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Posted by hipstomp | 23 Oct 2010
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Here's a depressing illustration of a product philosophy encapsulated in a completely extraneous design feature. This is Engadget showing a pull-out tab on HP's forthcoming Slate tablet computer, a supposed challenger to the iPad. As Daring Fireball points out,
This photo says it all -- the device has a permanent slide-out tab that serves no technical purpose. It's just a place to put a bunch of regulatory and licensing small-print crap.
Is it any wonder that the iPad doesn't seem to have any real competition?
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What the hell is Alt-Tab-Delete? Did you mean Control-Alt-Delete as in "reboot"?
Unfortunately it's a legal limitation. They have three choices: vandalize the exterior of the device with this garbage, hide it in some way that technically meets the licensing requirements, or get sued for violation.
Dell is trying to skirt the rules without feeling the wrath. Honestly I think this sort of thing is what it's going to take to get the rules changed. It's so obviously stupid that people will have to question what's going on.
Pardon: HP, not Dell
Is anyone really going to notice this?
It's not the best solution, but I doubt it will be that big of a deal. My laptop puts that Windows sticker on the bottom, and it got worn out very quickly and is now impossible to read. This little drawer enables it to actually serve its purpose. It's not HP who is doing this, it's Microsoft.
Don't worry though, it won't be on the Palm Pad :-P
The regulations are completely hated by the designers making desktops and laptops... usually they design the front and rear bezels anticipating the Windows stickers, but they always look terrible. Seems like a clever way to keep it all on-board for the licensing and not distract from the design
How come apple don't have those legislation then?
@Christopher
They do. Apple just uses silkscreen that contrasts less with the surface its applied to. As for the stupid windows sticker, Apple needs not to worry about that :p