&gt; I have a Thinkpad Yoga that can do all that stuff and
&gt; I&#x27;ve never actually used any of it other than to try it.<p>That surprises me, since I&#x27;ve just had to admit to myself that the ability to manipulate the screen directly is extremely useful.<p>Thinking like you, I recently bought a new laptop without a touch screen (it was cheaper). A couple of weeks later, I returned it and paid the extra for one with a touch screen.<p>Re Bing apps, they take up almost no space, use almost no resources, and are completely sandboxed. You might want to look into Windows Runtime, including 
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