# bill gates gives demo of the Microsoft Surface **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 8, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445 "2008-01-08T08:28:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/1 "2008-01-08T08:28:30Z")
[http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=video-ces-bill-gates-surface&ec=su\_ces3](http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=video-ces-bill-gates-surface&ec=su_ces3) pretty nifty ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/2 "2008-01-08T08:35:35Z")
cool i think, hard to tell what the purpose would ever be tho ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/3 "2008-01-08T08:51:54Z")
hey, lets make something big, expensive, and useless. ---
**Author:** ![JCuz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcuz/32/7338_2.png) [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/4 "2008-01-08T08:53:20Z")
omg its a huge iPhone ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/5 "2008-01-08T08:57:05Z")
the application in a restaurant was cool in the olvder vids where you could divide the check by draging what you ordered onto your cards. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/6 "2008-01-08T08:59:46Z")
> [@chino](#): > > cool i think, hard to tell what the purpose would ever be tho There is sooo much shit you can do with that. It could be the single most useful thing ever IF the software developers make it that way ---
**Author:** ![cdvma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@cdvma](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cdvma)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/7 "2008-01-08T09:46:45Z")
Yea, just imagine having that on your desk. Someone walks over with a device and says “check this out…” ect. Cool stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/8 "2008-01-08T09:51:32Z")
Has potential, but I’m not really sure if the current marketplace can see a purpose. But it has huge potential more towards the future once manufacturing costs go down. Could be the next step in terms of absurdly consumer friendly GUI. The potential business uses could be most excellent. But in all reality will probably end up more like an Apple LISA. ---
**Author:** ![Silver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silver/32/4953_2.png) [@Silver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/9 "2008-01-08T10:28:59Z")
Jeff Han did this back in Feb 2006 at TED. > **[The radical promise of the multi-touch interface](https://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_touchscreen)** > > Jeff Han shows off a cheap, scalable multi-touch and pressure-sensitive computer screen interface that may spell the end of point-and-click. ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/10 "2008-01-08T11:30:40Z")
> [@Silver](#): > > Jeff Han did this back in Feb 2006 at TED. > > [Jeff Han: The radical promise of the multi-touch interface | TED Talk](http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/65) [http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4217348.html](http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4217348.html) Its alot more than a touch screen but heres jeff with his input. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/11 "2008-01-08T12:07:14Z")
> [@chino](#): > > cool i think, hard to tell what the purpose would ever be tho are you kidding? i could think of a million uses. think of it as a coffee table computer that could control your whole house, or larger and as a conference table. it would be stupid easy to share/update ideas and documents that need to be used by more than 1 user. edit: shit, even the vid in robs post (didnt click that link before) says its the coolest coffee table money can buy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/12 "2008-01-08T12:12:08Z")
very cool :tup: Jeff Han is quoted in the article, talking about the Surface ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/13 "2008-01-08T14:01:38Z")
> [@Zer0DazE](#): > > are you kidding? i could think of a million uses. > > think of it as a coffee table computer that could control your whole house, or larger and as a conference table. it would be stupid easy to share/update ideas and documents that need to be used by more than 1 user. > > edit: > shit, even the vid in robs post (didnt click that link before) says its the coolest coffee table money can buy 🙂 im not saying that I couldn’t put it to use, but mainstream america, and what i would guess the cost to be… i can’t picture a market for it 😕 don’t get me wrong im all about cool gui shit, in fact its highest on my list in terms of OS’s, thats why i love vista so much despite all of its flaws 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/14 "2008-01-08T14:06:33Z")
Too bad its going to be madd expensive and useless for a long time… Get some good software designed for the thing, and get them down to a few thousand, ill take one. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/15 "2008-01-08T14:18:14Z")
bet it’ll be great in the medical field for digital xrays and such ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/16 "2008-01-08T15:58:41Z")
$5-10k huh? I was going to get a wii60, but I’ve changed my mind. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/17 "2008-01-09T05:18:09Z")
there is a place in/near rochester that takes new phillips plasma TV’s and adds a capacitive screen and makes them into big touchscreen monitors… cant remember teh name though. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bill-gates-gives-demo-of-the-microsoft-surface/41445/18 "2008-01-09T06:14:34Z")
> [@chino](#): > > im not saying that I couldn’t put it to use, but mainstream america, and what i would guess the cost to be… i can’t picture a market for it 😕 > > don’t get me wrong im all about cool gui shit, in fact its highest on my list in terms of OS’s, thats why i love vista so much despite all of its flaws 😃 oh certainly it is expensive, but so were the first PC’s, and the first big screen tvs, and then the flat panels… but it all comes down in price. hell, the wooden coffee table the old lady and i bought was well over 1 g, and all i can do is set my electronics on it. 🙂 if this comes down to about 2-3k, i could totally see it in homes.