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I love tablets but hate touch screens on laptops. More often than not, it doesn't work that well (edit: although last time I tried a touch laptop is now 1.5 yea
by guitarbill 10y ago
I love tablets but hate touch screens on laptops. More often than not, it doesn't work that well (edit: although last time I tried a touch laptop is now 1.5 years ago). And, oh god, the smudging.
It frustrates me that almost every Windows laptop with a nice screen is now touch. I assume you can turn it off, but you do pay more for a touch screen. This just reenforces my (outdated?) notion that it's a consumer, not professional device.
- slantyyz 10y ago>> It frustrates me that almost every Windows laptop with a nice screen is now touch. As someone who's just started researching to buy my next laptop, I don't find that to be very true at all unless you're only looking at ultrabooks. One of my almost-gotta-haves is a touch screen, and for any models with an HQ/HK level processor plus a discrete GPU, there only seem to be a handful of models with touch screens (and when they are there they are usually optional) at the highest end configurations.
- blauditore 10y agoI was a bit afraid of smudges too, but it's really not an issue. Under normal conditions, they're not visible while the screen is on. And when it gets too dirty, a touchscreen is much easier and safer to clean than a standard one. As a power user, you probably use the keyboard most of the time and occasionaly a single mouse operation (like moving focus somewhere). For that, it's quite intuitive to tap.