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|    mark lewis to Alan Zisman    |
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|    21 Jul 12 18:54:10    |
       AZ> I'm not sure touch desktops will ever take off - HP has tried        AZ> marketing several models over the past 2 years, without much        AZ> success (though Win 7 is not a good system for touch)... frankly,        AZ> stretching your arm at more or less shoulder-level to reach a        AZ> screen element is uncomfortable and awkward, and much less natural        AZ> feeling than touching the screen of a tablet on your lap.              i would think that something like a flatscreen panel at an engle instead of       standing upright would work better... kinda like those desks that had the       glass top and you looked thru it to the CRT monitor below... but the anchoring       of the thing to keep it still would be the gotcha...              BTW: many resturaunt POS systems are nothing more than a regular computer       under the counter and a touchscreen on the counter ;)              )\/(ark               * Origin: (1:3634/12)    |
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