Microsoft shows off "snippet" of Windows 7 at D6, reveals multi-touch support

[desiibond]

Guys,

It's real.

The Microsoft multitouch that we saw on a table top display is coming to laptops and here's the link that shows it all

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/27/m...reveals-multi/

Take a look at the video and it's amazing. It's on Dell Latitude XT. And it's official, demoed by Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer got on stage at D6 with Walt and Kara to talk... Microsoft, of course. While the company is still being rather coy about Windows 7 -- some have blamed loose lips early on in Vista development for saddling the OS with too high of expectations and making things difficult for developers -- they were nice enough to show off what Ballmer called "the smallest snippet" of Windows 7. The big reveal was multi-touch support, which utilizes technology developed by the Surface team. The taskbar seems to have been reworked a bit, and the demo was running live on a Dell Latitude XT tablet. Apparently Microsoft is reworking the whole user interface with a multitouch experience in mind. Steve reiterated the "three years after Vista" mantra for availability. Not exactly earth-shattering, but we'll take what we can get at this point

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/27/m...reveals-multi/

[narangz]

And I loved it

[goobimama]

I haven't checked the engadget link, but you guys did see the Multi touch video on the notebook right? http://d6.allthingsd.com/20080527/gates_ballmer/