From 3M Touch Employee: Intersting thoughts, but i suspect you are doing your reader base a disservice by making the assumption that all touchscreens will be compatible with win 7 logo. The majority of touchscreens in the market place are output as Mouse, which will work with windows 7, but is not considered compatible because Windows 7 is looking for "digitizer" output. This allows microsoft to incorporate gestures, and touch features beyound a traditional mouse functionality. Working with the latest OS is likely expected, but it is unlikely that all manufacturers will meet the performance requirements set for in the Windows 7 and Windows 7 AQ requirements.

When I write an article I try cover both perspectives: the user's perspective and the company's as well. Truth of the matter is you won't find a lot of mainstream users going for "Windows 7 Certified" devices since the typical user mentality resumes to: "so the monitor has touch screen interface? ok, I'll buy it!".

Even if some technologies work better and offer extended features, most users will go for 'basic' because 'basic' usually means 'cheap'. And 'basic' is always compatible to some extent. However, if you were to take someone who looks for extra features (and knows a thing or two about the technology behind a device) when acquiring a device, your point would be well taken!

Thanks for the input however!

I would only add the two most popular requests of 2009 have been Windows 7 and multitouch. While i do agree there are many "basic" users, and some don't take advantage of the latest technology features, but most understand the value of "future proofing". We have many people currently on XP who spec in Window 7 even though they are not running it. Most touch screens sales (with the iPhone exception) are to business users not consumers.

thanks