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   TOM WALKER to ALAN ZISMAN   
   Windows 8   
   22 Jul 12 06:48:00   
   
   AZ> TW> I fuly understand that one. Those machines are catching on like   
   AZ> TW> woildfire. and as soon as they become a little more popular the   
   AZ> TW> market for Touch Screen Desktops will take off.   
   AZ> TW> ---   
      
   AZ>I'm not sure touch desktops will ever take off - HP has tried marketing seve   
   AZ>models over the past 2 years, without much success (though Win 7 is not a go   
   AZ>system for touch)... frankly, stretching your arm at more or less   
   AZ>shoulder-level to reach a screen element is uncomfortable and awkward, and m   
   AZ>less natural feeling than touching the screen of a tablet on your lap.   
      
   AZ>Try it at a desktop computer sometime... imagine you could minimize an app b   
   AZ>touching your index finger to the minimize button. Does it feel like a   
   AZ>comfortable thing to do? Try (pretending to) move a window by dragging the   
   AZ>title bar. Etc.   
      
   For the Standard Desktop arangement YES it would be inconvinet.   
   But with a litle adjustment of monitor size and location it woerks   
   great. I thought bac kto me day of working on Patient Monitoring   
   equipment in a hospital. Just before I retired crude touch screens were   
   coming on line. It worked quite well. I also have watched Waitresses use   
   their touch screen computers and it seems really smoth and efficent..   
      
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