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Originally Posted by Rochard
I disagree with you. You and I are not the average user. The average user is a computer noob who doesn't want to hassle with cords and monitors. The all in one computers will be the wave of the future.
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That's a different point. Apple proved with the original mac that at all in one was good. Then the iMac. Everyone else copied them. Yes, all in one PCs are good.
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Originally Posted by Rochard
And they will be touchscreens.
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So why do you think that in the last 10 years the technology has been available no one has used it for a desktop?
Because it doesn't work in terms of UI when you are sitting at a desk. It works on mobile devices. Not desktops.
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Originally Posted by Rochard
I didn't buy my HP touchscreen because I wanted a touchscreen; I bought it because I wanted an all in one model to side on the side of my desk just to run my email.
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Could have saved a lot of money then. Also, having a PC dedicated to email seems weird.
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Originally Posted by Rochard
I would watch my email roll in in the corner of my eye, and the touch screen was great for quickly deleting emails I didn't need.
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Right, I see emails I don't want, and without taking my hands off the keyboard, I perform a keystroke and they go. You seem to be suggesting taking your hands off the keyboard, leaning over and swiping fingers on a screen is better? No. It's a lot longer a process.
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Originally Posted by Rochard
I have three monitors now on my main PC so the touch screen is no longer in the office with me, but the wife and kid still use it daily.
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The fact that some of your family use your discarded PC doesn't really convince me it is the future of computing.
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Originally Posted by Rochard
Clearly they are making Win8 so that it will be more friendly to touch screens.
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No, they are making Win8 to shoehorn Metro onto the desktop because it will make life easier for them just doing one OS. They are ignoring the fact that mobile devices and desktops need different UIs.