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You know, I thought the same thing but it's surprising how often I touch my Surface when I'm using it as a laptop. I don't think about it, it sort of just happe
by rlu 14y ago
You know, I thought the same thing but it's surprising how often I touch my Surface when I'm using it as a laptop. I don't think about it, it sort of just happens sometimes...like to tap a button or go back in IE by swiping backwards, or even just scrolling in a webpage I sometimes use the arrow keys and sometimes use my thumb. It's odd.
Equally surprising was how I would have to restrain myself from touching my non-touchscreen desktop monitor sometimes that I've had for much longer (i.e. years). Happens a lot as I'm sitting down and want to launch a few initial apps.
I think if you ever get a touch screen laptop you'll be as surprised as I was to see how much you do end up using the touch screen, even if it is "unintentional".
- Encosia 14y agoI've had exactly the same experience. I've always hated people touching my displays and rolled my eyes every time I watched someone demo Windows 8 touch screen computers on stage. I was very sure that I'd never want to use them like that. After I got my Surface, I can't imagine buying a laptop without touch. I had to use my MacBook Air (which the Surface has largely replaced) for a few hours last week and found myself unconsciously reaching for the screen very often.
- DeepDuh 14y agoIsn't that just because their touchpads are so tiny? If you sit at a larger laptop with good touchpad, do you still feel that need?
- rlu 14y agoUnsure since I don't have a larger laptop. Though I'll say that I don't find the Surface's trackpad lacking for what I would use it for - and yet I don't always use it. It's mostly unconscious like one of the other people said.
- bergie 14y agoThis was more or less exactly my experience when using the Transformer Prime in laptop mode. Touchscreens give you much more space and comfortable gestures compared to a typical laptop trackpad.