Microsoft had Touch / Tablet features in both Vista and Windows 7. The real improvement was in the area of voice recognition and commanding the OS with voice. It was very impressive. Microsoft does not need to make another Zune Phone OS (Windows 8). It needs to be able to separate the desktop from the phone and tablet. If Microsoft thinks that having pinch and zoom and swipe in Windows 8 is innovative ,they are sadly mistaken. It's not innovative, just more copy cat coding that makes me say "So what?" A desktop OS should be heavy duty and able to do Accounting, Gaming, Web Browsing, Movie streaming and other tasks - in other words general purpose. I don't want the Zune phone on my desktop!