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76[/b] posts on Microsoft Origami
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Who is really more interisted in Oragami, Mac or PC users?
Yes, some of us fall into both catagories.
76[/b] posts on Microsoft Origami
Microsoft Forum Thread35 posts on Origami[/URL] -> Forum found as a primary link on MSDN Micro Soft Developer Network.
Who is really more interisted in Oragami, Mac or PC users?
Yes, some of us fall into both catagories.
RichP said:
Not sure they have a choice. The word "podcast" is in the dictionary and was declared "word of the year"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4504256.stm
That thing looks like it will be huge. Time will only tell.
Of course I agree, it does look ugly.
Of course I agree, it does look ugly.
I'm actually looking forward to it. I love the idea of a machine that is kind of small (newton small) that runs a full blown OS. I'm hanging out to get one.
I know it will be a long time or never before Apple release something like that, so I'm pretty happy about Microsoft's atempt.
I know it will be a long time or never before Apple release something like that, so I'm pretty happy about Microsoft's atempt.
it looks like a gamegear 
and the gamegear was too big for me to carry around anywhere when i had mine.
and the gamegear was too big for me to carry around anywhere when i had mine.
Well, it does look cheap I'll give you that. So atleast they met their goal of making something sub $500?
shamino said:
I did that once at my last workplace. On my coworker's PC in the lab where he was testing our latest development products. He came in after an overnight simulation and nearly had a heart attack...
Give me a break
Cheese and rice guys. Look at the upper right hand corner of the display. It is lower then the left. The image is not even on the display, aka, it has been photoshopped. The unit looks like a prototype and the GUI is fake. I've got some things to "leak" but i just don't have time to draw them.
Cheese and rice guys. Look at the upper right hand corner of the display. It is lower then the left. The image is not even on the display, aka, it has been photoshopped. The unit looks like a prototype and the GUI is fake. I've got some things to "leak" but i just don't have time to draw them.
Quote:
Originally Posted by dernhelm
1. There would be a LOT fewer buttons, dials, and knobs around it
2. They wouldn't be trying to cram OS/X on it - they'd make an OS that fits the device
3. They would target the device at a type of user for a particular set of applicaitons
3. It would be limited to running applications those that the device was for (not for running word or excel)
4. It would come in either white or black
5. It would scratch way too easy
Quote:
Originally Posted by Macnoviz
6. They wouldn't make a video about it before it's released (and on a personal note, the video would be much better than this)
7. We would been drowning in fake pictures
Quote:
Originally Posted by MacsomJRR
8. It would be called something like the "MacMobile," or my fave the "Mac'n'Go."
9. It would be replaced by something far cooler and less expensive 3 mos. after the initial release.
11. Its being replaced next Tuesday
Originally Posted by dernhelm
1. There would be a LOT fewer buttons, dials, and knobs around it
2. They wouldn't be trying to cram OS/X on it - they'd make an OS that fits the device
3. They would target the device at a type of user for a particular set of applicaitons
3. It would be limited to running applications those that the device was for (not for running word or excel)
4. It would come in either white or black
5. It would scratch way too easy
Quote:
Originally Posted by Macnoviz
6. They wouldn't make a video about it before it's released (and on a personal note, the video would be much better than this)
7. We would been drowning in fake pictures
Quote:
Originally Posted by MacsomJRR
8. It would be called something like the "MacMobile," or my fave the "Mac'n'Go."
9. It would be replaced by something far cooler and less expensive 3 mos. after the initial release.
Belly-laughs said:
11. Its being replaced next Tuesday
miketcool said:
Wow, that's quite impressive, but the battery life seems a bit short
and for the same price you can get a Macbook Pro, It's about four times the price of the Origami
Buzz said:
I think they might try to create something new instead of doing a remake of an old product, mainly because the concept of a personal computer has changed quite a bit in a few years. The new mac tablet would look more like an iPod then a Newton, I guess
Macnoviz said:
EXACTLY... why the hell does microsoft make such big ugly things? and why does their software never work? it just hurts my head tinking about it. it almost makes me want to cry.
clayj said:
That helps some, but it throws a lot more money at the problem, particularly if you're thinking about something large enough to hold Microsoft-code-(in)efficency-sized applications: at Apple's price of $25 per GB, a 20GB flash RAM analog would retail for $500 for just this one component.
From a power perspective, the backlit color display is a major consideration. For example, Apple iPod nano has a 3.7V, 330 mAh battery, which is able to power the device for only 2 hours when in video playback mode.
Now grow that tiny screen into something 4.5" x 8" or thereabouts, and you probably have ~16x the power draw...doing the math, you need around 5WH for 2 hours runtime...30WH for 12 hours. Fine, you've now saved 18WH, which means instead of needing a 2lb battery for 48WH, you're down to a 1.3lb battery.
Standard 802.11b is 1W transmitter. At 80% RF conversion efficency (very high) and times 12 hours runtime, it will burn 15WH of power...which sums to 45WH required, so you're back up to needing a ~2lb battery again.
My cellphone doesn't have 12 hours of talk time. And when it talk mode, its rating isn't assuming that its LCD display is illuminated the whole time.
Overall, the game that MS is going to have to play is the "up to..." X hours of operation. This is why I joked that it is probably all in standby mode. If MS's 12 hour claim comes through, the acid test will be to see if it can play the entire LOTR trilogy on a single charge.
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