Windows 7 Keyboard and mouse driver beta release at end of July

According to foreign media reports, touch screen manufacturer Trig this week to demonstrate a variety of third-party software that utilizes Windows 7多-point touch technology. The Microsoft hardware Business Department says its keyboard and mouse will support the Windows 7 new taskbar and thumbnail previews. Microsoft says the beta version of the keyboard and mouse drivers has been released and the official version will be released at the end of next month.

There are many messages about Windows 7 on a variety of media, but there are few messages to support it's hardware and software. This will begin to change.

Trig this week shows a variety of software that leverages Windows 7多-point touch technology. Microsoft has also unveiled several free software that leverages Windows 7多-point touch technology. Trig vice President Lanny Engelhardt said, "In the future there will be a large number of Windows 7多-point touch technology software to appear." "Trig show software includes a Fingertapps photo browsing software and a spaceclaim 3D design software.

Graphic design software company Corel said it would release software to support Multi-Touch technology later this year, but did not disclose details. Corel Executive Vice President Chow Roberts said in a statement, "Windows 7 and Windows touch gives Corel developers an incredible opportunity to enhance the consumer's experience with authoring software." ”

Attractive software is the key to the popularization of multi-touch technology. Depending on the size of the screen, multi-touch technology can increase the system cost by 100 dollars or more. In the current economic climate, Engelhardt says, the way to motivate users to buy new hardware is to provide truly attractive software.

HP and Dell are already selling computers that support multi-touch technology. Engelhardt said that after the release of Windows 7 in October, all major software and hardware vendors are expected to support multi-touch technology to some extent. Engelhardt said that although Multi-Touch PCs accounted for only a small fraction of the market, they would become increasingly popular. Multi-Touch technology will also "land" netbooks. The impact of multi-touch on the Windows PC will be comparable to the iphone's impact on smartphones.

Engelhardt said that in the application of multi-touch technology, consumers will be ahead of the enterprise, over time, more and more enterprise software will support multi-touch technology.

Microsoft said it was satisfied with the level of support the developers had for Multi-Touch technology.