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> 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

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...
"This article is based on a pre-release version of Windows 7. Details are subject to change..."

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).

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.

“...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. -

Nope.
Translation, Windows tablets have been on the market for years (long before the iPad or even the iPhone).

“Screw the iPad — the iPhone introduced multitouch in 2007. That was a long time before Aug 2009. “

Ummm.. the super advanced Microsoft Surface Computer, which has touch screen technology that totally trumps anything that the iPhone has, started development work as long ago as 2001, and was first shown to the public in 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Surface

“Don't try to cram Win7 onto a handheld device, it'll suck. “

Nonsense.
Some 12” screen tablets are even bigger than some netbooks. Microsoft designed Win 7 for both tablets AND netbooks. Windows 7 has been happily running very well on some netbooks without any problems. Win 7 will run fine on the rather great looking new tablets they just announced at Computex.