But Windows 7 was designed from the ground up for touch screen tablet computers.
Read this:
MultiTouch Capabilities in Windows 7
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee336016.aspx
Remember, this was long before the iPad even came on the scene.
Ummm, yeah, I know about that (I have MSDN). But you seem to forget that Windows 7 is just Vista-Done-Right, NT6.1, not a new design from the ground up. And the multi-touch was added as an afterthought:
"...In recent years, we [Microsoft] have witnessed a wide range of multitouch devices that have generated an extremely positive user experience. Therefore, it is only natural for Windows to introduce such multitouch support in Windows 7..."Translation: We saw other folks with a shiny new toy, so we're copying it.
> Remember, this was long before the iPad even came on the scene.
Umm, Joe:
MSDN Magazine > Issues > 2009 > August 2009 Issue > MultiTouch Capabilities in Windows 7...Screw the iPad -- the iPhone introduced multitouch in 2007. That was a long time before Aug 2009. Of course, multitouch was being developed long before the iPhone (sorry, Steve Jobs, it wasn't your invention).
"This article is based on a pre-release version of Windows 7. Details are subject to change..."
Anyway, Joe, you're stretching. Don't try to cram Win7 onto a handheld device, it'll suck. But you can be happy that Win7 is a great desktop OS. There are a ton of desktops out there, and they'll be there for a good long time.