As a developer interested in writing multi touch applications for Windows using Windows Presenetation Foundation and Silverlight I was keen to explore the touch capabilities of this laptop which I boiught shortly after its' release. At first the multitouch support was poor, (and was even worse under early beta versions of Windows 7). However, the drivers have improved beyond measure and I now run the machine under Windows 7 (64bit release candidate) and use it as my primary development platform for both Silverlight (2/3) and WPF development.
The laptop functions on a number of different levels: 1. As a standard laptop (it performs admirably). 2. As a Tablet PC (its' stylus/pen is excellent allowing you to rest your hand on the screen as you write - which feels intuitive and comfortable). 3. As a Multi-Touch device (the TX2 really comes into its own allowing you to explore all the aspects of this relatively recent interface style). It is perhaps worth noting that the unit shifts effortlessly between these three different modes of funtionality.
My machine shipped with Vista 64 bit and performed fine with this O/S,. That said, I have now switched completely over to 64bit Windows 7 (build 7100). I have found the 3GB RAM fitted to be more than adequate for my purpopses thus far (though it is nice to know that the 64bit O/S can take full advantage of future RAM upgrades, unlike the 32bit versions which have a 3GB ceiling for effective use).
Happy to reccomend to anyone who has the available funds, suggest comparing with the Latitude XT2 which has broadly simmilar capabilities.
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(+) cool and quite robust trackpad, good display,64-bit windows 7 (-) few connectors,dell drivers only, not realy for gameing (most models), finger print prone!
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