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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..              ---        þ SLMR 2.1a þ Typo Tom strikes agaoin        * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 And Still Here. Join Us: www.DocsPl (1:123/140)    |
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