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If they were truly leading, they would apply the Metro UI to a 30-inch touchable drafting table, tilted at 45 degrees (see the original Jeff Han multitouch dem
by lukifer 14y ago
If they were truly leading, they would apply the Metro UI to a 30-inch touchable drafting table, tilted at 45 degrees (see the original Jeff Han multitouch demos).
Portable/casual computing has already been reinvented; it's time to do the same to the high-end professional workstation.
- cooldeal 14y agoYou can already do that with a mount. Windows 8 is display size agnostic. Example of a 80inch TV with a touchscreen running Windows 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUFv4C4fVzE&feature=player_detailpage#t=4399s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUFv4C4fVzE&feature=playe...
- lukifer 14y agoBut they're hardly making that environment their flagship; instead, they're making a (pretty decent) iPad clone with a better keyboard and a stand. They should be focusing on the environment where both the iPad and the PC underperform (relative to the possibility space): knowledge work and the enterprise. Microsoft needs to leapfrog, not catch up.