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I was kind of hoping for a touch screen Mac. Is that ever gonna happen?

by secfirstmd 10y ago

akent 10y ago
I never want this. Why would I mess up my beautiful high resolution screen with fingerprints?
- SiVal 10y ago
  I rarely notice any fingerprints on my beautiful, high-resolution iPhone screen. And I much prefer using a REAL computer with a REAL file system and REAL USB connectors for loading arbitrary data and organizing it into an arbitrary directory hierarchy and begin able to work on those files with any arbitrary combination of a REAL command line for extra powerful, customizable tools and REAL power GUI apps. The multiple-degree-of-freedom stylus like the iPencil could give even more power to a real computer. Unfortunately, the thinking at Apple seems to be that if you want the power of a great stylus, you'll have to give up the real computer and use it on the toy OS that Apple seems to want us all to move to eventually.
  - dijit 10y ago
    Counterpoint: I notice fingerprints on my iPhone screen. I'm constantly wiping it on my jeans to get rid of bits of dirt, finger grease and other stuff.
- grzm 10y ago
  I'm ambivalent about a touch screen Mac. I do know I've got plenty of fingerprints on my screen even without one :)
elsonrodriguez 10y ago
I was hoping for that too, but after some interactions with touch screens on Windows laptops, I realized there's very little I actually want to touch on a Desktop UI.
- strgrd 10y ago
  Try a touchscreen Chromebook. After a while you stop using the trackpad for a lot of interactions. It's a lot easier in a lot of cases to point-and-press than to have to move your cursor to the opposite corner.
  - tr4656 10y ago
    What do you use the touchscreen for on ChromeOS? I basically never used the touch screen on my Chromebook until the beta with Android app support.
    - dijit 10y ago
      Well, touch almost makes complete sense in a web browser but few other places on the desktop. Scrolling, hitting links etc would be easier.
hn_user2 10y ago
Funny. I was just earlier toying with the idea of getting the iPad Pro as my second monitor. I just started using duet with my regular iPad, and was surprised both at how well it works for display and its touch screen! Display rate is not great at highest resolution but perfect for my slack, dash, or current project displaying with browser sync while I work in my IDE on the main screen.
- serge2k 10y ago
  > duet with my regular iPad cool. I'm gonna try this out at home. Thanks.
- wingerlang 10y ago
  Nice, I had looked at this before and it seems they have a 50% discount right now. Time to pick it up I guess.
keyle 10y ago
I don't think your shoulders are going to like it too much.

I was kind of hoping for a touch screen Mac. Is that ever gonna happen?

akent 10y ago

I never want this. Why would I mess up my beautiful high resolution screen with fingerprints?

SiVal 10y ago
I rarely notice any fingerprints on my beautiful, high-resolution iPhone screen. And I much prefer using a REAL computer with a REAL file system and REAL USB connectors for loading arbitrary data and organizing it into an arbitrary directory hierarchy and begin able to work on those files with any arbitrary combination of a REAL command line for extra powerful, customizable tools and REAL power GUI apps. The multiple-degree-of-freedom stylus like the iPencil could give even more power to a real computer. Unfortunately, the thinking at Apple seems to be that if you want the power of a great stylus, you'll have to give up the real computer and use it on the toy OS that Apple seems to want us all to move to eventually.
- dijit 10y ago
  Counterpoint: I notice fingerprints on my iPhone screen. I'm constantly wiping it on my jeans to get rid of bits of dirt, finger grease and other stuff.
grzm 10y ago
I'm ambivalent about a touch screen Mac. I do know I've got plenty of fingerprints on my screen even without one :)

elsonrodriguez 10y ago

I was hoping for that too, but after some interactions with touch screens on Windows laptops, I realized there's very little I actually want to touch on a Desktop UI.

strgrd 10y ago
Try a touchscreen Chromebook. After a while you stop using the trackpad for a lot of interactions. It's a lot easier in a lot of cases to point-and-press than to have to move your cursor to the opposite corner.
- tr4656 10y ago
  What do you use the touchscreen for on ChromeOS? I basically never used the touch screen on my Chromebook until the beta with Android app support.
  - dijit 10y ago
    Well, touch almost makes complete sense in a web browser but few other places on the desktop. Scrolling, hitting links etc would be easier.

hn_user2 10y ago

Funny. I was just earlier toying with the idea of getting the iPad Pro as my second monitor. I just started using duet with my regular iPad, and was surprised both at how well it works for display and its touch screen! Display rate is not great at highest resolution but perfect for my slack, dash, or current project displaying with browser sync while I work in my IDE on the main screen.

serge2k 10y ago
> duet with my regular iPad cool. I'm gonna try this out at home. Thanks.
wingerlang 10y ago
Nice, I had looked at this before and it seems they have a 50% discount right now. Time to pick it up I guess.

keyle 10y ago

I don't think your shoulders are going to like it too much.