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Back in 1983, HP launched the 150 Touchscreen desktop, saying it hoped to gain up to 22% of the US PC market with the machine. Yet this is not the first time vendors have marketed vertical touchscreens.

But they're taking off fast: in the US, touchscreen models account for a quarter of current Windows 8 laptop sales, says NPD, and Windows 8 boss Julie Larson-Green has said she expects virtually all laptops to have touchscreens soon. While the rise in tablets and smartphones means that touchscreens have become almost ubiquitous, it's only recently that they've appeared on laptops, where the screen is generally used in a raised position beyond arm's length. With Windows 8, you have big "tiles" to aim for.īut research due to be published soon suggests that users of touchscreen laptops may be at risk of developing health problems, because the hybrid devices can cause strain to the shoulder.

Where Windows 7 could be squeezed into touch devices, the onscreen targets became too small. A ccording to Microsoft, the great leap forward about Windows 8 is its ability to be used with a touchscreen.