Bass, your response is like... a guy goes to a Ford forum to talk about his latest Mustang. And then you chime in that you have no desire to own a Mustang and would rather buy a Toyota. not exactly helpful or useful.
hey Mickey, I'm interested on your thoughts of the tablet. I haven't had a chance to play with it so any input would be much appreciated. If you need any help with the touch interface let me or anyone else here help you out. We're fans of touch so we can probably help out with any questions you have.
my basic advice is this... the whole touch interface is designed around swiping from all 4 edges of your touchscreen. do this for every app to see the features of that app. if you swipe from the right edge leftward, you'll bring up the charms bar which is contextual. meaning the charms bar will adjust to what app is showing. so if you use the search charm while the Mail app is open, it'll search your email. if you use the search while the Wikipedia app is open, it'll search Wikipedia. if you use the settings charm while the Xbox Music app is open, you'll open settings for the Xbox Music app. if you tap settings while the Mail app is open, it'll open settings for the Mail app.
swiping rightward from the left edge of the screen will allow you to switch between apps. if you swipe right and then back to the left edge again, you'll see a complete list of apps.
swiping from the top edge downward or the bottom edge upward will bring up the context menu. this is the same as if you right-click with a mouse.
if you want to copy/paste with touch, it's different than other systems. it's all a bunch of quick taps. you tap on a word. then drag the dot to surround the text. then tap on copy/move/paste.
to close the app, swipe from the top edge all the way to the bottom edge. If you don't close an app, it's okay because the app will get suspended and not take up any resources (until it's an app that requires a constant data connection like streaming music).
to have multiple Modern apps side by side, it's like the Windows 7 method of snapping. you put your finger at the top edge of the screen and then drag the app to the side of the screen you want to snap the app.
here's a vid to start:
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