[TML] Seemingly High Tech Computer Stuff

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 11/5/07 6:46 PM, Ewan Quibell wrote:

> They are the people who developed the idea, and now microsoft is getting
> into the act. Google "Microsoft Surface".

Not to be argumentative, but which idea?  A huge screen?  Touchscreens to
control a computer?  A really fast computer to display graphics?  All the
elements of that device are old hat.  Even putting them together is.
They're just marketing the idea (as is MS).



On 11/5/07 6:46 PM, James Ramsay wrote:

> Really, why would I want to make working on a computer harder? There is
> nothing I can't do with a keyboard, a mouse, and a big display. The only
> input device that will change computing will be neural interfaces.

Excellent point.  It looks pretty, but nobody will actually use it.  At
least, not for long.



On 11/5/07 6:46 PM, Stuart Frew wrote:

> Its sort of happening in the home with the Wii, but that would be a night mare
> in the office.

No Wii for me thanks.  I prefer to play my games on a computer, not a
console.  That way I can use all the mods that people come up with without
jumping thru hoops or voiding my warrantee.