Stephen,

> But do you really need a touchscreen on a laptop that’s already got a perfectly good keyboard and touchpad?

A few weeks ago I scoffed at the value of touch screens for traditional

PCs.

After borrowing a colleagues iPad for a weekend, I have reversed my

opinion a 180 degrees.

I believe there's a big future for touch screen interfaces if the OS

provides a comfortable mapping of touch gestures to events as

implemented on the iPad.

True story: After spending a few hours on the iPad, I returned to my

regular laptop to do some work. I was so used to the touch screen

interface that I actually tried touching my monitor to get things done.

That sold me on how natural a well implemented touch screen interface

can be.

Another point: As great as a touch screen interface is, I don't see

touch screen's replacing keyboards. I'm not a fan of typing on touch

screens.

Malcolm

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