“Here in Windows-land, we love us some multi-touch,” wrote Ben Rudolph on the Windows Team Blog as he reviews the new Toshiba Satellite M505 laptop. Rudolph is giving the machine two thumbs up for how well it shows off the touchscreen capabilities in the Windows 7 operating system. But a laptop isn’t a tablet computer, and Microsoft apparently isn’t yet ready to take the next step that would integrate Windows 7 into a competitor to Apple’s media-friendly iPad.
First Blood Spilled in the New Tablet Wars
Posted by: Renay San Miguel May 3, 2010 05:00 AM“Here in Windows-land, we love us some multi-touch,” wrote Ben Rudolph on the Windows Team Blog as he reviews the new Toshiba Satellite M505 laptop. Rudolph is giving the machine two thumbs up for how well it shows off the touchscreen capabilities in the Windows 7 operating system. But a laptop isn’t a tablet computer, and Microsoft apparently isn’t yet ready to take the next step that would integrate Windows 7 into a competitor to Apple’s media-friendly iPad.