He repeatedly took an existing but half-formed idea—the mouse-driven computer, the digital music player, the smartphone, the tablet computer—and showed the rest of the industry how to do it properly.

他反复琢磨那些已经存在的、但尚未成熟的创意，例如鼠标驱动的电脑、数字音乐播放器、智能手机、平板电脑等，并向其他公司展示如何让这些构思变为现实。

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Microsoft assumes that all desktop PCs will have touch screens while even the smallest tablet may have a docking station with mouse and keyboard.

Microsoft假设所有的桌面PC都带触摸屏，而所有的平板设备都可以接上鼠标和键盘。

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By the way, I mostly use the mouse and not the tablet for this work.

顺便说一下，我大多使用鼠标，而不是为这项工作的片剂。

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Patients fill out forms on a tablet PC (using a mouse was throwing them off) by selecting visuals to describe their symptoms, with the aim of speeding up the process.

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As such, I'm eyeing up a Wacom tablet and using the pen input to mouse around -- but do you think it's a good idea?

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There's not much else to be found on the tablet: four customizable buttons (for mouse clicks, touch toggle, application launch etc.), an LED indicator (dim white in standby, bright white in touch mode and orange in pen mode) and a fabric tug to store your stylus.

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