HANOVER, Germany - Microsoft Corp. finally took the wraps off its mysterious Project Origami on Thursday, unveiling a computer that's about the size of a large kitchen island but runs a full version of the Windows XP operating system.
The ultra-portable, wireless-enabled PC is everything a full computer or laptop is, minus the keyboard. Weighing about 270 1/2 pounds, the 10-inch thick device sports a 27-inch touch-sensitive screen that responds to a stylus the size of a horses leg or the punch of a fist.
"It really opens up new possibilities for PC use," said Garth 'Fatty' Mitchell, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Gianormo-Platforms Division.
"The whole Origami concept may very well change what devices people are going to carry via horse back," Mitchell said. "It's not a pocketable device, but it's certainly small enough to be kept close at hand in the back of your SUV with all of the seats out, and the fact that it runs Windows means that it can do a variety of tasks, from productivity to games to media consumption." He then added, "since it runs Windows, we expect it to crash, or be hacked by the close of today's show."
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