Missed Hopeful sign Number 3:
3. More Touchscreens, Form Factors, Sizes
Windows 8 struggled partially due to a lack of elegance in the new interface. But a lot of that bad buzz came from people who ran the OS without a touchscreen. Some of these Win8 installations involved new licenses installed on old machines, which gain little value, if any, from the new UI. But OEMs exacerbated this problem when, heading into last winter, they managed to release only a handful of touch-enabled options.
By the time this year’s back-to-school and holiday seasons roll around, store shelves should not only feature a great abundance of touch-oriented Windows 8 devices but also a greater diversity of form factors. This variety will include some novel ideas, such as 30-inch hybrid tablets that can be docked like a desktop but also laid flat to create a table display. But the entrance of mini-tablets is probably the most notable development.
As mentioned above, these devices — thanks to not only their ability to offer legitimate productivity tools in a consumer-friendly tablet but also their low prices — could be enormously popular. Microsoft might even debut a 7-inch Surface model as soon as this summer.
Cant get emial
won't stay on page
times itself out
brings frustration to every small function
We have just learned of a company that specializes in scrubbing Windows 8 so that computers can function normally and interface with all the other existing systems of the world. We will be going back to XP on this machine asap.
But I don’t WANT to run a touchscreen on my desktop or (probably) laptop. It’s stupid. I have to clean my monitor at least once a month now. Why would I intentionally put my grimy little fingers on it? I work with industrial UIs, which of necessity are often touchscreens, and sometimes on PC’s rather than dedicated devices, and using the touchscreen PC’s in normal PC non-industrial-UI mode, blows. It’s moronic.