So instead they removed their stock from the windows, and covered the displays with cloth.
At startup XP displays an icon for Windows Messenger, Microsoft's knockoff of AOL's market-leading Instant Messenger.
That's not to say we won't see an array of smaller Android slates with faster quad-core CPUs, eye-popping high-res displays or a plethora of Windows RT hybrids -- we surely will.
Some involve separate physical displays, others use different virtual windows.
On the desktop front (shown after the jump), the PC Station BJ series sports a slim, compact form factor, an Intel Celeron D, Pentium 4, or Core 2 Duo E4300 depending on model, up to 1GB of DDR2 RAM, between 250GB and 320GB of HDD space, a dual-layer DVD burner, Windows Vista, and a number of matching displays between 17- and 22-inches.
ENGADGET: Sotec's intros PC Station BJ / BX desktops and WH5513P laptop
Like virtually every other product announced at IFA, these notebooks will run Windows 8, and though the 1, 366 x 768 displays aren't touch-enabled, Lenovo says its touchpad is optimized for the Metro UI.
ENGADGET: Lenovo expands IdeaPad lineup with Y400, Y500, Z400 and Z500: prices start at $549
The tour features interactive displays where people can decide whether they want to purchase Windows Me.
Regardless of the model, some key features remain the same: both have 15.6-inch (1, 366 x 768) displays, replaceable batteries and numpads, along with trackpads that support Windows 8 gestures (that's true of most new laptops, actually).
But freshly dressed for her winter holidays, stately windows wreathed against the chill and catawba branches flickering in torchlight, the town displays an array of cozy-clapboard imagery so complete, that the effect is as comfortable as Dickens.
Windows 8 is designed to work well with touch-sensitive screens, but the displays add to the cost of a PC.
To make it work, you connect a Windows PC to the device, which consists of a pair of 960 x 540 Epson displays embedded in the transparent glasses (with a detachable shade, as shown in the prototype above), and a depth sensor attached to the top.
And once it was revealed that the Live Tile user interface would be coming to Windows 8, it became clear that Live Tiles had to be a great fit for the larger displays that are more often running Microsoft software.
In addition to touch functionality, the slim ThinkPad Edge E431 and E531 laptops feature improved graphics options for more vivid content on their displays up to full HD and a five-button ClickPad that allows users to control Windows 8 features from the keyboard.
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On the surface, the show was about bigger, denser displays (4K), tablets of varying sizes, and oddball novelties like robots that clean windows.
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