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Jessica - Feb 22, 2006 7:35:14 am PST #7165 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

HP may release combination tablet-PC/coffee table.

With that in mind, HP has been working on Misto as a slightly different take on the home entertainment PC. Misto is a coffee table with a large touch-screen display built into the top of the table. The idea is to allow a group to congregate around the table and share pictures, play board games, or peruse a map, said Pere Obrador, project manager in HP's imaging technology department.

Misto uses a standard desktop PC as its engine, but comes with some specialized HP software for managing the interface, Obrador said. Pricing, availability and style of coffee table are all undetermined.


Sophia Brooks - Feb 22, 2006 7:45:42 am PST #7166 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

HP may release combination tablet-PC/coffee table.

I was just in literary, and I just read HP as Harry Potter.


Gudanov - Feb 22, 2006 7:51:35 am PST #7167 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping

I'm pretty sure that OSX still uses Samba, unless Apple is removing the ability to use the SMB protocol which would be kinda crazy.


DXMachina - Feb 22, 2006 8:11:31 am PST #7168 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I'm pretty sure that OSX still uses Samba, unless Apple is removing the ability to use the SMB protocol which would be kinda crazy.

Not if they're planning on switching over to Windows. :)


§ ita § - Feb 22, 2006 8:58:52 am PST #7169 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm pretty sure there's still Samba. When I had the Ubuntu box up, it was chatting merrily with Tiger.

I saw a game/touchscreen table report from...whatever the consumer electronics show just was. It looked COOL.


NoiseDesign - Feb 22, 2006 9:05:28 am PST #7170 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

Accordiing to Apple's own site it's there:

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In fact, they actually list SMB, the real Microsoft Liscensed version, not the free Samba version.


Gudanov - Feb 22, 2006 9:10:04 am PST #7171 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping

SMB is just the name of the protocol. Apple supports it by using Samba.

From the Tiger Technical Brief: "Mac OS X for UNIX Users" SMB/CIFS, Microsoft’s proprietary Server Message Block/Common Internet File System file service, is the primary file sharing protocol for Windows. Mac OS X includes Samba, the popular open source SMB server, to enable Windows users to access files on Mac computers. In addition, BSD-based SMB client support in Mac OS X gives Mac users the ability to browse and connect to Windows file servers and volumes.


NoiseDesign - Feb 22, 2006 9:28:10 am PST #7172 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

Gotcha.


DXMachina - Feb 22, 2006 9:48:36 am PST #7173 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

The world's largest Windows error message: [link]


Jessica - Feb 22, 2006 9:51:25 am PST #7174 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Aw man. Why am I never in Times Square when this sort of thing happens?