HP Rolls Out Windows 7 Slate PC
    
		Microsoft reports earnings Thursday afternoon, and with big  announcements like Windows Phone 7 and Office 365 still creating flotsam and  jetsam in various parts of the pundisphere, this week is a quiet one on the  Microsoft news front.
So, it'll be a quiet one here at RCPU, too, as we take this opportunity  to focus on a few other projects -- not that we don't love and appreciate you,  dear readers, because we do. Anyway, the news this week is that HP has released  Windows 7 tablet PC.
 That might sound like a big deal, but it's really not. This isn't exactly an  iPad killer; it's a slate targeted at particular vertical industries and not  really meant for consumer use.  Actually, it's pretty much exactly the kind of thing Microsoft should be doing  -- uncool, useful, enterprise-focused and fairly niche oriented.
This, then, counts as good news in RCPU world, even if it's not big  news. Honesty, we could do without big news for a few days, anyway.
 
	Posted by Lee Pender on October 27, 2010