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Microsoft Coffee Table PC


Is there really a market for this thing; I can't imagine having such an intrusive thing in my living room...

Microsoft to unveil 30-inch touch screen computer - May. 30, 2007

Microsoft unveils coffee table 'surface computer'
Software maker will introduce a coffee-table-shaped computer that has a 30-inch display, allowing people to touch and move objects on the screen.

Microsoft Surface, which has a 30-inch display under a hard-plastic tabletop, allows people to touch and move objects on screen for everything from digital finger painting and jigsaw puzzles to ordering off a virtual menu in a restaurant

Microsoft's coffee-table-shaped "surface computer" hopes to one day replace the mouse and keyboard with voice recognition, pen and touch.

Microsoft's 150-lb computer: What's the point?

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