Microsoft Slate PC

Preempting Apple’s big iPad announcement

In preempting Apple’s big iPad announcement, Microsoft and HP announced a Slate PC they have been collaborating on. Steve Ballmer at CES announced the device during Microsoft’s press conference. It will be running a traditional version of Windows 7 with some slight modifications to introduce limited multi-touch functionality.

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The Windows 7 Shoe-in

It seems every Slate PC aims to tackle the same issues: eBook reading, media playback, an improving browsing experience as well as some capacity for gaming. To this respect, one must question why HP and Windows have adopted the approach they have. Instead of creating a standalone OS – or at the very least a legitimately annotated one ala Windows 7 Slate – they’ve built this form factor to Windows 7 specifications. This means this is a touch-based device glued to an operating system originally built for mouse and keyboard use, as opposed to a touch-based device with a proprietary touch-based interface.Microsoft HP Slate PC

Aesthetically, the Slate PC looks decent. With the little data that’s been gathered so far, and from judging from screenshots, its seemingly wide-screen aspect ratio makes it tailor-made for media viewing, unlike the competition. Being in prototype mode, though, nobody from the media has managed to get hands on time with it and a release date has been tentatively scheduled for “some time in 2010?. The addition of a USB 2.0 slot as well as an onboard camera which seemed a no-brainer in a pre iPad world now seem to big, albeit unexpected, notches in HP’s favour.

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