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Offline The Moan Ranger

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Touch screen compootahs
« on: July 27, 2010, 07:50:56 PM »
Currently I am house sitting for me bruv.

His (or rather his wife's) compootah has a very large touch screen with which you can can do all the things simply by touching the relevant bit of the screen (apart from typing...) that you would do with a mouse. All very flashy, but personally, I still prefer using a mouse. Any of you lot tried one?


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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2010, 08:03:51 PM »
I had the chance to play with one of these a while back.



http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/default.aspx

If they ever get around to building this into a TV they could have a hell of an all in one media centre. Just don't let the kids loose on it.
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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2010, 08:05:56 PM »
Does it need 2 threads?
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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2010, 09:40:38 PM »
He's got the shakes
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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2010, 09:45:12 PM »
Quote from: The Moan Ranger on July 27, 2010, 07:50:56 PM
Currently I am house sitting for me bruv.

His (or rather his wife's) compootah has a very large touch screen with which you can can do all the things simply by touching the relevant bit of the screen (apart from typing...) that you would do with a mouse. All very flashy, but personally, I still prefer using a mouse. Any of you lot tried one?
Thanks apc!

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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2010, 11:58:26 AM »
I was around when HP launched the HP 150 touch screen computer, oh many many years ago... Oh Wiki tells me it was 1983...

It was shite then and I suspect shite now... the problem was that you still had to move your fingers from screen to keyboard to type... and the screen got covered in shite...  noooo:

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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2010, 12:13:17 PM »
Quote from: Barman on July 28, 2010, 11:58:26 AM
the screen got covered in shite... 
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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2010, 12:35:21 PM »
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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2010, 02:37:51 PM »
Daughter used one yesterday ~ To take her driving theory test.

She said it was filthy and yucky and she didn't want to have to touch it.








Oh and she failed by 2 points. ::)
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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2010, 02:42:25 PM »
My eldest nephew failed his last year (the first time) ~ gave him quite a reality shock  ::)

Have you tried it?  I didn't do much better on the test CD or whatever it was  redface:
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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2010, 02:44:14 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on July 28, 2010, 02:37:51 PM
Daughter used one yesterday ~ To take her driving theory test.

She said it was filthy and yucky and she didn't want to have to touch it.








Oh and she failed by 2 points. ::)

So she doesn't know everything then  point:
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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2010, 03:06:15 PM »



Do you want to try telling her that?


I did ........ angry041: angry041: angry041: Explode:
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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2010, 03:07:58 PM »
Quote from: Pastis on July 28, 2010, 02:42:25 PM
My eldest nephew failed his last year (the first time) ~ gave him quite a reality shock  ::)

Have you tried it?  I didn't do much better on the test CD or whatever it was  redface:


I passed them both 100% (Hazard perception and Theory)
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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2010, 03:12:01 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on July 28, 2010, 03:06:15 PM



Do you want to try telling her that?


I did ........ angry041: angry041: angry041: Explode:

I am sure her failure is part of a learning process for her
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Re: Touch screen compootahs
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2010, 03:18:08 PM »
Oh No ~ It is all the fault of the person who bought her the book to study and the practice CDs and that would be .......................







You guessed it. ME!

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