Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 23:59 UTC
Windows Windows 7 has been out and about for little over a week now, and as it turns out, Microsoft's new baby is doing relatively well. That is, according to the figures by NetApplications: Windows 7 already reached the 3% mark this weekend, and is already closing in on the 4% mark.
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RE[7]: Windows market share
by tomcat on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 08:15 UTC in reply to "RE[6]: Windows market share"
tomcat
Member since:
2006-01-06

Multitouch that no one uses and is completely ridiculous for a desktop. Try to raise your arm too much to touch the screen and you will feel the pain in almost no time. It's just wow factor like the desktop cube.


Not if that desktop is running on a tablet PC.

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RE[8]: Windows market share
by boldingd on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 17:49 in reply to "RE[7]: Windows market share"
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2009-02-19

I'm still dubious. Multi-touch is nifty for track-pads; personally, I don't really care for it, don't value it as a feature, and don't even use tap-to-click now, but some users do swear by it. It's great for smart-phones and other such devices. It's useless on desktops. Whether it'll be great on tablets... maybe, but I kinda doubt tablets themselves will be popular any time soon.

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RE[8]: Windows market share
by jabbotts on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 19:58 in reply to "RE[7]: Windows market share"
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2007-09-06

If it's a tablet, then it's not a desktop. It would come closest to a notebook if it was a swivel top convertable. Both of these are not a desktop with large screen infront of you but instead they have small'ish screens displayed more at a book angle.

Having used and loved touchscreen. It is great on a notebook to just reach out and poke the [OK] when it pops up. I wouldn't be so happy with it as a required input on this stationary LG widescreen though.

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RE[9]: Windows market share
by tomcat on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 20:02 in reply to "RE[8]: Windows market share"
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2006-01-06

If it's a tablet, then it's not a desktop


Um, sorry, but I have to disagree. There's nothing inherently different between a tablet and a notebook, other than the input method. Form factor is essentially the same.

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