A someone who occasionally swipes his finger across the screen, I look forward to the day when it actually works, which can't be too far away now.

Windows 8 is in a difficult place - a transition between mobile and desktop. Windows 7 is a perfectly good OS, so the move to W8 isn't an imperative and when you do get there, the desktop version leaves you in essentially a mixture between both worlds.

On my Mac, it sometimes feels like I'm using an iPad. I can swipe across the trackpad and move between multiple screens. The app launcher is very similar. If I had a 15" iPad with the power of the MacBook and a clip-on keyboard, I'd be very, very happy. Microsoft is trying that trick with the surface.

Windows on mobile is getting some very good feedback. I often wonder about Steve Balmer though, he has a charisma bypass to say the least.