Hi, Tom.   
    TW> I don't have any experience but you are a Minority Opinion of those I   
    TW> have chated with about using it with a NON touchscreen Monitor.   
      
   	I might be a minority in your contacts but not in mine. A whole slew of users   
   are using it as a W-7 replacement and love it. Tell them, your bunch, to get   
   rid of all the tiles and only keep the Desktop one on the screen. Piece of   
   cake then to use. I love it and this is enough to get me to obtain a Surf Ace   
   when they come out, 26th Oct. It is a table that can be used as a PC, not a   
   toy as syou know what ! The standard keyboard is the big selling attraction,   
   it is attached and standard, not a screen one that cover 1/2 of the screen and   
   has to be used with one finger and a vertical screen most of the time, not so,   
   this one keyboard is a real one, lays flat as what you are used to.   
      
   	Get your friends on this addy :   
      
     http://windowssecrets.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/66-Windows-8-Forum   
      
   	A large effort to break into this new OS to start with, the normal learning   
   curve, then it is all smooth as a baby's bum.   
      
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