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This must be a stopgap while Apple works on integrating touch systems into their laptop screens. Whenever we go into the Apple store, it's interesting to see h

This must be a stopgap while Apple works on integrating touch systems into their laptop screens. Whenever we go into the Apple store, it's interesting to see how many people go over to a MacBook and try to interact with the computer by touching the screen. The time seems right for Apple to step in to the touch screen laptop market. Other companies have already tried the concept, and have produced machines that are OK but not great – there are a number of IBM laptops that do at least OK with their touch interface, and MS seems to be blazing a trail with their Surface line. It's inconceivable to me that Apple won't offer similar products, especially since there are so many excellent apps on iOS. Getting the iOS apps to run (probably clunkily) on MacOS is a sensible first step.

latexr 8y ago
> This must be a stopgap while Apple works on integrating touch systems into their laptop screens. That seems unlikely. In the keynote Federighi specifically said they’re not merging the OSs, and on a recent interview[1] continued to be derisive of the experience of touchscreen laptops: > Federighi was also dismissive of touchscreen laptops > (…) > When addressing my question about whether iOS apps moving to macOS is a natural precursor to touchscreen Macs, Federighi told me he's "not into touchscreens" on PCs and doesn't anticipate he ever will be. "We really feel that the ergonomics of using a Mac are that your hands are rested on a surface, and that lifting your arm up to poke a screen is a pretty fatiguing thing to do," he said. That’s not to say they’ll never do it, but I doubt this move was made with that in mind. It’s more likely their main goal is to bring a push to building macOS apps. [1]: https://www.wired.com/story/wwdc-2018-federighi-ios-apps-on-macos/ https://www.wired.com/story/wwdc-2018-federighi-ios-apps-on-...

latexr 8y ago

> This must be a stopgap while Apple works on integrating touch systems into their laptop screens. That seems unlikely. In the keynote Federighi specifically said they’re not merging the OSs, and on a recent interview[1] continued to be derisive of the experience of touchscreen laptops: > Federighi was also dismissive of touchscreen laptops > (…) > When addressing my question about whether iOS apps moving to macOS is a natural precursor to touchscreen Macs, Federighi told me he's "not into touchscreens" on PCs and doesn't anticipate he ever will be. "We really feel that the ergonomics of using a Mac are that your hands are rested on a surface, and that lifting your arm up to poke a screen is a pretty fatiguing thing to do," he said. That’s not to say they’ll never do it, but I doubt this move was made with that in mind. It’s more likely their main goal is to bring a push to building macOS apps. [1]: https://www.wired.com/story/wwdc-2018-federighi-ios-apps-on-macos/ https://www.wired.com/story/wwdc-2018-federighi-ios-apps-on-...