[geeks] Windows 8.1

[Jonathan Patschke]

On Thu, 19 Jun 2014, Lionel Peterson wrote:

>> A touchscreen is a great way to solve the problem of a pointing-device on
>> a device that's too small to contain one (e.g.: mobile phone), but it
>> seems pointless on a device you can easily attach a mouse, trackpad, or
>> spaceball.
>
> Very popular in POS and kiosk applications... And SciFi movies...

POS is a special case.  A POS system isn't typically used as a
general-purpose computing device.  I'd assumed that we were making that
assumption, since they're also very helpful on assembly lines, DJ
consoles, live production studio computers, and many other places where
you're unlikely to run traditional computing applications.

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