Surface

Unless you've been hiding in a cave somewhere (or just maybe working really hard this week) you've probably caught some of the incredible buzz for Microsoft Surface, unveiled at the Wall Street Journal's D conference this week.  USA Today tech columnist Andrew Kantor says Surface is the "second product in a row (following Windows Home Server) to 'just work,' a la Apple."  Kantor wrote about Home Server last week, too:

"Even if you only have a single computer in your home, dedicating an older machine as a WHS is a good idea simply for the protection against hard disk failure and the ability to pool your drives."

ZDNet bloggers Dan Farber and and Larry Dignan also connect Home Server to Surface, saying the two could complement each other.  What do you think?

J

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  I can see the commercial version of Surface providing a fun & intuitive means for remote access to Windows Home Server media.  Surface availability and accessibility will be a huge challenge. When/If a home version arrives I think it cause a dramatic shift in the way we do computing at home.  Hopefully bring balance in individual/social computing.  Today its more like an iPod...a solo endeavor. For Windows Home Server..it is vital for future WHS revisions to have better integration with Entertainment & Devices Division products (Windows Media Center, XBox and Zune).  An above all, Windows Home Server needs to...facilitize the ability transfer & centralize DRM onto its storage array.  Today, WHS does storage very well but not DRM.

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
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• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Again, I saw this on the home Server blog and thought it was worth sharing. Not the information about

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
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