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I'd rather buy a similarly light laptop, that has a touchscreen. You can already get AMD Zen 3+ machines in this size class, that isn't too far behind in perf
by elxr 4y ago
I'd rather buy a similarly light laptop, that has a touchscreen.
You can already get AMD Zen 3+ machines in this size class, that isn't too far behind in perf & efficiency. Doing so gives you much better Linux compatibility, a touchscreen, and (sometimes) better feeling keyboards. Battery life will always come up short though, x86 laptops just can't match these new macbooks.
- seunosewa 4y agoWhy do you need a touchscreen? What are some of the applications? I feel like the screen would get dirty.
- icemelt8 4y ago
- elxr 4y agoFor casual web browsing, on some sites I find it more efficient to click links directly on the screen instead of using a cursor. A big one for me, pinch to zoom for images/charts/maps is a lot more natural to me on a touchscreen. Controlling mobile emulators when developing mobile apps can also benefit from a touchscreen. > I feel like the screen would get dirty. It does, but I'd just wipe it down occasionally like I do my phone.
- joe5150 4y agoMobile emulators seems like a good use case. Pinching and scrolling are areas where to me it seems touchscreens have just tried to make up for shortcomings with touchpads.
- joe5150 4y agoI recently used a friend's touchscreen laptop to reinstall Windows on it. The touchscreen was handy to scroll with while we waited for Windows Update to find his touchpad driver, but once that was installed, I don't think I even felt tempted to touch the screen again.
- spaceman_2020 4y agoI'm yet to find a single non-Apple laptop that comes even close to Macbook's touchpad. There are better keyboards (Thinkpads are great), even comparable screens, fast processors, better dedicated GPUs. But somehow no one can get the touchpad right.
- philliphaydon 4y agoI don’t really see a difference in trackpads anymore. It used to be a huge deal. The old windows laptops were garbage. Now it’s more or less the same. People keep talking about the apple ones but side by side it’s the same same for general use.
- piyh 4y agoHaptic touchpads vs a hinge click is a big deal. I switched to a magic trackpad 2 because of RSI in my right hand and no other trackpad is close. Side note, massive praise to anyone who has contributed to the windows drivers for the apple trackpads. They are amazing. https://github.com/imbushuo/mac-precision-touchpad https://github.com/imbushuo/mac-precision-touchpad
- fomine3 4y agoI really want laptop manufacturers to copy Apple's "click-everywhere" feature (called Force Touch). Maybe patented?
- philliphaydon 4y agoIsn’t that what dell just made? In the dell XPS 13? https://youtu.be/6fPj6mj-M_k https://youtu.be/6fPj6mj-M_k
- fomine3 4y agoIt's good to know! But with annoying touch bar.. I wish they expand it to other models.
- prvc 4y agoExamples?
- psyclobe 4y agoI am still in love with my xps 13 9360 laptop. 4k oled touchscreen 14 inch ultra book, the form factor just works.