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Microsoft Surface

MystaMysta Member UncommonPosts: 94
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http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

Transfering things that easy? i'm in. Wires ftl.

Any possibilities for MMOS?

And just some info i've pulled up

Price $5,000 - 10,000

Release: Winter 2007

Comments

  • xpowderxxpowderx Member UncommonPosts: 2,078
    Now I loved that! Man cant wait!! Best  tech post I have seen in a long while.
  • gpettgpett Member Posts: 1,105
    Blah I'll use a mouse!
  • shamallshamall Member CommonPosts: 516
    Wasn't there a video out where some guys were playing warcraft on this thing awhile ago?

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  • PhoenixsPhoenixs Member Posts: 2,646
    Cool
  • GodliestGodliest Member Posts: 3,486

    Seems pretty cool, but I think I'll stay to my mouse.

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  • ikraikra Member Posts: 339
    imagine playing counterstrike with those, poiint a finger.... HEADSHOT!!! WTF!!!

    i~ku~ra
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  • UrdigUrdig Member Posts: 1,260

    Very cool.

    Sometimes I feel like I'm living in the future.

    Edit: I just thought about using Photoshop on that thing and wet myself.

    Wish Darkfall would release.

  • jesadjesad Member UncommonPosts: 882
    Hah! yeah, it's neat!  I just started a string on the same thing, OOPS, going to redirect.

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  • SpathotanSpathotan Member Posts: 3,928
    Thats wild shit right there. Data transfer from 1 device to another, through a touch screen is unbelivable.

    "There's no star system Slave I can't reach, and there's no planet I can't find. There's nowhere in the Galaxy for you to run. Might as well give up now."
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  • ikraikra Member Posts: 339
    heh.. the possibilities of tomorrow...



    i see minority report coming true after all lol

    i~ku~ra
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  • FlamingIceFlamingIce Member UncommonPosts: 120
    Originally posted by shamall

    Wasn't there a video out where some guys were playing warcraft on this thing awhile ago?
    video.google.com/videoplay
  • dsorrentdsorrent Member CommonPosts: 1,627

    Unfortunately, this thing will probably be priced out of the range of the general consumer for years to come.


    Fact: In the United States, 4% of all children are born with a heart defect.
    Fact: Only 1% of those has Ebstein's Anomaly.
    Fact: My daughter is in that 1%.
  • xxthecorexxxxthecorexx Member Posts: 1,078
    Originally posted by Urdig


    Very cool.
    Sometimes I feel like I'm living in the future.
    Edit: I just thought about using Photoshop on that thing and wet myself.
    are you a wacom tablet user urdig ?

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  • InflictionInfliction Member Posts: 1,115
    That's definately sweet. Can't wait 'til we actually start seeing things like this in action

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    Shhhh....the coffee table...is watching...me....
  • BigdavoBigdavo Member UncommonPosts: 1,863

    Microsoft has got it in the bag, this is going to dominate the market. And Im not talking just the consumer market, that will come years after the device is released, but they're gonna make a killing selling this to large corporations, an absolute killing.

    O_o o_O

  • neschrianeschria Member UncommonPosts: 1,406
    Originally posted by Sawtooth

    Shhhh....the coffee table...is watching...me....

     

    And your phone is talking to the table. You have no secrets!

    I think this looks like a really cool piece of hardware. It looks like it will be fun and intuitive to use. I'm on board...

    My cat sits on my keyboard anyway, so why shouldn't it be more convenient for him to sleep on my whole computer? Ah ha! Surface is more proof that the world is run by a secret society of housecats.

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  • SigneSigne Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 2,524
    I don't think there's too much practical about this, at least in the gaming world.  The video sort of shows that.  It looks cool, that's about it.  There have been computing surfaces around for years, since the 80s I think.   Companies use them and they're used quite a bit in university research. 
  • GodliestGodliest Member Posts: 3,486

    Originally posted by neschria
    Originally posted by Sawtooth
    Shhhh....the coffee table...is watching...me....

    And your phone is talking to the table. You have no secrets!
    I think this looks like a really cool piece of hardware. It looks like it will be fun and intuitive to use. I'm on board...
    My cat sits on my keyboard anyway, so why shouldn't it be more convenient for him to sleep on my whole computer? Ah ha! Surface is more proof that the world is run by a secret society of housecats.

    I see you haven't read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Of course it's not a secret society of housecats, it's mice that rule the world. They just fake to be stupid and has to sacrifice a few to the cats to seem stupid. While in reality they are the smartest animal on earth and the animal that's overlooking the work on finding out the meaning of life, or what 42 exactly mean...

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  • heartlessheartless Member UncommonPosts: 4,993

    The thing looks cool, don't get me wrong, but with the price range of $5,000 - 10,000 it will probably not see mainstream usage for years to come.

    One other thing that comes to mind is upgradability. If it is going to be  like an actual PC, rather than a table top that reads your iPod and lets your kids doodle on it, How is the upgrading going to be handled? The Warcraft 3 thing looks interesting and all but how are you going to play the more graphicaly advanced games or work in Photoshop?

    Granted, I haven't really searched for info about this, but from what I've gathered the thing has a functionality of a glorified PDA. Yes, the ripple effect looks cool, but for $5,000 - 10,000 the thing better pick up my kids from school and wash my car. 

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  • neschrianeschria Member UncommonPosts: 1,406
    Originally posted by Godliest


     
     
    I see you haven't read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Of course it's not a secret society of housecats, it's mice that rule the world. They just fake to be stupid and has to sacrifice a few to the cats to seem stupid. While in reality they are the smartest animal on earth and the animal that's overlooking the work on finding out the meaning of life, or what 42 exactly mean...

     

    I have read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy... but my own observations suggest that cats are in control everything, and are trying to prevent mice from learning their secrets. At least that's what I think my cat is doing when he brings me dead mice. He's trying to intimidate me. If he can do that to mice, what can he do to mere humans?

    Then again, by that logic, sofas are also hyperintelligent, pandimensional beings, since my cat is killing my sofa too. :(

    Anyway, I think someone should develop software for cats for Surface. I mean, the cat is going to be on it anyway. Might as well have something on the tabletop to confuse him. It would be much cheaper than hiring Confuse-a-Cat.

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    This is where I draw the line: __________________.

  • dsorrentdsorrent Member CommonPosts: 1,627

    I read a little about this and apparently, the way it's identifying the devices being placed on it is by ID stickers on the back of the device that are face down toward the screen.


    Fact: In the United States, 4% of all children are born with a heart defect.
    Fact: Only 1% of those has Ebstein's Anomaly.
    Fact: My daughter is in that 1%.
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