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I think that touchscreen for most desktop applications would be a royal pain. Do you really want to have to move your hand(s) away from your body and all over the screen, when you can make small movements with a mouse or on a keyboard and do exactly the same operations quicker, more easily, and more precisely?

Most people could also save huge amounts of time and effort if they'd learn to use keyboard shortcuts instead of menus in commonly-used programs. How do you do that on a touchscreen?

Sure -- a touchscreen for retail/kiosk applications makes sense, if the UI is designed for it. And I very much appreciate the benefit of a laptop touch screen, where you can use it cradled in your arm or on a conference table during a meeting for note taking. But on a standard desktop? No thanks.

I'm surprised/disappointed that the Atom 330 isn't put into these desktop models. True dual cores makes HD playback happy.

If all the apps for it are like the iTouch then I would say it is a good idea.

I have a touchscreen mounted in my wall at the end of the bar, and its great for what it does, drink mixing software, internet surfing, music selection. But for daily use I don't see it being very friendly like #2 said, moving from screen to mouse would get old.

I have not had the pleasure of using the MSI device but did play around with the HP version for a bit. To be honest the whole touch screen interface is a bit on the wonky side.

If you're gonna make things touch screen at least make some of the most common areas a little bit bigger. Closing applications via the X on the top right corner can be a task at times since the X button is tiny and the touch screen mousing is not as precise as one would like it to be.

The touchscreen laptops were a bit more practical but the desktop models are more of an inconvenience.

I would like to buy a few to put on the back seats of my ride for the passengers entertainment

I think multitouch is a good idea. Win7 has some cool multitouch features

mostlycrap wrote:

I have not had the pleasure of using the MSI device but did play around with the HP version for a bit. To be honest the whole touch screen interface is a bit on the wonky side. If you're gonna make things touch screen at least make some of the most common areas a little bit bigger. Closing applications via the X on the top right corner can be a task at times since the X button is tiny and the touch screen mousing is not as precise as one would like it to be. The touchscreen laptops were a bit more practical but the desktop models are more of an inconvenience.

Try a double-tap on the upper-left corner of the program window. This used to be the equivalent of Alt-F4.

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