I’ve seen a number of folks excited about the possibility of getting Windows 7 on a tablet device, whether it be through Citrix on the iPad or natively on a PC tablet such as the ExoPC. I personally have no such desire. Windows 7 simply wasn’t designed for the sole purpose of touchscreen computing. The experience simply won’t be as good as the iPhone OS. Another issue with running Windows on a touchscreen tablet is that the majority of Microsoft technology developers have only ever programmed for a mouse/keyboard experience. This results in less than optimal touchscreen computing experience. The iPad has a huge advantage in that there are developers who have been programming solely for touchscreen devices for 3 years. The developers’ mentality has shifted already to a touchscreen environment, meaning better quality experiences. This is not to say that Windows developers can’t code for touch environments, but merely that there will be far fewer quality experiences on a Windows touchscreen device than on the iPad for the next little while. Continue Reading »
