@NonZealot... It just has some serious limitations when it comes to multi-touch technology.
One major issue is the fact that the OS really isn't designed with multi-touch as a "Primary" means of input. Sure it can be accomplished with a bolt on, and even in your "Business Case" the multi-touch functionality is not taking place on the box being remoted to, but rather from the local device, the iPad, and the commands are being translated, and has nothing to do with the capability of the remote system.
Even the TouchSmart PC's the multi-touch capability is a bolt on, not built into the native OS. There is some touch capability built in but it would seem that it is limited, and that for some tasks a stylus is still required.
What MSFT needs to do, even to make a desktop OS capable of running on a similar form factor is to stop considering touch as a add on functionality, and make it a primary means.
All three mice, keyboard, and multitouch can be builtin as a primary means of input.
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