Tablets and mobile devices are central to Microsoft’s plans for CES 2011. In addition to its demo of an early Windows 8 build running on ARM CPUs, the software giant will be demonstrating a number of tablets running Windows 7. If this sounds familiar it’s because Microsoft did much the same thing last year—but very little came of the company’s push a year ago. Analysts expect the slate/tablet market to explode over the next few years and Redmond wants a piece of the action. It’s less than-clear, however, if the tablet version of Windows 7 is capable of standing up to the competition.
Spend a few hours with Windows 7’s current multitouch mode and you’ll soon be wondering why the company bothered. Win 7 may support multi-touch but it’s designed around the same keyboard+mouse paradigm that dates back decades. Touch is reasonably good for scrolling, especially if there’s no mouse with horizontal-scrolling support available, but most documents and websites avoid horizontal movement as much as possible.
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