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wow, the same old comments from slashdot/digg….
- apple did it first
- it’ll get smudged
- my hands will ache
- i hate microsoft
- it’s slow (err.. and a hardware tech demo)
- the interface isn’t designed for touch (err.. its a hardware tech demo)
this is a good example of microsoft’s “disclose early” method of PR going wrong.
It’s a tech demo built very roughly on top of server 2008 codebase, with a non-integrated or optimized piece of capacitive hardware gaffa-tapped to the back of the screen.
What’s more important, is that the multitouch framework will be built into win7 as a low level software layer, and presumably OEMs will be encouraged to build in hardware. Sidenote: the Win7 UI will be the last thing we see (<6months to release).
Form factors that make sense:
- drawing board (jef Hann – tedtalks)
- B5 tablet (iTablet?, smaller TabletPC)
- UI that isn’t built for mouse/keyboard.