I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 laptop that flips around to Tablet mode and found that I almost never use that mode. I do however use the Touchscreen all the time for r

I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 laptop that flips around to Tablet mode and found that I almost never use that mode. I do however use the Touchscreen all the time for reading. When you're sitting with a laptop on your lap using the keyboard, you typically have it pushed out resting on your thighs toward your knees so that your hands can access the keyboard and touchpad. When you have a touchscreen, you can pull the laptop closer so that your hands are behind the screen like when holding a book or magazine. The touchscreen allows you to thumb scroll up and down. And because it's a laptop and not a tablet, you don't get fatigued holding it in this reading position because the chassis is supporting the screen and not your hands. It's actually quite nice and I will likely never purchase a laptop without touch again for that reason alone. The touchscreen is definitely niche, like Thinkpad nubbins.