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Apple has clearly decided that the tradeoff for making a UI both touch and mouse friendly is too great. Given the reaction people have had to Windows 8+ I'm inc

Apple has clearly decided that the tradeoff for making a UI both touch and mouse friendly is too great. Given the reaction people have had to Windows 8+ I'm inclined to agree with them.

moron4hire 11y ago
Given I want a 10-point touchscreen on a laptop, I use Windows 8, and I find the touch interactions delightful, I clearly disagree.
WorldWideWayne 11y ago
You realize that more people use Windows 8+ than OS X, right? The reaction that I see is that all sorts of workers are now walking around touching Windows on tablets and laptops. I've seen them in restaurants, supermarkets, service centers, stores, in my house, in my yard. You're thinking about the tech blog/news people's reaction to Windows 8+. Plenty of actual people are using the product because it offers something that no other system does - and that is a full operating system with touch, not a locked down rental unit.
- dogecoinbase 11y ago
  Plenty of actual people are using the product because it offers something that no other system does Workers are not making those decisions -- large companies that employ them (or consultancies employed by those companies) are doing so, probably for the same reasons that companies have been choosing Windows for 20 years, which have nothing to do with touchscreens.
  - moron4hire 11y ago
    I know it's difficult to believe, but people do willingly choose to use Windows.
  - WorldWideWayne 11y ago
    In general, Windows has a vastly higher market share than OS X, so yeah I think a lot of people do choose to use it. And it has everything to do with touchscreens because touchscreens are just another example in the long history of Microsoft offering features that OS X simply doesn't have. I bet you'll be singing the praises of touch screens on OS X when Apple finally catches up.
- simplemath 11y ago
  You're getting killed here, but you're right.

Apple has clearly decided that the tradeoff for making a UI both touch and mouse friendly is too great. Given the reaction people have had to Windows 8+ I'm inclined to agree with them.

moron4hire 11y ago

Given I want a 10-point touchscreen on a laptop, I use Windows 8, and I find the touch interactions delightful, I clearly disagree.

WorldWideWayne 11y ago

You realize that more people use Windows 8+ than OS X, right? The reaction that I see is that all sorts of workers are now walking around touching Windows on tablets and laptops. I've seen them in restaurants, supermarkets, service centers, stores, in my house, in my yard. You're thinking about the tech blog/news people's reaction to Windows 8+. Plenty of actual people are using the product because it offers something that no other system does - and that is a full operating system with touch, not a locked down rental unit.

dogecoinbase 11y ago
Plenty of actual people are using the product because it offers something that no other system does Workers are not making those decisions -- large companies that employ them (or consultancies employed by those companies) are doing so, probably for the same reasons that companies have been choosing Windows for 20 years, which have nothing to do with touchscreens.
- moron4hire 11y ago
  I know it's difficult to believe, but people do willingly choose to use Windows.
- WorldWideWayne 11y ago
  In general, Windows has a vastly higher market share than OS X, so yeah I think a lot of people do choose to use it. And it has everything to do with touchscreens because touchscreens are just another example in the long history of Microsoft offering features that OS X simply doesn't have. I bet you'll be singing the praises of touch screens on OS X when Apple finally catches up.
simplemath 11y ago
You're getting killed here, but you're right.