Are we taking laftabuck bets?

Tablet?

New xbox?

New xtabletbox?

6/18/2012 4:39:42 PM

They are probably announcing a new way to make us pay per minute for using their products.

[Edited on June 18, 2012 at 4:40 PM. Reason : for]

6/18/2012 4:40:27 PM

tablet for sure

which is a stupid idea

6/18/2012 4:40:29 PM

They bought apple.

6/18/2012 4:40:33 PM

^If that were possible, it would be hilarious

6/18/2012 4:41:13 PM

Quote :

"They bought apple."

I'll put my $5laftabucks on this horse. What have I got to lose, right?

6/18/2012 4:42:45 PM

Tablet

6/18/2012 4:42:57 PM

Tablet

6/18/2012 4:49:53 PM

http://www.wral.com/business/story/11219332/

6/18/2012 4:50:41 PM

Robot.

6/18/2012 4:50:45 PM

Microsoft Office 2013 will now be referred to as...."The New Office" and it'll have so many pixels you'll be all like "Damn! That's alotta pixels!"

6/18/2012 4:51:53 PM

sex toys

6/18/2012 5:00:22 PM

lolz, people still use Windows?

6/18/2012 5:07:06 PM

lolz, yeah the majority of them

6/18/2012 5:08:23 PM

^Mac hipster

6/18/2012 5:11:27 PM

They're going to announce that they bought TWW.
Goodnight, sweet prince.

6/18/2012 5:13:24 PM

^^The hardware is all well and good even though its grossly overpriced. But I fucking hate OSX.

6/18/2012 5:14:15 PM

Apple = Toys
Microsoft = Business

[Edited on June 18, 2012 at 5:18 PM. Reason : a]

6/18/2012 5:17:47 PM

Apple at home

Windows at work

I hate my work computer...that is all

6/18/2012 5:18:24 PM

6/18/2012 5:18:53 PM

They're changing their name from 'Microsoft' to 'Orange' to prevent future comparison.

6/18/2012 6:40:21 PM

they're finally filing a lawsuit against Apple for all the technology Steve Jobs stole when he left in the 80s

6/18/2012 6:43:07 PM

Mr. Joshua, you owe me a new keyboard. Maybe a monitor. Also, I'm Carlos Menciaing this shiznit, giving you credit as an "Internet friend."

6/18/2012 6:43:24 PM

why the hell don't they live stream these things? or is there one i don't know about, following on engadget right now

6/18/2012 7:13:38 PM

A wild ballmer appears!

6/18/2012 7:13:39 PM

Surface


FIRST!

6/18/2012 7:23:31 PM

Looks neat. Kinda generic, but how many ways can a tablet really look?

6/18/2012 7:26:04 PM

Wow. The first one he pulled out malfunctioned during the presentation so he had to pull out a backup.

That makes me want to grab one for sure.

6/18/2012 7:28:08 PM

It's Microsoft, you know that shit only works half the time

But I still need it

6/18/2012 7:30:33 PM

ok, sweet ass cover

6/18/2012 7:30:59 PM

That cover is pretty damn awesome

6/18/2012 7:31:25 PM

cover/keyboard idea is nifty, if the keyboard is worth a crap

6/18/2012 7:31:45 PM

Is there a video or something? I am lost

6/18/2012 7:31:55 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/18/microsoft-major-announcement-livelog/

liveblog with a lot of pics

6/18/2012 7:32:21 PM

http://live.theverge.com/microsoft-live-blog-tablet-announcement/

Better liveblog

6/18/2012 7:33:45 PM

so tuff....but thanks

6/18/2012 7:34:04 PM

go fuck your mother you faggot.

6/18/2012 7:36:39 PM

Damn an intel version sounds awesome if the can make it not suck

6/18/2012 7:37:34 PM

its probably pretty awesome

1. wait for Apple, Droid and HP to make tablets
2. figure out where they fucked up
3. fix their fuck-ups

6/18/2012 7:37:55 PM

I wish they wouldn't be so coy about the actual specs. They said it "Uses less power than today's Core i5 chips." well so did my cell phone from 1999, but that doesn't mean I want that processor running my tablet. Now if it has i5 performance, with less power consumption, that would be impressive.

6/18/2012 7:40:54 PM

"priced to compete" but they won't give out specific numbers.

I'm guessing $499 to start for the ARM version. $999 for the Intel one. meh.

6/18/2012 7:58:42 PM

Apparently ms likes using dubstep in their promo videos. First the new ie commercial now the surface video.

6/18/2012 8:01:01 PM

I have a feeling the Intel version is going to come with an Atom. I had heard Intel was retooling their Atom line away from netbooks and more towards cell phones and tablets. It's still going to be slow though.

6/18/2012 8:05:08 PM

They reused a name wholesale, remember that big tabletop PC called Microsoft Surface?

6/18/2012 8:13:59 PM

I want to try one.

6/18/2012 8:15:31 PM

^^ I'd say most ppl remember it considering they mentioned it in the presentation.

6/18/2012 8:21:15 PM

Yeah, it seemed like a pretty natural progression to me. I never really considered it to be anything other than an extension of the existing product line.

6/18/2012 8:23:18 PM

^^oh ok thx

6/18/2012 8:26:34 PM

Quote :

"Apparently ms likes using dubstep in their promo videos. First the new ie commercial now the surface video."

FWIW that was Irish soul music in the IE promo. It's at like 126 BPM, making it definitely not dubstep.

6/18/2012 8:28:52 PM

Hey I just heard the wubs and assumed. I don't know the intricacies of dubstep categorization.

6/18/2012 8:33:00 PM