Eee Is 1st Windows Laptop To Support Multi-Touch 237
An anonymous reader writes "CNET UK has just put up its review of the Asus Eee PC 900 Win running Windows XP and discovered that it's the first Windows machine to support multi-touch, 'Better still, the mouse trackpad supports multi-touch gesture inputs — even in Windows XP. A pinching motion lets you zoom in on images, stretching lets you zoom out, and a two-finger vertical stroking motion allows you to scroll up and down through documents. MacBook Air and iPod touch users have enjoyed this feature for some time, but it's the first we've ever seen it implemented on a Windows laptop.'"
Umm... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Where's the patent??? (Score:5, Funny)
But good luck to them if they tried to patent the gesture.
ps I am patenting my own gesture to apple for being a ripoff company.
Terminology (Score:5, Funny)
Now consider a computer that responds to touch all over. The intent of the user tends to be a bit vague however.
Re:Where's the patent??? (Score:5, Funny)
Because that would invalidate the patent, silly.
-:sigma.SB
Thanks (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Where's the patent??? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Thanks (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Where's the patent??? (Score:5, Funny)
Hardcore Mac users will expect to buy hardware that is certified to work and pay a premium for it. And they say "everything just works on a Mac".
Hardcore Linux users will expect to buy Hardware they heard good things about on the internet, tweak the configurations a bit, download a few packages and patches, maybe compile a kernel or two, and fiddle about until they're satisfied. And they say "everything just works on Linux".
Hardcore Windows users will expect to buy just about anything, maybe install a driver, and then have it more or less working. And they say "everything just works on Windows".
The bottom line is: Never ask "hardcore" people about usability. And this being
Re:Where's the patent??? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Terminology (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Where's the patent??? (Score:3, Funny)
Apple have paid for the UNIX OS,they pay licensing fees to the Open Group. They contribute back their changes to software such as GCC, KHTML/WebKit and other pojects - as is well documented.
But I guess the facts just get in the way of a bit of blind hatred.