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Hi there
Even on a Touch laptop Charms are of limited use if you are primarily working in Desktop mode.
Baring in mind that with the inevitable death of RT who is really going to be running Windows on any TOUCH ONLY type of device - apart from the phone so it doesn't really make sense.
Concentrate on making the Touch parts of the OS that Integrate with Desktop functionality and then you've got a winner
I have a Surface PRO SP3 and the only times I use it in purely "Tablet mode" is in Watching movies / streaming TV or giving presentations (power point demo for example).
The rest of the time it's in DESKTOP mode with a docking station and nice large external monitor.
I LIKE SOME touch functionality but for Windows it shouldn't be overdone.
What WINDOWS devices these days are PURELY TOUCH ONLY. The smaller slabs are usually all ANDROID and sales of those are levelling off quickly. RT is also DEAD. The small screen of a phone wouldn't be useful for charms either.
Lets forget charms --it was part of the disastrous W8 experiment which shold be put to bed. W8.1 was better but IMO W10 is the real NEW Windows.
Cheers
jimbo.