Bangalore: Microsoft chairman and co-founder Bill Gates took to Reddit on Monday for “Ask Me Anything” session and opened up on various topics ranging from tech to his philanthropic works to his favorite band, if you are wondering, it is U2.

This was his first AMA session, logging in as "thisisbillgates," he fielded dozens of questions from Reddit users for several hours, sometimes buzzing in the follow-up threads to the approval of many participants. The unfiltered nature of Reddit AMA gave Gates a chance to put both his genius and wit on display to a crowd that consists largely of people just like him: geeks who are passionate about the Internet and technology. 

The session revealed some of the secrets and some of the biggest regrets carried by the tech’s richest man, as  compiled by Mashable.

His Computer Is Wicked Cool

Gates upon starting the session revealed that he’s got his Microsoft Surface Pro, a week ago and "it is very nice" and that he also uses a Perceptive Pixel huge touch-screen display. No wonder the co-founder of the Microsoft is found of his company’s latest offering and also of huge touch-screen display from Perceptive Pixel, the company which last year was bought by Microsoft.

Gates also said the cost of its huge touchscreen monitors would eventually come down, and the tech would be pervasive.

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