Touch-enabled notebook penetration will struggle to reach 20% in 2013 due to high costs

Touch-enabled notebook penetration will struggle to reach 20% in 2013 due to high costs: Vendors including Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Asustek Computer and Lenovo plan to launch notebooks equipped with touch screens to support Windows 8's touch functions, but it will be difficult for the proportion to reach 20% in 2013 because of higher prices, according to supply chain makers.