See the full post for more PDC 2009 news. Wow – I thought it was cool when last year’s PDC attendees received a 150 gig portable hard disk; now external terabyte hard disks are less than $100, and it’s cost-effective to give away touchscreen laptops to showcase new software…
In a stunning announcement, Sinofsky told the audience that paid PDC attendees would receive a free thin-and-light laptop that Microsoft designed with Acer. Microsoft designed the laptop with features and baseline hardware for which developers should create their applications. Touchscreen is among the capabilities.
More details, from an MSDN post:
Built upon the Acer Aspire 1420P chassis, this convertible TabletPC has a Core2 Duo U2300 processor, Mobile Intel GS45 video, 2GB of DDR3 1066 MHz memory (supports up to 8GB), an 11.6" 1366x768 multitouch screen, webcam/mic, 3G WWAN, WLAN (supporting up to Draft-N), S/PDIF for digital speakers, 3 USB, 250GB HDD, card reader, and even an HDMI port.
Microsoft gives free laptop to PDC 2009 attendees | Betanews
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