{"id":12183,"date":"2012-03-09T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12183"},"modified":"2012-03-09T07:01:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T07:01:00","slug":"buying-a-touch-screen-or-all-in-one-pc-now-for-windows-8-be-careful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12183","title":{"rendered":"Buying A Touch Screen Or All-In-One PC Now For Windows 8? Be Careful"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I walk into a PC store I\u2019m seeing touch enabled PCs, usually all-in-ones, more and more on the shelves.  I\u2019m betting that some people are buying with Windows 8 in mind.<\/p>\n

I was talking with some MVPs about this last week and one of them brought up a really good point.  Much of what we do in Windows 8 touch devices such as getting the charms bar, the app bar, bringing up the start screen, or switching apps, is done by swiping from the \u201cmagic pixel\u201d; that\u2019s the extreme edge of the screen.<\/p>\n

Question: If the screen has a thick bezel, then how exactly do you touch that pixel on the edge?  Do you use a stylus (yuk!), do you squeeze your little finger in there?  Sounds kind of icky to me.  The suggestion I got was to ensure that if you do by a touch screen then make sure that the bezel is flush with the screen, just as it would be with a tablet or slate PC.<\/p>\n

Other things to watch out for:<\/p>\n