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title: "Microsoft Presents Surface : A new type of computer"
url: "https://www.geeklord.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-presents-surface-a-new-type-of-computer/"
author: "Shobhit Prabhakar"
date: "2007-06-04"
modified: "2007-11-09"
reading_time_minutes: 1
word_count: 175
schema_type: "TechArticle"
categories: ["General", "Microsoft"]
tags: ["Computers", "General", "Innovations", "Microsoft", "Vista"]
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# Microsoft Presents Surface : A new type of computer

Microsoft's latest innovation is a flat table like computer system powered by Windows vista and controlled by touch screen. For the matter of fact it is called **[Microsoft Surface](http://www.microsoft.com/surface/)**.

[
](http://www.microsoft.com/surface/)

Surface is a Windows Vista powered computer placed inside a shiny black table base. These machines are user-friendly and have a 30-inch touch screen in a clear acrylic
frame.

[
Users can interact with the surface device by touching or dragging their fingers across
the screen, or by setting real-world items tagged with special bar-code labels or identification tags. Like most of the latest devices, the Surface can interact with
cell phones, digital cameras and other physical objects wirelessly.

](http://www.anrdoezrs.net/2k77hz74z6MPUONRRWMONRVTNVR)**GeekLord's comment:** It is a nice product and a good concept, but based on my own experience with [Nokia 7710](http://nokia7710.com) (touch screen PDA with very few keys) I can say that It would take a lot of time and effort to develop a system that can by used without conventional input devices. It can be really annoying at times when you can't give the device a [three finger salute](http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/t/tfs.htm). :)

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