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Gorilla arm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#.22Gorilla_arm.22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#.22Gorilla_arm.22

• dntrkv 14y ago
  I think the more common use case for a touchscreen laptop would be when it is sitting on your lap, which feels a lot more natural than sitting a desk and trying to swipe your 20+ inch monitor that is 2 feet away from you.
• rlu 14y ago
  Gorilla arm really only applies if you have your arm extended the entire time (or simply "a lot"). With a touch screen laptop you'd a) still have mouse/kb input so you wouldn't always be using touch and more importantly b) when you're not interacting with touch, your arm will be resting - i.e. you only extend your arm for a few seconds at a time and don't hold it there for long. I haven't experienced gorilla arm at all on my Surface (which I use in "laptop mode" often - for what it's worth I no longer use a laptop.)