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Windows 7 is touchy-feely

so ipod and iphone are deeply in touch with touch surface computing, but windows 7 appears to be shooting stronger for the tablet and surface device model. here’s a usa today article discussing how the new windows os is very touchy feely

Multitouch, or the ability to manipulate the display screen with one or more fingers, is built directly into Microsoft’s latest operating system. “We believe in touch,” Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says.

You’ll need hardware with special touch-capable screens. Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba and other PC makers have or will shortly trot out touch-ready computers with Windows 7.

With the technology fused into Windows 7, PC companies and software developers can apply their own touches on top of the operating system.

via Windows 7 could hasten touch-screen computers – USATODAY.com.