Microsoft "Athens"


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Hi. Im just wondering when Microsoft "Athens" will be ready. it should be now released, but nothing. no info about it. did they cancel it? if theres any info about it pls share with me, with us.

thanks, TaciboY

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Could someone link up information about Athens, what is it?

Athens was a protoype for the 'ideal' or 'vision' of what computers and computing and productivity would be like for the Vista/Longhorn generation of computers

Athens PC video link

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Yes It does look like the HP logo.

As someone else pointed out, I think HP have actually designed and produced a computer very similar to this...may not have been HP though, I know it got a lot of flak at the time for being 'an ugly iMac rip-off'.

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i dont know why you say that it "was" only a concept. i downloaded a document about it from microsoft.com, and there was the price of it, and that they would like to release it in 2004 or 2005.

so they wont? :o

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From Winsupersite.com:

"In late 2002, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard (HP) began a cohesive development strategy that tied upcoming hardware trends to Microsoft's upcoming software designs. The first fruit of this work was the Athens PC prototype, shown last year at WinHEC 2003, which showed how future systems could integrate more closely with related office technologies like the telephone. In late 2003, HP showed off an updated version of the Athens PC prototype which utilized shipping HP computer hardware and a breakout box to hold the controls which weren't covered by shipping hardware. At WinHEC 2004, Microsoft and HP were back with the Troy PC prototype, an updated version of Athens that again featured shipping HP hardware and a breakout box, but this time included the Longhorn Aero user experience."

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the thing on the left is a voip phone device from what i remember.

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it is a phone, but i dont think it was a VOIP phone, just a regular phone

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