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If they'd only add touchscreens. Sigh. Edit: Ouch, so many downvotes just for asking for a feature. Weird.

by belltaco 5y ago

sanderjd 5y ago
What for? I'm sure some people use them to draw and stuff but it seems pretty niche to me.
- MaxikCZ 5y ago
  The laptop I bought for my dad have touchscreen "by accident", as neither of us recognized it as a feature to go for. Now he says its the best feature of the laptop, from pinching on maps to selecting checkboxes/radiobuttons. I dont know who was more surprised to find it useful.
  - sanderjd 5y ago
    Interesting anecdote!
theshrike79 5y ago
That's bad UX unless the whole of MacOS is redesigned to be used with fingers. Not happening soon. Not saying never though.
- yarcob 5y ago
  > unless the whole of MacOS is redesigned to be used with fingers People use a lot of web apps that were designed mobile first, and using them without a touch screen sucks. You wouldn't use the touch screen as primary input, but it would make a lot of things much easier.
  - theshrike79 5y ago
    It would also require the whole thing be designed differently. The hinge would need to be sturdy enough to not wobble when the user is dragging or tapping with a finger. The body would need to be heavier than the screen by a big enough margin to not topple the whole thing over when tapping.
NovaS1X 5y ago
I'm very, very happy they haven't done this yet.
- belltaco 5y ago
  Why? Just don't buy that model.
  - NovaS1X 5y ago
    Because it's a crap idea and design, I'll use a tablet if I want to poke at things. A touchscreen on a laptop is like driving a car with joysticks, it's not ergonomic. Also, Apple never does things half-assed, if they put a touchscreen in they're doing for all models just like they did the touchbar.
cjohnson318 5y ago
Ooohf, I can't stand having fingerprints on my screen. Also, touchscreens are risky when you have toddlers around.
yarcob 5y ago
Touchscreens are the big missing feature on macOS. It's not useful as a primary input method, but after using a Windows Surface computer for some time I'm surprised how often the touch display is useful. Lots of websites are optimized for touch / mobile first. Wether you are filling a form or watching Netflix or Disney plus, touching the screen is just much more convenient. Keyboard navigation is increasingly an afterthought on many websites. Macs now support running iOS apps. Using them without a touch screen is going to be a very poor experience. And finally, some things like annotating PDFs are things that are really cumbersome without a touch display -- when I need to do that on a Mac, I just print out the page because using the track pad or mouse for annotations is just not an option for me.
dmt0 5y ago
Steve said "no": https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-touch-screen-mac-2010-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-touch-screen-mac-...

If they'd only add touchscreens. Sigh. Edit: Ouch, so many downvotes just for asking for a feature. Weird.

sanderjd 5y ago

What for? I'm sure some people use them to draw and stuff but it seems pretty niche to me.

MaxikCZ 5y ago
The laptop I bought for my dad have touchscreen "by accident", as neither of us recognized it as a feature to go for. Now he says its the best feature of the laptop, from pinching on maps to selecting checkboxes/radiobuttons. I dont know who was more surprised to find it useful.
- sanderjd 5y ago
  Interesting anecdote!

theshrike79 5y ago

That's bad UX unless the whole of MacOS is redesigned to be used with fingers. Not happening soon. Not saying never though.

yarcob 5y ago
> unless the whole of MacOS is redesigned to be used with fingers People use a lot of web apps that were designed mobile first, and using them without a touch screen sucks. You wouldn't use the touch screen as primary input, but it would make a lot of things much easier.
- theshrike79 5y ago
  It would also require the whole thing be designed differently. The hinge would need to be sturdy enough to not wobble when the user is dragging or tapping with a finger. The body would need to be heavier than the screen by a big enough margin to not topple the whole thing over when tapping.

NovaS1X 5y ago

I'm very, very happy they haven't done this yet.

belltaco 5y ago
Why? Just don't buy that model.
- NovaS1X 5y ago
  Because it's a crap idea and design, I'll use a tablet if I want to poke at things. A touchscreen on a laptop is like driving a car with joysticks, it's not ergonomic. Also, Apple never does things half-assed, if they put a touchscreen in they're doing for all models just like they did the touchbar.

cjohnson318 5y ago

Ooohf, I can't stand having fingerprints on my screen. Also, touchscreens are risky when you have toddlers around.

yarcob 5y ago

Touchscreens are the big missing feature on macOS. It's not useful as a primary input method, but after using a Windows Surface computer for some time I'm surprised how often the touch display is useful. Lots of websites are optimized for touch / mobile first. Wether you are filling a form or watching Netflix or Disney plus, touching the screen is just much more convenient. Keyboard navigation is increasingly an afterthought on many websites. Macs now support running iOS apps. Using them without a touch screen is going to be a very poor experience. And finally, some things like annotating PDFs are things that are really cumbersome without a touch display -- when I need to do that on a Mac, I just print out the page because using the track pad or mouse for annotations is just not an option for me.

dmt0 5y ago

Steve said "no": https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-touch-screen-mac-2010-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-touch-screen-mac-...