Coffee Table Touch Screen Computer Thingy

Sorry I keep commenting on really old news, but a while ago, Microsoft made a coffee table that has a computer built in with a touch-screen interface. Dad was really bragging about this one, like 'Oh, Microsoft is really ingenious for coming up with this one.'

I think the concept is a little dumb. Who wants a computer on a coffee table? Who would pay for that? What's next? Should Apple make a new kind of toaster that also runs OS X? Should Google make a microwave that also includes Google search? Probably not.

And where do you think they got that idea for multi-touch? Um, maybe iPhone. Ever since iPhone came out, touch-interfaces have exploded. There are so many phones trying to copy off the iPhone and get some of the money from the sub-industry it's created. Sure, there were tablets before, but those have risen sharply in sales since the iPhone's release. Gee, I wonder why! Look at what they're doing with the pictures, maps, etc. They're pinching in, pinching out, flicking back and forth to scroll, all these things that iPhone patented. I think Apple's afraid to protect their patented multi-touch technology from Microsoft because that would make them look bad from the public's point of view. Microsoft has them stuck.

But I'm not too worried. I don't think this coffee table that's also a computer is going to sell crazy. But anyway, kudos to Microsoft. You made this cool-looking gadget that isn't as useful as it is expensive. Nice job at least trying something new (kind of), but it doesn't change the fact that your company is handled really poorly, and it doesn't change the fact that Vista still sucks really bad.