Microsoft Surface, Would you buy it? Options

[Kiln]

Well guys the people at Microsoft have been hard at work making something new and exciting...at least they think so. The new Microsoft surface is a table computer that you operate without a mouse or keyboard, simply by using your hands or various other objects to touch the screen. Personally I think it looks interesting but not nearly as practical as people at Microsoft believe it to be. The parody I've posted basically goes along with how I veiw the Microsoft Surface.

Here's the site with info and the trailer- http://www.microsoft.com/surface/index.html

And here's the parody- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY

So what do you think?

This post has been edited by Kiln: Jul 29 2008, 07:15 AM

[DoomedOne]

It doesn't seem to be made for personal use but rather at businesses and stuff. Well, who knows what they were thinking, but I think it could have practical applications in hospitals, restaurants, casinos, banks, airports, etc...

They could be used as the maps/directories in malls, airports, college campuses, themeparks and ski hills so people can twist the image to different 3d angles, zoom in and out, and look up information on various aspects of the area.

Yeah I actually think this idea has come possibility to it, just not as a PC.