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Minh
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See it here

Looks like currently, they're interviewing Bill & Steve.

6:47 PM PST

I have a feeling I'll beat CannotResolveSymbol by seconds! Wink

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Dang it, Minh... beat me by seconds Wink

Minh
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No mention of Win7 yet. I'm personally tired of "This is Your Life" stuff.

brian.shapiro
things go on as always

Whats up with Paul Allen and Vulcan, Inc

PaoloM
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Whups. Bad Steve! Now everyone knows that we plan to ship in late 2009!

Smiley

PaoloM
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Whups! What's that Surface-like photo organization tool?!

brian.shapiro
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Paola what monitors can take advantage of this

PaoloM
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brian.shapiro wrote:
Paola what monitors can take advantage of this

Paolo

The demo is on a Dell Latitude XT, that does multitouch already.

intelman

7:29 - "This is 'likely to ship within three years of general availability of Vista.'" Demo time! It does multi-touch!

Hm, well if they do ship in 09, the beta has to start soon Wink

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That touch stuff is certainly neat, but it really doesn't excite me that much because I'm out of the buying cycle, won't get another computer for a few years. I do hope it takes off though.

PaoloM
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The external monitor is clearly a prototype...

brian.shapiro
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Paolo,

as you're rethnking the interface for multi-touch, i also hope you're also rethinking the point-and-click interface, and the pen interface; and thinking about ways they can seamlessly integrate

PaoloM
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brian.shapiro wrote:
Paolo,

as you're rethnking the interface for multi-touch, i also hope you're also rethinking the point-and-click interface, and the pen interface; and thinking about ways they can seamlessly integrate

The way 90% of the users will interact most of the time is with a mouse.

But touch is getting a lot of attention in Win7. Let me see what I can say more about it tomorrow morning Smiley

intelman

brian.shapiro wrote:
Video on multi-touch in windows is up

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/05/27/microsoft-demonstrates-multi-touch.aspx

Very neat, I'd expect the performance to improve later on. It looks kinda slow and annoying still, which is understandable.

Piano playing is neat. One could imagine playing an RTS with a touch display....how sweet would that be?

brian.shapiro
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Video on multi-touch in windows is up
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/05/27/microsoft-demonstrates-multi-touch.aspx

Bass
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Unimpressed. Without specialized hardware this is useless anyway.

Well if it does take off it will be good news to the companies who make monitor wipes!

PaoloM
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Bass wrote:
Unimpressed. Without specialized hardware this is useless anyway.

It's the usual chicken and egg problem. What if the hardware was there and the OS support was not? This way we lay the groundwork for IHV and ISV to build new interesting apps.

Bass wrote:
Well if it does take off it will be good news to the companies who make monitor wipes!

Yeah, I keep punching people who try to use my XPS m1330 as it had a touch screen Smiley

brian.shapiro
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Paolo,

"Quick side note, Windows 7, like other Microsoft OS’s before it, seems to have borrowed a thing or two from Mac OS X. This time it’s Apple’s Dock, which Microsoft appears to have borrowed. Multi-touch and a Dock. In Windows. Steve Jobs must be so proud." (http://d6.allthingsd.com/20080527/gates_ballmer/)

Was there a Dock in the demo? Is this something you're allowed to explain?

Bass
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PaoloM wrote:

Bass wrote:Unimpressed. Without specialized hardware this is useless anyway.

It's the usual chicken and egg problem. What if the hardware was there and the OS support was not? This way we lay the groundwork for IHV and ISV to build new interesting apps.

Well hopefully prices go down when this OS is released to the public.

PaoloM wrote:

Bass wrote:Well if it does take off it will be good news to the companies who make monitor wipes!

Yeah, I keep punching people who try to use my XPS m1330 as it had a touch screen

I have a tablet PC too and it's very annoying when people touch it with their waxy fingers hoping something will happen.

Minh
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brian.shapiro wrote:
Paolo,

"Quick side note, Windows 7, like other Microsoft OS’s before it, seems to have borrowed a thing or two from Mac OS X.

This line of reasoning is real tiresome.
EVERYTHING borrows from something before it. EVERYTHING.

Dovella
Go Microsoft !!!!!!!

PaoloM wrote:

brian.shapiro wrote: Paola what monitors can take advantage of this

Paolo

The demo is on a Dell Latitude XT, that does multitouch already.

bye bye to my Dell Xps 1530 [C]

Minh
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PaoloM wrote:

The way 90% of the users will interact most of the time is with a mouse.

Exactly, or I'd think that it's even higher!
So, I'm more interested in what new stuff Win7 will have for the mouse.

PaoloM
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brian.shapiro wrote:
Paolo,

"Quick side note, Windows 7, like other Microsoft OS’s before it, seems to have borrowed a thing or two from Mac OS X. This time it’s Apple’s Dock, which Microsoft appears to have borrowed. Multi-touch and a Dock. In Windows. Steve Jobs must be so proud." (http://d6.allthingsd.com/20080527/gates_ballmer/)

Was there a Dock in the demo? Is this something you're allowed to explain?

There is no dock.