Please limit your answers to the question below...I am not looking for opinions of what you think about Windows 8.1Is it easier to use Windows 8.1 with a touchscreen or a non-touchscreen laptop??

I would think that this would largely depend on if you were used to and liked using a tablet, etc. with a touch screen.bumpy

My computer is using the Beta 8.1 without a touch screen. I have played with the touch screen version of 8 but not 8.1. I find both very easy to deal with but I do like the 8.1 version better on my non-touch screen computer.Moving in and out of the Metro pages are very easy and I use both the regular desktop (most often) and the Metro pages depending upon the situation.I think since you are talking about a laptop specifically the answer is you will end up using both if you buy a touchscreen laptop but you would not use the touch screen exclusively.

M GO BLUE wrote:Please limit your answers to the question below...I am not looking for opinions of what you think about Windows 8.1Is it easier to use Windows 8.1 with a touchscreen or a non-touchscreen laptop??I use Windows 8 on a non-touch screen laptop. I don't find it any more difficult than Windows 7, but I did download a "Start Button" program and have been changing the default programs to the normal Windows programs instead of the new touchscreen apps.Used like this it is virtually identical to using a Windows 7 laptop.

M GO BLUE wrote:Is it easier to use Windows 8.1 with a touchscreen or a non-touchscreen laptop??Fellow Wolverine, the answer is the same as it's always been when buying a PC -- It depends on what applications you're using every day!If you use the common commercial apps (MS, Adobe, etc. - Office, Internet Explorer, Mail, Calendar, People, Messaging, Acrobat, etc.), then they are all available in Metro form (i.e., Windows 8 interface format). You need to try them on a touchscreen to determine whether or not they are easier for you to use, than the older versions were on a non-touchscreen.If, however, you often use Windows 7 (or older) applications that require a keyboard, a touchscreen laptop will be a PITA to use.After over 35 years in the Personal Computing industry, I've learned that, when you're buying a new PC, if your salesperson doesn't ask you that question right off the bat, find a new sales critter! If they make the same mistake, run, don't walk, and find a new store.And, never buy a mail order PC without having taken it for a physical "test drive" in a store first! BUT, never buy a PC in a store without having checked on-line prices, first. If you know what you can buy it for on-line, then you've got the bargaining leverage you need!

IMOIt is easier to use Win 8.1 with a non-touchscreen laptop.Unless you have an ultrabook or other notebook with the foldback keyboard then the touchscreen is good with Win8.

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Bill_Satellite
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Oct 14, 2013
My computer is using the Beta 8.1 without a touch screen. I have played with the touch screen version of 8 but not 8.1. I find both very easy to deal with but I do like the 8.1 version better on my non-touch screen computer.
Moving in and out of the Metro pages are very easy and I use both the regular desktop (most often) and the Metro pages depending upon the situation.
I think since you are talking about a laptop specifically the answer is you will end up using both if you buy a touchscreen laptop but you would not use the touch screen exclusively.
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Oct 14, 2013
I would think that this would largely depend on if you were used to and liked using a tablet, etc. with a touch screen.
bumpy

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