Microsoft and Xbox are "years ahead of anyone else out there", says veteran ARG designer

[Zappykins]

endimion said:

McGran said:

Zappykins said:

Sometimes, like Beethoven's later Symphonies,  they are so far ahead that it takes society a while to catch up.  (Looking at you tablet PC's years before an ipad.)

 

Yeah, and Da Vinci invented the helicopter!

well I have a certain 2007 hour and half video from All things D with a certain job and gates dudes talking, and Gates is the one with the tablet and the one saying the tablet is the future of personal computing..... the iPad was not revealed at that point.... that interview is absolutely legendary the 2 pioneers (among others of course) of the computer tech industry talking about their forecast 5 years from then is absolutely amazing to watch... they are almost spot on...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iITBqB_uJdI
the entire video is really interesting but the more current stuff is around 30-40 min

Cool video! But I was refering more to Gate's work - way back in 2001 with tablets.  I think people forget that Gates and Jobs worked together on many, many things.