"It definitely makes sense on a traditional laptop."
If you have a keyboard, a mouse (or trackpad), and a big screen in front of you, or if the laptop weighs much more than 1.5 lbs, "touch" really adds limited functionality and might actually be tiring to use for a lot of common tasks (requiring much more movement unless your work area is perfectly calibrated). I returned an iPad 1 because I thought it was a little too heavy to be enjoyably used. I can't imagine using touch software on a 5 lb laptop or my work desktop for any length of time. So again, as impressive as Win8 looks, I don't think it does much to position Microsoft against the iPad and Android unless unless we see some outrageous hardware breakthroughs from Microsoft's partners.
If you have a keyboard, a mouse (or trackpad), and a big screen in front of you, or if the laptop weighs much more than 1.5 lbs, "touch" really adds limited functionality and might actually be tiring to use for a lot of common tasks (requiring much more movement unless your work area is perfectly calibrated). I returned an iPad 1 because I thought it was a little too heavy to be enjoyably used. I can't imagine using touch software on a 5 lb laptop or my work desktop for any length of time. So again, as impressive as Win8 looks, I don't think it does much to position Microsoft against the iPad and Android unless unless we see some outrageous hardware breakthroughs from Microsoft's partners.