Steve Ballmer Introduces HP Slate w/ Windows 7

Steve Ballmer gave his keynote today at CES, and while calling upon many antics to lighten up the news, he still had quite a few technical problems.

Anyway, he also demoed a new tablet device! The HP designed device will carry Windows 7 on board, and will be “almost as fast as a mainstream computer, and will be much faster than any smart phone.” The exact specifications are unclear, but we can tell you that the device seems to be a touch bigger than an ebook reader. Here’s a little preview:

One Comment to End the Mac/PC Flamewar

“PCs are better than Macs!” or “PCs don’t copy from Mac!” are two very common phrases used by the PC community, but it seems that Microsoft has let the cat out of the bag, and admitted copying the Mac OS for Windows 7.

A group manager at Microsoft, Mr. Aldous, sat down for a long talk with PCR. Blah blah blah was just about the just of it, until he was asked if Windows 7 was “really a much more agile operating system”. This is what he had to say:

“One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use. What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 – whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics.”

Afterwords he slammed OSX for stability issues (?) of course.

Weekend Roundup: Windows 7, iRed Alert, and iPhotoshop

Here’s the stories you might have missed:

Apple releases iPhone 3.1.2 update. The update resolves sporadic issues that may cause your iPhone to not wake from it’s sleep, or an issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart. It also fixed a bug that could cause occasional crashes during video streaming

Steve Ballmer isn’t sure that Windows 7 won’t turn out to be a “Vista”. Ballmer said this during the week: “‘The test feedback (on Windows 7) has been good, but the test feedback on Vista was good,’ Ballmer, 53, said in an interview last week. ‘I am optimistic, but the proof will be in the pudding.’” Yep.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert for iPhone coming in October.

Control the Allies or the Soviets in 12 levels as you “drag and scroll to gauge the battlefield. Pinch-zoom in and out of the action. Select and move units with a tap.”

Rock Band: iPhone demoed.

Adobe Photoshop for iPhone available now.

You can crop, adjust exposure, saturation, and tint, among others, with some standard special effects like soft focus, colors and filters like “warm vintage” and pop

Windows 7 commercial

Microsoft didn’t go wrong this time.