Microsoft Unveils Its New Hardware Program Called "Microsoft's Surface"

MICROSOFT FINALLY COMES UP WITH AN EXCITING NEW HARDWARE SYSTEM
Everybody is well aware of the fact that when it comes to real innovation in computer hardware, Microsoft has been behind the curve, to say the least. That is precisely what is so surprising about this new and exciting hardware/software piece of technology called "Microsoft's Surface". This electronic table has a surface that is not only touch-sensitive, it can actually be used at the same time by more than one person for full contact interactivity.

Objects that are placed upon the table's surface can actually interact with the software hidden inside the table very intuitively. For example, if you place a group of photographs face-side down upon the touch screen, the photo will be instantly digitized to whatever size you want the photograph to be in by sweeping your arms back and forth while holding the photo in your hand. The table's 30-inch screen will allow you to take a picture with a Wi-Fi enabled camera, and then you can easily force the picture into the screen where it will instantly be integrated into the Microsoft Surface program.

WHEN WILL I BE ABLE TO BUY THIS GREAT NEW PRODUCT?
Unfortunately, the new Microsoft technology will not be available for consumer usage for quite some time yet. The wholesale price for the tables will be in the range of $5,000 and a little more for companies that they are partnering with like T-Mobile, Starwood and Harrah's Casino. Harrah's plans for the unit include using the table for a high-tech gambling machine as well as a device where you can locate your hotel room and develop all of your digital photos in their hotels.

It will be quite a while for this innovative technology to be moved into your workplace, much less your home, so that is a slight disappointment when learning about this great new Microsoft hardware. Bill Gates himself has speculated that one day he sees this new table hardware as supplanting the flat-screen HD computer screens that are all the rage currently. His vision would be for this interactive surface to be embedded into everyone's desk who have to sit for more than eight hours a day in their dull grey cubicles. I hope he is right about that.

THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR MICROSOFT'S "SURFACE" TABLETOP HARDWARE
One of the main attributes of this technology is the fact that you will one day be able to scan any image directly into the screen in a matter of seconds, along with digital music downloads as well. Future versions of Microsoft's "surface" will come with the ability to plug any video camera or digital camera directly into one of the USB ports where you will then see your full screen images in the HD 30-inch screen immediately.

The surface also contains a virtual keyword which you will be able to see as soon as you turn the table on and will be able to adjust to your personal tastes. All of the usual Microsoft Vista software will be built into the table, so there will never be a need for a software upgrade again, until of course a new and "better" Microsoft program comes along.

But if Bill Gates' past statements about needing to build an internet infrastructure that will allow any internet user to instantly download future Microsoft programs that replaces the old one is to be believed, this new table hardware sounds like the perfect "set-top" platform that will allow any web surfer to do just that. Let's hope Gates keeps his promises.