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I've read comments from people saying its the end of mice etc. Is this true?! they're really dropping the use of a mouse and only goin touchscreen..? Surely not, everyone would have to buy new monitors.. TV screens wouldn't support it. And what about gaming?! Without a mouse.. I hope ...


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Old 12th Oct 2008, 07:42
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Default Windows 7 only touch?!?!

I've read comments from people saying its the end of mice etc.

Is this true?!

they're really dropping the use of a mouse and only goin touchscreen..?

Surely not, everyone would have to buy new monitors.. TV screens wouldn't support it.

And what about gaming?! Without a mouse..

I hope you'll tell me its a dodgy rumour, and that you can use a mouse as well as a tablet...
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It's a rumor. There most probably will be a version of it (for tablets) that is touch only (no cursor/ mouse drivers) but there will be mice for a long time yet.
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Old 12th Oct 2008, 09:10
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Oh thank god for that..

Would it be possible do you know to attach a tablet type thing, and use that to control it as well as the mouse?
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Well you can get a touch pad thing, like these.
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Yeah, I spose I was thinking more like, an actual screen, so on the touch pad you'd see what you were doing..
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oh, I think you can get transparent touch pads, that you can place over the monitor. I dunno how big they come, but, I know you can get them to turn the eee PC's into a tablet, so I would have thought you could get them for larger screens too.
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Ah cool, I'll check that out.
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