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[Axel]

Installed W8 on a friends PC last night that is operated almost exclusively by touchscreen. Cant remember the exact model but it's an HP 1080p thing which is 23".

Trouble is the touchscreen isn't ideal due to the fact there's a big bezel around the edge and the gestures in win8 are designed to originate outside the screen. I've noticed that there are various mods for W8 which allow you to change the sensitivity of the top edge when closing metro apps. I wonder if there's something similar regarding swiping the charm bar in or switching applications.

The alternative is a new touchscreen (and sell the old) but I cant find anything designed for W8 which is less than £400 which is absurd.

Many thanks.

[Dashel]

Time for a new screen, or just accept that your (probable 2 point mt) is only for limited use with Win8 and you need a better touchscreen to go whole hog.

I'd just enjoy the areas where you can augment with touch, as taking your hand off the mouse to do an edge swipe is inefficient in most cases anyway.

[+djdanster]

Yep, I too have this problemo. I have a AOC Infra-red touchscreen based LCD with a dug in bezel and it's near impossible to close apps. Getting the charms bar up from the side or switching between apps isn't too hard but, closing them by swiping down is awful.

[Axel]

Any suggestions on screens?