– apple did it first
– it’ll get smudged
– my hands will ache
– i hate microsoft
– it’s slow (err.. and a hardware tech demo)
– the interface isn’t designed for touch (err.. its a hardware tech demo)

this is a good example of microsoft’s “disclose early” method of PR going wrong.

It’s a tech demo built very roughly on top of server 2008 codebase, with a non-integrated or optimized piece of capacitive hardware gaffa-tapped to the back of the screen.

What’s more important, is that the multitouch framework will be built into win7 as a low level software layer, and presumably OEMs will be encouraged to build in hardware. Sidenote: the Win7 UI will be the last thing we see (<6months to release).

Form factors that make sense:
– drawing board (jef Hann – tedtalks)
– B5 tablet (iTablet?, smaller TabletPC)
– UI that isn’t built for mouse/keyboard.