Anyone watching the MS-BN announcement?

[MovieBird]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Use a different office suite. I use Notepad; and for the fancier stuff, Wordpad.

You should really step up to Notepad++. The pencil in the logo kinda looks like a banana... maybe...

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Use a different office suite. I use Notepad; and for the fancier stuff, Wordpad.

vi

It's also great for making web pages and writing software. I use it on everything from phones through supercomputers.

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Use a different office suite. I use Notepad; and for the fancier stuff, Wordpad.

Feh! EDLIN rules!

[wizwor]

copy con

Originally Posted by wizwor

copy con

Toggle switches. Bank A selects the address. Bank B is the contents that you want to add to that address. No fancy office software like copy con: ... heck, you don't even need a CPU.

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by BWinmill

Toggle switches. Bank A selects the address. Bank B is the contents that you want to add to that address. No fancy office software like copy con: ... heck, you don't even need a CPU.

Ah, the days of 8080 programming.
Although I'm usually more nostalgic for the Tek scope days!

We go any more retro will end up back in the chalk and slate era...

Meanwhile, back at the farm...

ZDNET has a second look at the Surface Dog and pony show looking at the fine print:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/...ne-print/12965

More Surface hardware to come: It seems like the two tablets announced yesterday may just be the first of a number of Microsoft-Surface-branded hardware — at least based on this press release tagline: “Microsoft-made hardware to be available starting with release of Windows 8 and Windows RT.” (emphasis mine) Maybe there will be other Microsoft tablets, PCs… maybe even phones introduced as part of the new Surface family.

CNET has a highlights article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57...ostrtcol;posts

And one angsting about MS stepping on the toes of their OEM partners:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57...col;subStories

Yeah, partners like HP that blew a billion bucks on Palm, looking to break away from MS.

If those OEMS delivered better portable hardware, MS wouldn't have to step up and show them up.

And finally, a reminder that channel conflict is hardly new in the tech world:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57...col;topStories

[BeccaPrice]

Did anyone catch whether the new tablets have a usb port for a memory stick?

[Sil_liS]

Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

Did anyone catch whether the new tablets have a usb port for a memory stick?

Both versions of the Surface come with two USB ports (2.0 on the RT and a faster 3.0 on the Windows Pro).

[BeccaPrice]

thanks for the article - it sounds really good. I think I want one.

[HarryT]

I think this is a really exciting announcement. A Win8 Intel-based tablet that will run all my existing laptop apps, and which has a neat keyboard in the cover. I want one!

[HappyMartin]

Looks terrific. Hope it does well. I bet it does.

[elemenoP]

The keyboard cover does look cool. I look at it and think, "why didn't Apple do that for the ipad?" I don't have an ipad so I don't know what 3rd party keyboards there are for it. Any as cool/light/integrated as the Surface one is or appears to be?

eP

[HarryT]

I haven't seen one. All iPad keyboards work with Bluetooth, to the best of my knowledge.

[Dulin's Books]

yes all the iPad ones work over bluetooth. the Surface covers work over Microsofts magnetic power and data connection http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/14/m...t-application/

too funny that Engadget speculated that "it's not likely to arrive in a product yet" and here it is a week later

I'm assuming there will be some other accesories coming that can work over the port. speakers etc Im hoping for a large monitor with a dock at the base so you can simply set the tablet onto the dock and have a larger display to work with at the desk and still use the tablet as a second monitor(with out the need for plugging in an hdmi cable)

[wodin]

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

yes all the iPad ones work over bluetooth. the Surface covers work over Microsofts magnetic power and data connection http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/14/m...t-application/

too funny that Engadget speculated that "it's not likely to arrive in a product yet" and here it is a week later

I'm assuming there will be some other accesories coming that can work over the port. speakers etc Im hoping for a large monitor with a dock at the base so you can simply set the tablet onto the dock and have a larger display to work with at the desk and still use the tablet as a second monitor(with out the need for plugging in an hdmi cable)

It wouldn't surprise me to see a docking station, complete with user interface (monitor, keyboard, mouse), extra storage, more ports, etc. etc. And sooner rather than later. MS is touting this thing as being a PC as well as a tablet. Just having a keyboard cover doesn't make it a PC.

Much like the docking stations available for many laptops today.