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You can rationalize and speculate all day but
that still doesn't make fiddling with things a good way to design a
Tablet PC.
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Wow. Dude. Not that Josh needs or asked for my help in this disagreement but I'll chime in because it is very important for different points of view to be openly discussed and not just screamed down.
After 30 years of being an industry observer and participant, I've found that most things begin with someone's idea being 'fiddled' with in their heads and later in prototypes so that more people can fiddle with it.
Maybe you are defining fiddling a bit differently than many others here but I use the term as a tweak or test or refinement of an idea or thought. If you will, it's a modified brainstorm.
It is absolutely vital to the product cycle to tinker before bringing something to market. Things in our world aren't just "created" with a bang.
Strangely, I think you meant that you wouldn't want this product to appear on a store shelf tomorrow ... but ... I can't speak for you .. maybe after he finds the right contacts at MS and makes proper tweaks then in a few months the product is ready for the store shelves. Is that acceptable?
Now, in terms of the person not contacting Microsoft before now - heck - that is not only possible - it's very probably correct. Microsoft is a huge company. Even Microsoft doesn't talk to people at Intel all the time - and they may be working on the same thing. It's okay. It's just part of the industry.
If you know who he should contact then let him know in the post. I'm not sure who might have the correct answer for him. Maybe someone else here does. If you know then help the guy out.
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Considering the lack of response I doubt the original poster is
even checking back for answers.
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Many people do not check for answers immediately, especially if they are busy. An alternative explanation may simply be he does not feel compeled to respond to the type of message that you've posted because you are being a bit harsh to the original post and to Josh.
Personally, the more people fiddling with the Tablet PC - the better. If you disagree then you are welcome to your opinion. You don't need to change your mind. Life is good.