Microsoft's Concept All-in-One PC for Windows 8

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[citation][nom]Moricon[/nom]For the last time, I DONT WANT BLOODY FINGERPRINTS ON MY SCREEN !!!!![/citation]

I agree. And it's fugly.
No worries, though - Microsoft will pull the plug on it 2 months after introduction... like they did the "KIN".
 
[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]If it wasn't for MS and Windows there wouldn't **BE** a PC hardware industry[/citation]

FAIL. Being IN the industry, I know that Microsoft has come up with "standards" that contradict existing non-PC standards to the detriment of both. As an example, the audio industry [Institute of High Fidelity - IHF] had good standards of measurement of signal-to-noise ratios, dynamic range, power output, frequency response, etc. These were put into place to help the consumer accurately determine the subjective quality of the products they bought because low-end manufacturers were making wildly unsubstantiated claims about their products. In the 90's, Microsoft re-defined those true "standards" so that we're back to the problems we had in the 70's, except now they're accepted "standards". P--ses me off.
 
THX NOTHX! I know it's a concept but why the awful, permanent tilt to the screen. Is that supposed to be a functional aesthetic? Put the PC in the base, and make the screen slender and *adjustable*! VESA mount is a plus.
 
OH crap. Lookout oem builders. Mcrosoft will release its own PC and windows 8 license will require that it can only be installed on Microsoft labeled hardware. I can smell the lawsuits now.

Maybe in the end, apple will be required to changes its practices as well.
 
[citation][nom]smile9999[/nom]are you an idiot man, they are trying to dictate what the direction should be for the hardware industry, they should keep with the software which they seem to be failing at honestly with this weird ideas.[/citation]
How can you say they are failing at this idea when it hasn't even been released yet?

Also if the PC industry didn't have a universalised adoption of the IBM compatible clone which *every* PC in the world uses, we would have fragmentation of the worst kind where each company make everything proprietary. First it was Windows as the OS, over time we have seen everything else become standardised including the 3.5" hard disk, ATA connectors, PCI ports, VGA, USB - the list goes on. Of course now the hardware standards no longer require Windows as Linux installs on any PC hardware and even Apple use PC componants such as RAM, CPU, HDD. If we want to be really pedantic you could say that IBM were the first people to bring universal standardisation by creating the IBM PC, but it was Windows that put a box into every home.

This fugly looking box up there isn't trying to replace anything, it will be just another option for people to install Windows 8 on, there isn't even the remotest chance in hell that Microsoft will make their own hardware Windows 8 exclusive because the business world's PC refresh cycle wouldn't be able to syncronise and they would lose billions, possibly even go bust. Microsoft isn't in the business of losing money, it is in the business of winning and the best way to do that is to have broad market spectrum diversification, specialisation for those that want it and standardisation for those that need it, and for every fugly box they sell with Windows 8 pre-installed they will still sell 100 other copies of Windows 8 installed on a Dell on volume licence to a financial company.
 
[citation][nom]drwho1[/nom]that looks strangely like a Mac[/citation]

No it doesn't, it just looks like a computer which isn't a standard base unit plus screen combo.... honestly there aren't that many ways of making an all-in-one, they are bound to all look alike a bit
 
This thing does say "voice control" in the audio section.

So this should be touch and voice control combined not just coming in on the band wagon like everyone else with touch-only.
 
No one in an office will use a Minority Report style hand-waving interface, they will always use mouse & keyboard...
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I think that statement is a little short sighted. Who can possibly predict what people will be using once the options are out there and have matured a bit. TBH I can see touch screen being widely adopted in a lot of places once it has a sufficient cycle of development behind it. Remember the fringe technology of today becomes the mainstream tech of the future.
 
In case you didn't know. There are now technologies that greatly mitigate the smudging effect. It's just a matter of cost at this point.
 
No one in an office will use a Minority Report style hand-waving interface, they will always use mouse & keyboard...
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If we listened to people like you we wouldn't have put a man on the moon, still be traveling by horse & cart and Lehmann Brothers would be calculating your mortgage payments on an abacus.
Think... future!
 
[citation][nom]matchboxmatt[/nom]Touch obviously isn't meant for the hardcore enthusiasts on this site who would never buy an all-in-one PC to begin with. It's meant for the average consumer who loves Apple touch products.[/citation]
So why is it being reported here???? Does the average user visit Toms too?
 
That thing is bloody hideous. Stop trying to make iMacs Microsoft. Also, what's up with this huge rush for W8? The rush for W7 was obvious, as Vista was, well, terrible. But now that they've got a decent OS out, why would they want to push out another? It just doesn't make sense to me.
 
[citation][nom]Pyroflea[/nom]That thing is bloody hideous. Stop trying to make iMacs Microsoft. Also, what's up with this huge rush for W8? The rush for W7 was obvious, as Vista was, well, terrible. But now that they've got a decent OS out, why would they want to push out another? It just doesn't make sense to me.[/citation]
Maybe because they want to get back into the business of creating an OS that forces you to buy new hardware. Like touchscreens to replace your new LCD Widescreens.
 
That is a horrible design. Who wants a computer that looks like the Liberator that you lay your wife on every night? Seriously some of these "modern art" folks they are hiring need to be fired.
 
For a regular home pc this tech might not have to much use but I can see so many other application that can take advantage of this. I'm not sure why lot of you are so bend out of shape about this. 10 years or less from now you are going to find touch screens even in restrooms where you will be able to play a song while you are squeezing hard... c'mone people some type of input is always going to be there but the way we interact with technology is changing.
 
Motion controls for gaming is one thing, but why the hell would anyone want to smudge their screen up and keep reaching over for everything they need to do in day to day computing?? A mouse is soooooooooo much more effective/efficient that it shouldn't even try to be replaced until they tap into nerve impulse computing (which may even not end up being ethical in the first place). It seems Microsoft could focus their efforts on creating technology that's, oh I dunno, practical, and that of which the end result will flatter the consumer moreso than themselves.
 
[citation][nom]drwho1[/nom]that looks strangely like a Mac[/citation]
MS, "We can copy the iMac just like we have copied everything else we do".
 
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