Microsoft Surface
Since the early 1980’s, Microsoft has been a pioneer of innovative computer software and hardware. MS DOS and Windows 95 were the first real popular operating systems that Microsoft put out (at least what I remember); and Windows XP and
The Microsoft Surface can most easily be described as a small coffee table with a touch screen on top that forever changes a consumers’ perception of the personal computer. This coffee table has no mouse, no keyboard, no USB cables; everything is done with the hand. This machine has been quietly developed as the biggest innovation in computing since the personal computer. Everything on this computer is done with the tip of your fingers. You can draw little pictures with your finger, or even paint on the screen with a brush. Uploading pictures on a computer is as simple as putting the camera down on the peripheral. Upon doing this, pictures flood the screen. This is just one of the many innovations of the Microsoft Surface.
The Surface is built for business. Think of the possibilities of a table computer with a vivid color display screen. Expensive upscale restaurants as well as the most popular fast food chains at McDonalds could adopt this state-of-the-art technology in their venues. The Surface would feature sweepin
g menus where customers could scroll through and click with the touch of their fingers. When they were done ordering, they would press “order” and the waiter or waitress would come with the food. Splitting the bill with friends will never be complicated again, where single menu items can be dragged and dropped next to the customers’ credit card. Businesses everywhere would profit from making such an investment.
While the Microsoft Surface has many advantages, the $10,000 price tag might put a strain on consumers’ wallets. Restaurants with many tables will have to dish out a lot of cash to get their hands on these brand new toys. A brand new technology is never a perfect technology; these machines are expected to have some kind of problems. Fixing this kind of peripheral is also bound to be expensive. For pictures or music to be uploaded from cameras, phones, or mp3 players, all these gadgets will have to have wireless capabilities to work with the Surface. Consumers will have to wait awhile before getting their hands on this ten thousand dollar jewel as it will only come out in 2009. In my opinion, this machine seems revolutionary, but I have posted a film poking fun at this oversized table computer. Enjoy!
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