… where are the profanities?

“Desktops will never be touch devices because of the smudgy/sticky finger problem mentioned in the article and because nobody wants to use a computer all day where they’re having to use an outstretched arm.”
We use Windows XP with touch-screen at work, doing patient-care documentation in post-operation recovery. Several of our staff have come down with shoulder issues directly linked to long-term use of these screens (repetitive strain injuries with outstretched arms typing on a touch-screen). We are now investing thousands of dollars for special arms that allow movement of the screen to a more-accessible location of the screen in hopes of diminishing the rate of injury incurred by the use of these devices.
I seriously doubt the average user is going to seek a similar solution when they start having repetitive strain injuries – the touch-screen for home users will quickly follow the three-dimensional television. And cleaning the smudges left over on a screen… there are plastic guards for keyboards that are infinitely easier to clean than the special care screens require… any screen.”