Comments on: (Literally) hands-on with Microsoft Surface

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Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:31:06 +0000

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By: Paul Ockenden

Paul Ockenden — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:07:06 +0000

> I want stuff that appears to have been designed and built in a lap

LOL – I meant lab, of course!

By: Stuart Turton

Stuart Turton — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:05:20 +0000

@Tim

No, that’s just David Fearon.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:08:32 +0000

Does it only work in darkened rooms?

By: Paul Ockenden

Paul Ockenden — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:57:41 +0000

As a gadget fan – one who’ll happily splash out FAR too much on stuff, much of it that simply ends up in a pile of similar stuff in the junk room – can I just say that the Surface simply doesn’t excite me at all.

I’ve been trying to work out why. I think it’s that the technology (cameras, projector) seeming a bit old fashioned. Almost a bit ‘mechanical’. I want stuff that appears to have been designed and built in a lap, rather than a tech-version of Scrapheap Challenge.

Plus, there’s the form factor. It takes me back 30 years to the table Galaxians and Space Invaders machines of my youth. The Surface is supposed to be a demo of the highest tech available, but they’ve given in a form factor that screams “retro”.

So, sorry Microsoft, I’m afraid there’s simply no gadget lust here. Try again.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:41:09 +0000

It’s just a gimmick. $13k in price? 5 cameras to process the ‘touch’ recognition? And what exactly would you do with it? To call it a niche product would be an understatement. This is typical Microsoft–its not vaporware but it’s like a concept car–and about as useful!

By: james016

james016 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:23:03 +0000

I see no mention of it being used as a PacMan or Space Invaders game