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Transmetazone has posted a Microsoft Table PC Overview.



Even before the Tablet PC was shown off by Bill Gates for his Comdex Fall 2000 Keynote address the air was abuzz with news it would be powered by a Crusoe processor. Many people saw this as simple posturing by Gates for friend and Transmeta investor Paul Allen. Whatever the case may have been, the Tablet PC made its first public debut and solidified the growing trend towards scaleable functionality portable computing. Traditionally computers have been tied down to one location, residing at home or in the office. However, with continuing advances in wireless connectivity the traditional computer market has become fractured and segmented into many new classes. This sits in parallel to the automotive industry where classes for cars, trucks, and their sport utility variants have existed for some time now.
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