Got a 21.5" Touch screen coming in the post

[gspeedy]

Dell ST2220T Multi-Touch 55 cm (21.5") Monitor with IPS | Dell South Africa

Am going to plug this in to my sony laptop it has windows 7 on it.

Is the any Touch screen OS that i could install on win 7?

Like Andriod?

[southpaw]

There is a windows 8 pre release you could try, free beta download, apparently it's designed with touch interface compatibility, you would need to install it in a dual boot environment , either on a 2nd hdd or partition your existing c drive, sorry not got links but Google will put you on to it "free windows 8 download "

[owenb]

windows 7 has touchscreen functions installed per default mate unless im missing something?

i have windows 8 its very very different but imho its brill! and yes the touchscreen features do look a lot more advanced in win 8 so as per southpaw

+1 for win 8

[owenb]

ah mate i have just looked on the microsoft website look for windows 7 touch pac and u can install lots of win 7 touch goodies ...............

[gspeedy]

Am going to try the dual boot with win 8. Take it that I can just spilt my drive, make a new vol an boot from a win 8 disk and install on new vol.

[gspeedy]

Downloading windows 8 release preview with apps x64 x86 aio. hopefully this is the best one to try...

[GastonJ]

I'm still not really seeing the point of touchscreen yet really. Fingers aren't as accurate as a mouse pointer, pixel wise. That and you'd have to clean it if used after a night out with a few beers and a kebab on the way home.

Limited appeal and is a gimmick to sell new screens to everyone. Unless anyone can give some valid real life application where it can be used by a home user?

[gspeedy]

My main reason is so I can play pub quiz and fruit machines.

Would love a roulette machine to play on windows like the ones in betting shops.

Best ones i can find is via internet..(skyvegas.com)

Anyone know one that is as good an you dont need internet.

[owenb]

theres loads of apps for that on android try googling bluestacks and u will get it going in no time mate

[gspeedy]

i'll just got VirtualBox an running windows 8..
Can i get a android image for it?

[owenb]

think so .........

[gspeedy]

can only find the old Android v2.6 for it.

think ill look in to bluestacks.

[gspeedy]

this dell touch screen id very good. if anyone is thinking of get one.

[GastonJ]

this dell touch screen id very good. if anyone is thinking of get one.

I would, if I could think of a use for one. Therein lies the problem for me, before I buy something I always ask myself "what use do I have for this?" and if I can't find a reason I don't buy it. That's the primary reason it took me almost 2 years to buy an Android tablet.

If anyone can come up with a good reason to buy one, and playing games isn't, then I might look at one. Until then I'll look on it as "it's a way for someone to sell me something I don't need".

[Cod3waX]

enjoy the arm ache is all i can say for new touchscreen monitors that can be pluged in ur pc

think about it do u stand up and use ur computer? no