My main problem with touch is that I'm prone to make mistakes with it. Like with my iPhone, you double click a web page to zoom in. Only I'm always single tapping by mistake and activating a link instead. Of sometimes when my finger is hovering over a screen I will accidentally touch it and press something I didn't mean to. For me there is something inherently accurate and foolproof about a mouse, and I have never once thought that my mouse was lacking in the control department. 

I like the potential that the touch screen offers. Session Drummer 3 on a touch screen would be awesome! but I think that for me touch is a long ways out. For one my VS-100 does not have windows 8 drivers that I know of. The last version was 1.50 and it is very good for windows 7. I am not so sure that it would work that well in windows 8 and that is the main reason I have not upgraded.

I Have two very nice 23 inch monitors that do everything I need them to. I went to best buy today to price a good size touch monitor (23 to 27 inch). The cheapest I could find in the store was a monitor for 800 bucks. The price goes up from there. I can not justify replacing one of my awesome monitors for something like that. For that price I could buy some really great music gear. I could buy some really good plug ins too.

I know things will change. New drivers will be released and prices will come down. I just think it may be a while before touch screen becomes a reality for me. So for me it may be a bit early. That just gives cakewalk time to work out all the potential bugs. I think touch screen looks really cool. The hard part is getting past the hardware investment. 

I don't see myself working consistently on a vertical or angled screen. Much less exclusively - but I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon.

To me the best option yet is in between - something like the current track pad integration in Logic. Now, that made my life easier. Yet, I do keep the mouse handy, as it's still the most efficient way to accomplish certain things.

So, I found an ASUS 27 inch multi touch screen for $500.... give it some time and we will have 30 inch plus multi touch screens for the same price.  Remember when an 19 inch flat screen was going for $500?  I do.

Jim