Mobile PC's of tomorrow...
Next up, I went for the "Trends and Opportunities for Tomorrow's Mobile PC" session. Bill Mitchell, the VP of the Mobile Platforms Division began by talking about how the growth rate of mobile PC's is increasing rapidly as compared to the growth rate of regular desktop machines.
The "Today" section of the presentation looked at the Tablet PC Experience Pack that was released recently as a free add-on for Tablet PC users.
The "Longhorn and Beyond" part looked at new hardware technologies that are planned for Longhorn-era portables. He showed us a prototype of a small, new touchscreen device and how Longhorn makes touch-based navigation more precise. In addition to the increased emphasis on smaller form-factor devices, he also talked about the auxiliary displays that Gates touched on during his keynote yesterday.
While on the topic of instant access to information through auxiliary displays, Mitchell expressed the need for faster bootup and resume times and how Longhorn-generation PC's will address this issue using hybrid hard-drives with non-volatile flash. As you can see from the slide, the aim is to have instant access through the aux display, 2 seconds to resume from standby, 10 seconds from hibernate, and 15 seconds for full bootup.
The "Today" section of the presentation looked at the Tablet PC Experience Pack that was released recently as a free add-on for Tablet PC users.
The "Longhorn and Beyond" part looked at new hardware technologies that are planned for Longhorn-era portables. He showed us a prototype of a small, new touchscreen device and how Longhorn makes touch-based navigation more precise. In addition to the increased emphasis on smaller form-factor devices, he also talked about the auxiliary displays that Gates touched on during his keynote yesterday.
While on the topic of instant access to information through auxiliary displays, Mitchell expressed the need for faster bootup and resume times and how Longhorn-generation PC's will address this issue using hybrid hard-drives with non-volatile flash. As you can see from the slide, the aim is to have instant access through the aux display, 2 seconds to resume from standby, 10 seconds from hibernate, and 15 seconds for full bootup.
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