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<blockquote data-quote="jestermgee" data-source="post: 278360" data-attributes="member: 68298">I'd say that unless you are quite good with computers and have a strong drive to spend a lot of time making &quot;hacks&quot; to software and programs, don't bother with any case that has a touchscreen! You will be wasting your money and will be frustrated and dissapointed.I say this as I know how hard it can be to get a touchscreen to do anything useful. My rig (check my sig for build links) uses a touchscreen BUT!!!!! - I programmed my HTPC system on my laptop and experimented with a 10&quot; touchscreen that I already had for a few months BEFORE spending money on a case. Hit e-bay and get a cheap $120 8&quot; TS and experiment with that first. If you have $600-1000 to spend on a flashy case then you really should invest and experiment first. I have seen many a post on many a forum with people that have the cases (with crappy iMON software) and get no use out of it.I love my touchscreen. Great for browsing news, music, TV shows etc. If you know how to get it all working then it is well worth it.FYI - Media Portal won't work the way my software does on the touchscreen because it doesn't like to scale between 1280x768 to 1024x768 very well and doesn't like being shifted between dual monitors.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jestermgee, post: 278360, member: 68298"] I'd say that unless you are quite good with computers and have a strong drive to spend a lot of time making "hacks" to software and programs, don't bother with any case that has a touchscreen! You will be wasting your money and will be frustrated and dissapointed. I say this as I know how hard it can be to get a touchscreen to do anything useful. My rig (check my sig for build links) uses a touchscreen BUT!!!!! - I programmed my HTPC system on my laptop and experimented with a 10" touchscreen that I already had for a few months BEFORE spending money on a case. Hit e-bay and get a cheap $120 8" TS and experiment with that first. If you have $600-1000 to spend on a flashy case then you really should invest and experiment first. I have seen many a post on many a forum with people that have the cases (with crappy iMON software) and get no use out of it. I love my touchscreen. Great for browsing news, music, TV shows etc. If you know how to get it all working then it is well worth it. FYI - Media Portal won't work the way my software does on the touchscreen because it doesn't like to scale between 1280x768 to 1024x768 very well and doesn't like being shifted between dual monitors. [/QUOTE]

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