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"Touch screens are an anti-feature" – I guess you don't have a smartphone then? The benefit is obvious: if you were the kind of person that previously had a la
by fastball 6y ago
"Touch screens are an anti-feature" – I guess you don't have a smartphone then?
The benefit is obvious: if you were the kind of person that previously had a laptop and an iPad (iPads / touch screens are nice for all sorts of things, esp. for say artists), then an optimal solution would be a device you can use as both. An iPad Pro that could run macOS and have a keyboard case with trackpad seems ideal.
Or if you're the kind of person that only has an iPad (my mom), it might be useful to sometimes have more flexibility than it provides, even though she does't need it 99% of the time.
- jandrese 6y agoTouch screens are a design compromise. Not as good as dedicated input devices, but necessary if you're putting something in your pocket and perfectly acceptable if all you are doing is consuming media and maybe some light typing.
- fastball 6y agoSomeone should really tell all my artist friends that their touchscreen tablets aren't actually very good for drawing and to just use a mouse and keyboard.
- yellowapple 6y ago> I guess you don't have a smartphone then? I'm participating in the Astro Slide crowdfunding campaign specifically so that I can have a smartphone without necessarily needing to use a touchscreen.
- fastball 6y agoFair enough. But that is you and ~3000 other people. The remaining ~3 billion with touch screen devices seem to like that just fine.