Today’s a big day for us Microsofties – the launch of our latest operating system, Windows 7 marks a new era in desktop computing and some exciting times for Bing Maps. As mentioned in my Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 Features Virtual Earth blog post, Virtual Earth (now named Bing Maps) is onboard the multi-touch PCs natively as the Microsoft Surface Globe application.
The Multi-touch pack comes with a whole suite of applications which you can check out here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/whats-the-microsoft-touch-pack-for-windows-7. if you want a Windows 7 Multi-touch PC with Bing Maps, here’s a list of PC manufacturers for you to choose from.
OEM
Model
Platform
Form Factor
Technology
Acer
Aspire AS5738PG
Notebook
Clamshell
Capacitive
Aspire Z5610
Desktop
AIO
Optical
Asus
Eee PC T91
Netbook
Resistive
Dell
Studio One 19
Latitude XT2
Tablet
Fujitsu
Lifebook T4310
Lifebook T4410
LifeBook 5010
DeskPower F Series
Gateway
Gateway One ZX4800
AIo
HP
TouchSmart 600t
TouchSmart 300z
TouchSmart TX2
TouchSmart dx9000
Lenovo
ThinkPad X200
ThinkPad T400
Medion
X9613
Sony
VAIO L
Toshiba
Satellite U505
Satellite M505
If you want more details on the Windows 7 release, I suggest you check out the Windows Blog.
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Sounds fun!
Good choice of netbooks