By Ina Fried CNET News.com May 3, 2004, 9:00 PM PT
SEATTLE--Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates plans on Tuesday to show his idea of the home PC of the future--
Such displays have become commonplace at this show. For several years, Microsoft and HP have been working on a business PC that combines computer and telephony functions.....Gates is also expected to show off a home version of the Tablet PC....Microsoft plans to distribute a revised preview edition of Longhorn. The company will formalize a number of changes it has made to its road map in recent weeks, including delaying Windows XP Service Pack 2 until later this summer and the beta version of Longhorn until early next year.....
Another hardware advance that Microsoft is likely to discuss is the emergence of 64-bit chips from AMD and Intel for the desktop PC market.
The 64-bit PC is seen by some as more processing capacity than most people need, but Microsoft plans to make the case that the machines are an idea whose time has come, with gaming likely to be among the first markets to benefit from the increased power..............
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