Windows 8 80 inch tablet in Steve Ballmer's office, says report

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Most of the talk about touch screen support for Windows 8 has been about tablets or notebooks. But what about something bigger? What about something much bigger? That's the claim from Wired.co.uk, who says it has heard about an 80-inch Windows 8 touch screen that is currently being used in Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's office.

The claim comes from Microsoft VP Frank Shaw, who is quoted as saying, "Steve Ballmer has an 80-inch Windows 8 tablet in his office. He's got rid of his phone, he's got rid of his note paper. It's touch-enabled and it's hung on his wall." A few months ago at CES 2012, Sharp debuted its own 80-inch touch screen but Shaw claims the screen running Windows 8 in Ballmer's office was made by someone else.

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-80-inch-tablet-in-steve-ballmers-office-says-report

Added link about Balmers 80"
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-windows8-update-259626.html

 

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Dell Windows 8 Tablet Specs Leak

Don't expect any big surprises out of Dell's first Windows 8 tablet aimed at enterprise users.

The unreleased tablet reportedly has a 10.1-inch display with 1366-by-768 resolution, an Intel Clover Trail Atom dual-core processor, 2 GB of RAM, up to 128 GB of solid state storage, a 2-megapixel camera in front and an 8-megapixel camera in back, according to Neowin. It is said to measure 0.4 inches thick and weigh 1.57 pounds. The specs are similar specs to those of the Hewlett-Packard “Slate 8” tablet that we heard about a month ago.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/256250/dell_windows_8_tablet_specs_leak.html#tk.rss_news

 

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Re: Dell Windows 8 Tablet Specs Leak

Which Windows will make for a better tablet?

Summary: With the Release Preview due in a few weeks, there are still many questions about Windows 8 and Windows RT. They look similar–and share a lot of the same code under the hood–but there significant differences. Which will be better on tablets?

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/computers/which-windows-will-make-for-a-better-tablet/8081

 

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Windows 8 multi-touch display by Viewsonic teased

We will likely be hearing a lot about Windows 8 in early June, thanks to a number of product announcements that will be made during the Computex trade show in Taipei. Today, Engadget reveals that it has received an invite from monitor maker Viewsonic and the company is teasing the media with what it is calling its "Touch and Connect" product line up.

That will apparently include a multi-touch display designed to run Windows 8. It will be interesting to see if this display is meant for desktop PCs that are running Microsoft's next OS. If so, we will also be interested to see if desktop PC users will ditch the mouse for touching their monitor.

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-multi-touch-display-by-viewsonic-teased

Added link about Balmers 80"
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-windows8-update-259626.html