-Mobile (one of Microsoft's first signed customers) and Harrah's, and even then only in a kiosk-type capacity. And as for restaurants? Sure, I enjoyed the demo in which you could flip through the menu on the tabletop, tap your selections, and later divide the bill and calculate the tip—but seriously, how many restaurants will plunk down $5,000 per table so you can look up the info about the wine you're drinking? Not too many, I'd guess (unless the tabletop morphs into a series of gigantic ads, which kind of kills the appetite). And what happens when someone inevitably spills a full glass of ice water on Surface? Oops.

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Technology is a great thing. It just keeps expanding and things get smaller and more user friendly. With "Surface" It not only makes things more user friendly. But it also makes it fun to use. Instead of a click of a mouse it's a touch and feel of a finger. Making this the absolute personalizing piece of hardware/software to be seen yet!! I give this 2 for M$ in making this IMO very interesting new look into how we can do our computing in the future.

[Silverline]

It looks pretty interesting, though I'd much prefer something kind of like a tablet, such as this:

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[Uber_Tiny]

I believe this is the same Technology. I was actually wondering if M$ bought this from them and made it there own.