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But I have a theory as to why the idea of a touchscreen Mac makes me shrug — I’m a longtime Mac user This is the truth. Someone who hasn’t used a touchscreen l
by Joeri 4y ago
But I have a theory as to why the idea of a touchscreen Mac makes me shrug — I’m a longtime Mac user
This is the truth. Someone who hasn’t used a touchscreen laptop extensively can’t really opine on the use of such a device. I’ve spent a number of years with an assortment of windows laptops with touch screens and now I use a macbook. My personal take away is that touch screens are useful as an additional input device on laptops (quick dismissal of dialogs, easy zooming and panning, snappy reshuffling of windows), but this advantage exists more on windows than on the mac because windows laptop trackpads are so inferior. The macbook’s trackpad is almost good enough that I never miss a touch screen, but every once in a while it would be convenient.
But I don’t see apple doing a simple straight macbook with trackpad + touchscreen as add-on feature. It is too obvious. I think it is more likely they would release something like this: https://www.asus.com/laptops/for-home/zenbook/zenbook-17-fold-oled-ux9702/ https://www.asus.com/laptops/for-home/zenbook/zenbook-17-fol...
- Aperocky 4y agoidk, I have an ipad pro that's about the same size as the air, so touching isn't exactly some unknown UX pattern, but I still don't want to touch my mac.
- pram 4y agoI prefer using a mouse since they added support in iPadOS funnily enough. I can sit further away from the tablet instead of being hunched over it in a weird position. It's probably just because I'm old though.
- Brian_K_White 4y agoHe said he's a Surface Pro user. He perfectly well also uses touch, and touch on a laptop class device.
- carlmr 4y agoI bought a Windows laptop with Touchscreen last time around, I still don't use it 3 years later. I have a keyboard and a trackpad or mouse, there's no reason I want to bend forward to touch the screen for another input method. I also still miss my Blackberry keyboard.
- lostlogin 4y agoThe screen on my laptop ends up gross already, presumably from touching the keyboard. Also, opening a MacBook gets finger marks on the screen. I do not want more of that. The touch screen windows machines at work just causes accidental input and are almost never used for touch input. Accidental presses aren’t uncommon. That said, a desktop with a touch screen is a weird thing.
- enoch2090 4y agoIt depends on your habits and mindset. I use tools to create keyboard shortcuts such as window management, open workspace, etc. That means more preference on keeping my hands on the keyboard area. Therefore I’d rather use my trackpad to navigate for a little inconvenience than bending over to reach the screen. So whether it is convenient once for a while is probably depending on your mindset of how to interact with the device.