OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/19534/Consumer_Version_of_Surface_Could_Hit_by_2011 Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:12:05 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com ... http://osnews.com/thread?306917 http://osnews.com/thread?306917 As a famiy game board would be fun, the most expensive monoply game ever,Edited 2008-03-27 19:19 UTC Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hiev) Comments hmmm http://osnews.com/thread?306922 http://osnews.com/thread?306922 It's cool and everything, but wouldn't it be an ergonomic nightmare for extended use? Hunching over a table all day would not make your back feel very nice, methinks. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Flatline) Comments RE: hmmm http://osnews.com/thread?306925 http://osnews.com/thread?306925
It's cool and everything, but wouldn't it be an ergonomic nightmare for extended use? Hunching over a table all day would not make your back feel very nice, methinks.

First of all what makes you assume that anybody expects this to replace your normal computer. That is not and never has been its point. Everybody, including Microsoft, agrees that trying to write your PhD thesis on this thing is just plain stupid.

Secondly why would you be hunching? Look at a draftsman's or drawing table. They're designed so you can work on them all day without any need for hunching. If these things become popular and people start using them for long periods of time what makes you think they wouldn't come up with some kind of similar solution. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dagw) Comments One word ... Casinos http://osnews.com/thread?306926 http://osnews.com/thread?306926 I could see this thing taking off big in casinos with the right software. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Bit_Rapist) Comments RE: One word ... Casinos http://osnews.com/thread?306927 http://osnews.com/thread?306927 Four words: real time strategy games. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE[2]: One word ... Casinos http://osnews.com/thread?306929 http://osnews.com/thread?306929 One word: done ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYY-g6ionzM Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (miscz) Comments RE[2]: hmmm http://osnews.com/thread?306979 http://osnews.com/thread?306979 Isn't Surface basically a rear-projection box? Unless they can shrink it down to a flat-panel package, drawing table-like angle adjustments seem a bit cumbersome. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Johann Chua) Comments RE[3]: hmmm http://osnews.com/thread?306990 http://osnews.com/thread?306990 http://www.touchtable.com/site/tt45.php Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (hobgoblin) Comments