Windows 7 has built-in support for multi-touch capabilities which are soon going to make this screen-based system much more mainstream. The user can access the screen by simply pressing it. Just press the screen and it will display Simple Tap interface. Using your finger, access the screen is the simple and newer way of doing things.Lenovo release the statement which states that now it would be possible for the companies to create their own “touch icons and applications”. Instead of seeing the traditional cursor, the symbol like a drop of the water would appear on the screen and the user can navigate through the system simply by dragging the finger with in the window something like web browser. And to move on to the next page you just require to press the link to move on to the next page. All these features can be accessed with the single press on the screen and they function mostly the same as they function on the earlier HP TouchSmart.
But the most capturing features are those that use windows 7 touch. By dragging two fingers apart, you can change the size and display of the icons in an Explorer Window. Some touch based games such as Blackboard, Rebound and Garden have also been introduced in it.
Though, touch screen features are intuitive but they can’t be a substitute for a mouse and the keyboard in many cases. Many other multi-touch laptops are going to be out soon, including HPís TouchSmart TX2z and the Fujitsu LifeBook T5010, as well as Lenovo’s well-reviewed Thinkpad X200 convertible tablet.
Acer comes first in the race to unveil its first pieces of the upcoming Windows 7 line up that is a touchscreen laptop and a smaller ultra-portable PC.
The new Acer PCS will enable you to turn pages and browse through media and documents by just flicking the screen. Now it’s no more difficult for users to launch movies, zoom in and out of Web sites. They can easily edit photos and videos, re-size windows and prepare hand-write notes using fingertips over mouse with multitouch screen laptop.
The Aspire 5738PG’s multiscreen flags all these features. Thus Acer has become the latest computer maker to utilize new touch capabilities in Windows 7.
The 5738PG has a 15.6-inch screen, a 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 processor and an ATI Radeon HD 4570 graphics processor from Advanced Micro Devices. Four GB of system memory, a 320GB hard drive, built-in Web cam and stereo speakers is also included in the system.
The laptop weighs 6.16 pounds with a six-cell battery and would be available at $800 retail price. Three other Aspire Timeline laptops have also been introduced by Acer that will also be ship with Windows 7 – the 13.3-inch AS3810T, the 14-inch AS4810TZ and the 15.6-inch AS5810TZ. The AS3810T run 1.3 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 processor, while the other two systems uses a 1.3 GHz Intel Pentium Dual-Core SU4100 processors. Each system includes 4GB of system memory, either a 320GB or 500GB hard drive, and a built-in Webcam. The starting price of AS3810T is $800 and $650 for AS4810TZ and AS5810TZ .
Other vendors which have unveiled new PCs with touch screen features include Gateway and Sony.
