Not found the right hardware to do it. I'm hoping Windows 8 will bring some better hardware in the best form factor. Plus using current Windows on a tablet is a PIA. I should I have said, I want Metro interface and OneNote together.
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1 hour ago,Ian2 wrote
@Michael Butler:If you use the XBOX as a Media Centre extender then this works really well.
but doesn't this require me to download the videos first?
I want to be able to stream the Channel 9 stuff not wait for the downloads. I used to download PDC/Mix videos and use MC to stream them to my Xbox. I'd love a way to do it without downloading the videos first.
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Usually I watch them on my home PC on the second monitor. Usually streamed now, although I used to download the full HQ videos.
What I would like is a Channel 9 channel on my XBox, then I can watch the videos in the comfort of my living room.
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I have simple requirements for my tablet experience.
OneNote with a pen input. I want to replace all my paper notepads so that all my notes are synced into the cloud and accessible from where ever I am. (Plus it will clear lots of clutter from my desk)
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I play games more on Google+ than I do on Facebook, but most of my posts are still done on Twitter and Facebook. I dip into Google+ but rarely find anything that I haven't already seen posted on Twitter.
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1 hour ago, fanbaby wrote
At the risk of making "$500 for a phone!?!?!" kind of remark, i'd say: you think that a new GUI toolkit will change everything!?!?!
A single, modern, unified Windows API as the article says. I've been waiting for that for so long.
A lot depends on how much of Win32 has been superceded with the new API but it gives me great hope. It may only be a GUI level change, but if it is closer to the hardware then the speed improvement over current XAML implementations in WPF and Silverlight will be a godsend.
To my cynical, disappointed in the past self it sounds too good to be true but with Sinofsky driving the effort and maybe better cooperation between DevDiv and WinDiv maybe this time the promise will be fulfilled.
I look forward to BUILD in September even more.
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If this stuff http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/06/windows-8-for-software-developers-the-longhorn-dream-reborn.ars/ is even half true, I'm going to be developing for Windows for a long time to come. It is the kind of stuff that my dreams are made of.
Of course, we've been here before, but maybe this time...
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And if I can ever get it installed on my work PC, it might be very useful.
(Although it did go onto my home PC without a hitch)
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Just wanted to say Thanks to Channel 9 and Microsoft Research for the live event. Enjoyed it very much and some great demos.
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12 hours ago, Ian2 wrote
Thanks, it's now on my bedtime reading list ...
Not sure if bedtime is the best time to read it. I tried reading it a bedtime first. It stimulated a lot of thoughts and ideas which I was writing down in a notebook by the side of my bed. Not the most condusive way to a good nights restful sleep
