Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows

Re:Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows by kojoru on Friday July 13, 2018 @08:00AM (#17522128)

Compare that app + Surface Hub to Google Jamboard [1] which is a single-purpose 4k TV capable of only fulfilling this use case and costing $5k + $600/year.

1 - https://gsuite.google.com/products/jamboard/

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Re:Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows by Eridrus on Friday July 13, 2018 @08:21AM (#17522259)

A Surface Hub is $9K though, so not sure why you're bringing up cost here.

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Re:Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows by DiabloD3 on Friday July 13, 2018 @08:41AM (#17522409)

The Hub is an actual complete Surface PC. $9k is ridiculous, but it is more than just a whiteboard.

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Re:Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows by endorphone on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:53AM (#17522982)

But in that case you don't want more than a white board. There are many cases, especially in the corporate world, where you want a single-purpose device that isn't going to need maintenance, group policies, etc etc.

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Re:Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows by zamadatix on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:16PM (#17524227)

Buying a device without "group policies, etc etc" doesn't mean you don't still need to implement them.

Damn I wish our company would stop buying Alexa/Home/Chromecast/Sonos/IoT-box-from-down-the-street.

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Re:Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows by ChikkaChiChi on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:57PM (#17527137)

One of the best ideas I ever had was getting a completely separate network connection for our guest WiFi. It was trivial to implement, keeps our diagrams and GRC needs simple, and we no longer have to worry when a PHB wants an IOT lightbulb that'll no doubt get hacked in 24 months.

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Re:Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows by partiallypro on Friday July 13, 2018 @08:52AM (#17522474)

The next generation (that they recently demoed in videos) is expected to be much, much cheaper.

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Re:Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows by DoofusOfDeath on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:24PM (#17524310)

Can you provide a link or two?

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Re:Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows by partiallypro on Monday July 16, 2018 @09:08PM (#17546526)

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DbslbKsQSk

Price info: https://wccftech.com/microsoft-surface-hub-2-22000/

There is a better article I read about the pricing when it was first announced, but that's the few top results that goes over it.

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Re:Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows by Eldt on Friday July 13, 2018 @08:32AM (#17522346)

Look at the comparison they made and you'll understand why...

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