In addition, users can download the media content to the user's PC and search the contents of up to 5 connected PCs or smartphones simultaneously and import the music content from the user's PC or friend's phone into the user's play list.

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Whereas tablet PCs are full-blown PCs that contain all their components inside the casing of a notebook-sized flat-screen display, smart displays are light, portable display screens that connect wirelessly to a PC, so a user can interact with the PC away from the desk for reading documents or surfing the Web.

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Microsoft has come a long way since it last disastrously tried to remake the PC user experience with Bob.

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