On 12-07-19 3:17 PM, Ross Cassell -> TOM WALKER wrote:   
      
      
    RC> For touch screen environs, win8 is the place to be.   
      
    RC> ==   
      
   Maybe.... or maybe not.   
      
   Certainly, the user experience (on touch screen/tablets) seems like it will be   
   far better than with earlier versions of Windows - with the base OS and with   
   software designed for the new Metro interface.   
      
   Things however quickly become more complex:   
      
   -- reports of touch-use of the Release Preview suggest that even with    
   the base OS (etc) gestures are not as well-developed as in, say, iOS.   
      
   -- there will be confusion between tablets based on ARM-style CPUs,    
   which will run so-called Windows RT, lack backwards compatibility with legacy   
   Windows software, but have better battery life and a lower price and tablets   
   using standard Intel/AMD CPUs - which will run standard Windows 8 and be   
   backwards compatible to classic Windows software.   
      
   That classic Windows software, however, won't work well on a touch-screen   
   (just as with Windows on tablets up to now) - perhaps the reason why   
   Microsoft's Surface tablets have keyboards/trackpads built into the covers.   
   Intel-tablet pricing is expected to be in line with current Ultrabooks:   
   $800-1000.   
      
   These may prove to be a success - especially with businesses, but we'll have   
   to wait and see!   
      
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