ExoPC

The feature-rich EXOPC Slate gives you a full PC experience in slate form. Its unique and user-friendly interface gives you easy access to apps, your favorite websites, your social networks, and anything else you want it to. All this on an 11.6-inch, multi-touch display that's fun and easy to interact with.

• 2 GB of RAM allows for smooth multitasking among multiple programs and applications
• 1.3-megapixel webcam keeps you in touch with friends, family, and colleagues
• Mini-HDMI port lets you project high-def content onto your big-screen TV
• Energy-efficient Intel Atom Pineview processor designed for longer battery life

This PC comes with Microsoft Signature

• Your PC will arrive tuned and configured for top performance
• No trialware and sample software that bogs down new PCs
• Includes Microsoft Security Essentials anti-virus software

 We've spent the last three Windows 7 tablet reviews lamenting about the lack of finger friendly software in Microsoft's desktop OS, but ExoPC gets what the others don't: it's the software, stupid. For those unfamiliar with the company's unique software layer, the polka dot grid or Connect Four-like ExoPC UI was built on native code and HTML to provide an alternative operating environment and not tax the CPU too much. And before we dive in deep into the functionality of the overlay, we can report off the bat that the layer is much snappier than the others we've seen -- including CTL's QuickBits and Thinix. You don't have to wait as it transitions to another panel or twiddle your thumbs as it attempts to open an application.

ExoPC set out to design software that was extremely easy and intuitive to navigate with a finger, and it certainly accomplishes that task. The grid of icons / shortcuts is straddled by two columns of basic controls, which includes a home button, Windows icon to take you back to the desktop, application store, and power button to shut off the layer altogether. Launching one of the applications or folders on the grid doesn't only launch said app or folder on the center of the screen, but also displays a small circular icon on the right side. You can then toggle to different applications within the UI by hitting the little circles or close a specific program by sliding the icon off the right of the screen. It may seem a bit complicated, but it really becomes second nature and it's truly finger-friendly -- for instance, it's much easier to close apps by sliding a finger than by hitting a small X at the top of a windows.