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I have a touchscreen laptop with 8.1 on it.
my work computer with 7 on it
my old laptop with Vista
my Mac with OSX, and older motorola based Macs
a few tablets - Apple & Samsung
I've been using windows since 2.1, and apple products since the ][+
I only use 8.1 as my primary as that is what came on the laptop, and it was a touchscreen so I figured I would keep it.
It's not bad, though could be alot better. Searching for an app that you use daily is silly - so one has to figure out how to add the desktop icon. Easy for an IT person but if you support hundreds of people .. it's pure pain. and the full screen ms "apps" are painfully lacking functionality.
The business world is driven by the Mouse and keyboard. Don't expect everyone to dump their 30" screens and replace them with 30 in touchscreens that are slighlty out of reach for them to touch. People prefer speed over something like the touchscreen and search.
For tablets I love the touch interface because you are holding it. For a desktop, even my laptop, I just don't use the touch interface unless they stripped away the feature that I normally use and have to use the touch interface to get to it quicker.
8.1 on a desktop, to me, is as silly as the Ribbon menus in office.
my work computer with 7 on it
my old laptop with Vista
my Mac with OSX, and older motorola based Macs
a few tablets - Apple & Samsung
I've been using windows since 2.1, and apple products since the ][+
I only use 8.1 as my primary as that is what came on the laptop, and it was a touchscreen so I figured I would keep it.
It's not bad, though could be alot better. Searching for an app that you use daily is silly - so one has to figure out how to add the desktop icon. Easy for an IT person but if you support hundreds of people .. it's pure pain. and the full screen ms "apps" are painfully lacking functionality.
The business world is driven by the Mouse and keyboard. Don't expect everyone to dump their 30" screens and replace them with 30 in touchscreens that are slighlty out of reach for them to touch. People prefer speed over something like the touchscreen and search.
For tablets I love the touch interface because you are holding it. For a desktop, even my laptop, I just don't use the touch interface unless they stripped away the feature that I normally use and have to use the touch interface to get to it quicker.
8.1 on a desktop, to me, is as silly as the Ribbon menus in office.