Actually, I think it is worth it. A practical application for this robotic stool would be for older people who carry light, collapsible chairs for things like waiting in line to begin with. This would free up their hands, and it would be able to keep up with most people who have back problems and walk slowly as a result of this anyway.
Greg: Are you serious? Where have you been? There are times when I'd rather have my gums scraped than read another Engadget comment. It says a lot when one word comments get highly ranked, and ones where people actually do research and form proper sentences get voted down. It gets even worse when it's another article about Apple, too. ._.
Maybe it's just me... but isn't this a little like posting a few security guards to represent a firewall in front of a school locker (any version of Windows), and a few security guards in front of Fort Knox (Mac OS X / Linux)? Even if you can get past the security guards, good luck getting in to Fort Knox... they've allowed the world to help improve their security thanks to the software being open source.
The Windows NT kernel (2000, XP, Vista) will never be as secure as Mac OS X anything (as it's based on FreeBSD) or Linux anything unless they rewrite its kernel. You'd need third party software to bring Windows up to speed... and this isn't open source fanboy talk, either. On the bright side, I was surprised that Engadget didn't go in to detail about the laptop running Mac OS. ;)
The legalized Napster is less than $13.00 a month, as well... basically guaranteed to be cheaper than an iTunes subscription, and it's got an amazing selection of music. Regardless, you also have options to strip DRM from media files in the form of DoubleTwist... thanks to DVD Jon. If you don't know what I'm talking about, Google is your friend... and it's worth a look. None of my paid music has any DRM crap on it, and I hope that it never will. :)
That should get you the information you need, assuming that you're interested... and yes, you can dual boot and even use virtualization in both directions.
I used to think that you had to report changes in a vehicle's paint color to the California DMV within a matter of like a week or something, but I can't find it in the CVC (California Vehicle Code) anywhere. Hmmm, guess it's legal then? >:D
I think that I'd have more luck typing on this keyboard using my toes. On the bright side, it might then double as a hoverboard. I'll just have to remember that it doesn't work on water.
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