Microsoft Touch Pack brings Surface experience to Windows 7

Our initial experience with Windows 7's multitouch was decidedly less than stellar, but it looks like Microsoft's taking the initiative to ramp up the usability with the newly-unveiled Touch Pack. It's a software suite consisting of three games and three Surface apps, including a a globe you can pinch and twist around, the ever-popular surface collage for images, and and a zen-inspired lagoon screensaver. OEMs making touchscreen-capable Windows 7 rigs are being offered the pack to use as a pre-installed option, so look for these to arrive around the same time as the new OS, which should be sometime this holiday season. In the meantime, GottaBeMobile's gotten their hands on the app collection early, and you can view their efforts in the video after the break.

Microsoft Touch Pack brings Surface experience to Windows 7

Read - Windows 7 Team Blog
Read - GottaBeMobile's hands-on

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[MioTheGreat Posted May 28th 2009 12:15AM]

These are the first high quality demos of multitouch for PCs that people can just go out and download and use with cheap available hardware with mainstream availability (Like HP and Dell's multitouch tablets and PCs)

How is that in any way shape or form a 'fail'?

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[WebOn Posted May 28th 2009 12:25AM]

easy dude, I was referring to the guy using it, as many others above me, chill man chill,\

I do like the multitouch by the way

[WebOn Posted May 28th 2009 12:28AM]

meant as a reply to MioTheGreat.

[(Unverified) Posted May 28th 2009 2:58AM]

Does it work on any new HP laptops as well. i mean to say does it require new hardware to touch or its working with old hardware with full features of touch systems .

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it's official, I hate this commenting system
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[(Unverified) Posted May 28th 2009 4:55AM]

I think it's your stupid comments that are more troublesome than the commenting system here.
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[Eternal Density Posted May 28th 2009 6:45AM]

You're absolutely right. And I can only partially blame it on the bad example of other comments.