Coffeemaker running Windows XP might be a little overkill (flag)

dvice.com — There's really no reason for a coffee machine to be overly complicated. I mean, it has a pretty simple job to do: brew good coffee. But this insane contraption aims to do much more than that, seeing as it's loaded up with a Windows XP computer and an 8-inch touchscreen. Yes, this coffee ...

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Internet able coffee machine runs Windows XP
Boing Boing Gadgets — This coffee maker runs Windows XP. Overkill, of course: Windows 3.11 would have clearly sufficed. Windows XP Coffee Machine [Site via DVICE

Excelsior! Windows XP-powered coffee maker
CrunchGear — ... Athens, Caesarian Rome, Catholic Spain, Napoleonic France, Victorian England, to say nothing of the Asian empires—we now look to Finland, the epitome of civilization. Yes, there’s now a Windows-powered coffee maker. Windows XP, even. It even has an 8-inch touchscreen, for touching. That you can program it over the Internet—brew a pot at 6:00pm so that it’s ready by the time I get home from work—only adds to its grandeur. via DVICE

Windows XP-Powered Coffee Maker
Tech Blog — ... Sleek and stylish, this coffee maker is designed to do more than just brew you a cup of joe. It's "accessible over the internet, just in case you're so lazy that you need to tell it to start brewing from the other room rather than getting up and doing it yourself." Video after the break. But this insane contraption aims to do much more than that, seeing as it's loaded up with a Windows XP computer and an 8-inch touchscreen. [via Dvice]