>Now that Windows has announced it will be releasing Windows 8, which will run on a Tablet,
>I want to develop apps now that will port to Windows 8, and run on a Windows tablet.
>
>As Windows 8 is not out yet, I will have to develop for windows 7 now, but the eventual goal is to run apps
> locally on a Windows tablet (Without Internet connectivity all the time)
>
>Any ideas on which of the following technologies I should use now ?
>Windows Forms
>Web Forms
>Silverlight
>WPF
>A.N. Other ?
>
>TIA
>Gerard

Interpreting your post strictly, the answer would be WPF. Mikes answer is similar from what i would answer from gut if I were to stay purely on windows devices. But this is the base assumtion I would question the most today.

My 0.02Eur

thomas