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    Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
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    09/30/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    My college work will be my excuse to pick up one of these babies. God this makes me happy, well, until I see the price tag. Anyone wanna take a guess? I'm seeing a 700 intro price tag.
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    09/24/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    This thing makes me want to cry a little; I want it so badly.
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    Image of Charles Frisby Charles Frisby
    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    Glass on glass = Dirt rubbing/scratching madness.

    When it's off the screen will look like the back of an iPod Classic.
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    Voyou_Charmant promoted this comment Edited by Charles Frisby at 09/23/09 11:52 PM Charles Frisby was starred Charles Frisby was unstarred
    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    09/24/09

    @Charles Frisby: Considering the attention to detail shown in the video, it would be absurd to think that they somehow overlooked the glass on glass factor.
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    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    Seriously? Hinges? The most likely failure point on any laptop, and they bring it to a tablet? A split screen, in a system with limited display space? And... if the image can be believed... not a touch screen, but a STYLUS based interface?

    LOL. That's Microsoft for you. Take a golden idea, bend it over, and shove a pineapple up its butt.

    [goes back to waiting for Apple]
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    IN THE FACE! promoted this comment fyngyrz was starred fyngyrz was unstarred
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    09/23/09

    @fyngyrz: Have you never heard of convertible tablets? Most of them only have a single fold/pivot hinge... I have one, that is 7 YEARS OLD, never had any problems with the hinge.
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    09/23/09

    @fyngyrz:
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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    I wish this came out sooner; I feel like the early years of college could have really benefited from something that makes the most mundane of obligations entertaining.

    All I need now is an excuse to get one.
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    Image of TallDudeFromBrazil TallDudeFromBrazil
    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    The U.I. looks really nice but also complicated as HELL. Almost restrict to tech savy folks like us.

    And we only see 1 minute of use.

    Apple will probably come out with something much simpler and with LESS features that will stole microsofts thunder.

    I used to think that the industry was catching up on apples strategy but i was wrong. They're only doing the "beatifull UI" and the "INDUSTRIAL DESIGN" thing...they forgot about usability.
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    09/23/09

    @TallDudeFromBrazil: UI complicated? Have you ever used a dayrunner?
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    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    Who the hell is Paperboy?
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    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    When they release version 2.0, they should call it "Courier New."
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    As an owner of a Tablet PC this video was fucking awesome, if the real product is anything even remotely like that I'm getting one on day one for sure.

    My TC1100 was getting a little long in the tooth, and finally there looks to be a worthy replacement on the horizon. DO WANT =D
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    09/23/09

    @TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.: Dude...TC1100 "getting a little long in the tooth"? What do you consider long, six foot molars?

    On the other hand, bravo to you for still kicking it old school - I really like the design of the TC 1100, messed around with one myself but had digitizer issues (because I'm too stupid/lazy to get Linux drivers really working on it) and then had the hard drive blow out (because it's oooold).
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    09/23/09

    @Lupus_Yonderboy: Try comparing the specs of the TC1100 to most netbooks, then ask yourself: What netbook comes with an Wacom digitizer?

    Its more than sufficient for day to day task like web browsing and writing documents, etc. Real geeks doesn't upgrade their laptops every 6 months to get the latest and greatest in processing power, we simply SSH into our desktops to get the heavy lifting done remotely ;P
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    09/24/09

    @TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.: Word to everything above, I kinda think I screwed the pooch when I bought a Fujitsu T3010d, it was nice at the time, but the batt died hella quick and no one seems to sell replacements without charging $100++++ for them, and they are probably leftover originals that are already half-dead...

    Currently contemplating putting a light linux on it, still use it as a bedside media player, but kinda useless for anything else as no batt...
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    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    Um, holy shit.

    I hope it has a left-handed mode, though.
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    09/30/09

    @chefgon: I am a fellow lefty brother, I doubt they'll overlook such a feature.
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    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    I sincerely hope that the whole theme is reversible to give some left hand love to my fellow southpaws out there.
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    Image of Aashish Bhagyanagar Aashish Bhagyanagar
    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    I have one major doubt.How is this screen accepting finger multi touch as well as pin pointed stylus input.....Capacitive cant accept stylus input right?
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    09/23/09

    @Aashish Bhagyanagar: Capacitive multitouch layer ABOVE the screen, Wacom Active Digitizer BELOW the screen.
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    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    too bad this won't work in field applications. Sometimes you just need one screen, especially while viewing a map. But it would be very cool to have in a classroom...
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    09/23/09

    @¡OMG!PWNIES: It looks like it can fold back on itself so if you needed one side you'd be okay.

    The first thing is reminded me of was the HP-28 calculators that were like a book but would hinge back for handheld use.

    let's wait and see
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    Image of Elaine Chow Elaine Chow
    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    Woah, this makes me think of that interactive book in The Diamond Age. How many of Neal Stephenson's dreams are gonna come true before he's finally happy?!
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    09/23/09

    @Elaine Chow: Hells yes, Diamond Age is awesome. I honestly feel that very few writers can describe the future like Stephenson, and that Stephenson is among the most accurate in doing so. Also, I add myself to the south paw list.
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    09/23/09

    In reply to Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
    I like this. I really hope this becomes an actual product and be in my hands by early next spring.
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