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I think the fact that Macs don't have touch screens (like MS Surface) is really starting to hurt them. I don't understand it at all... they clearly have the tec

I think the fact that Macs don't have touch screens (like MS Surface) is really starting to hurt them. I don't understand it at all... they clearly have the tech know-how. Maybe they are worried that doing that would kill iPad sales?

_bxg1 7y ago
macOS isn't suited for a touch-screen and it would create a bad experience in many contexts, which Apple has a history of steering clear of. Anyway, I've never understood the purpose of a touch-screen on a laptop if it can't transform completely into a tablet.
- dkonofalski 7y ago
  Even if it can, it's barely useful when it's not in tablet form. We have Dell touchscreen laptops at my office and the only reason people use the touch screen is to scroll with their thumb in the bottom right corner. That hardly seems like a good use case to make the whole screen touch responsive.
- reggieband 7y ago
  > I've never understood the purpose of a touch-screen on a laptop Me neither BUT I noticed both my Dad and a friend try to touch my laptop screen when I was showing them something. They did so in a way that clearly they weren't even thinking about it and they just expected it to work, especially for scrolling. People's constant use of phones, tablets and newer windows portables that support touch are changing people's expectations. People who primarily use the keyboard + touchpad/mouse are soon to be a minority (if the are not already when the wide world is considered).
  - riversflow 7y ago
    My dad used to do this before I bought him a Mac. He’d had touch screen windows laptops since they first appeared on the market. I’d yell at him and say, don’t put your grubby fingers on my screen. Now that he has a Mac, he feels it is significantly superior to not touch the screen for this exact reason. The trackpad scrolling experience on a Mac more than makes up for it. I think no touch screens is a brilliant design wisdom that falls right in line with Apple’s design philosophy, if it becomes more of a differentiator in that Mac have clean screens, that’s good, subtle marketing. I have never heard someone who owns a Mac in the wild say, why doesn’t it have a touch screen?
- hinkley 7y ago
  I'm so used to browsing things on my tablet that I've caught myself a few times trying to navigate to a link on my laptop, hitting it several times before the brain kicks in and says, "You don't have a touchscreen, dumbass. Use the touchpad."
speedgoose 7y ago
I don't get it either. A touchscreen is very nice to have on a laptop. You may not use it everyday, but it's very convenient especially to develop touch applications. Thankfully, Lenovo and Huawei have good offers.

_bxg1 7y ago

macOS isn't suited for a touch-screen and it would create a bad experience in many contexts, which Apple has a history of steering clear of. Anyway, I've never understood the purpose of a touch-screen on a laptop if it can't transform completely into a tablet.

dkonofalski 7y ago
Even if it can, it's barely useful when it's not in tablet form. We have Dell touchscreen laptops at my office and the only reason people use the touch screen is to scroll with their thumb in the bottom right corner. That hardly seems like a good use case to make the whole screen touch responsive.
reggieband 7y ago
> I've never understood the purpose of a touch-screen on a laptop Me neither BUT I noticed both my Dad and a friend try to touch my laptop screen when I was showing them something. They did so in a way that clearly they weren't even thinking about it and they just expected it to work, especially for scrolling. People's constant use of phones, tablets and newer windows portables that support touch are changing people's expectations. People who primarily use the keyboard + touchpad/mouse are soon to be a minority (if the are not already when the wide world is considered).
- riversflow 7y ago
  My dad used to do this before I bought him a Mac. He’d had touch screen windows laptops since they first appeared on the market. I’d yell at him and say, don’t put your grubby fingers on my screen. Now that he has a Mac, he feels it is significantly superior to not touch the screen for this exact reason. The trackpad scrolling experience on a Mac more than makes up for it. I think no touch screens is a brilliant design wisdom that falls right in line with Apple’s design philosophy, if it becomes more of a differentiator in that Mac have clean screens, that’s good, subtle marketing. I have never heard someone who owns a Mac in the wild say, why doesn’t it have a touch screen?
hinkley 7y ago
I'm so used to browsing things on my tablet that I've caught myself a few times trying to navigate to a link on my laptop, hitting it several times before the brain kicks in and says, "You don't have a touchscreen, dumbass. Use the touchpad."

speedgoose 7y ago

I don't get it either. A touchscreen is very nice to have on a laptop. You may not use it everyday, but it's very convenient especially to develop touch applications. Thankfully, Lenovo and Huawei have good offers.