Alogic Debuts New Touchscreen Monitors and Portable Displays With Mac Support

[HowardEv]

but which includes a built in mount for a Mac mini at the base of the display.

Why would anyone want a Mini mounted to the monitor, with the Mini’s power cable and usb dongles and drives hanging off of it? Ugly! Put the Mini and its mess of wires at the back or under the desk and use neat one cable to the display (or <gasp!> no cables, please), and let the display look neat and be easy to move around.

 

[Piggie]

Let's please remember, no-one on these forums wants Touch-Screen Mac's or Mac Books.
I've been on these forums for years and seen literally hundreds of posts from so many people saying how no-one wants touch screen, that should be kept for phones and tablets only.
And I respect that viewpoint which has very strongly been in place here for many many years.

Also knowing how strongly users hold onto their true viewpoints, I am fully confident than when Apple does release a touchscreen MacBook (for example) no one on these forums will want it, and there will be a strong verbal backlash about the product which will shorty after cause Apple to drop touchscreen support when they see virtually no sales of such a device.

Stay strong everyone and hold onto your long held views and values.
Don't be "that weak willed person, with no standards" who instantly changes their mind the moment Apple offers you something new

Oh I've had someone disagree with my post.
That must mean that we at least have one person who stands out and loves the idea of a touch screen Mac book 🙂

 

[johnsawyercjs]

These are, as per the article "43-inch, 55-inch, and 65-inch"

At those screen sizes, 4k is like having a low resolution monitor. We are taking 102, 80, and 68 DPI. For comparison, a 27" 1080p monitor is ~81.6 DPI

The manufacturer sells its larger sizes for use as wall-mounted whiteboards viewed by groups of people seated some distance away from them, while a standing presenter touches the screen, rather than as desktop monitors, though it's true that the buyer can try using them as desktop monitors if they wish. But someone looking for high resolution in a large monitor wouldn't be buying one of these anyway. The manufacturer's 27" 4K isn't 1080p, since 4K is 2160p. 1080p is 2K.

 

[eifelbube]

Oh I've had someone disagree with my post.
That must mean that we at least have one person who stands out and loves the idea of a touch screen Mac book 🙂

Two.

 

[Charlie Bonesx]

Since macOS does not natively offer touchscreen functionality

so how is it that if you install macOS on a Surface or another touch screen laptop the touch screen works as expected?

 

[johnsawyercjs]

so how is it that if you install macOS on a Surface or another touch screen laptop the touch screen works as expected?

From what I understand, that requires using a bootloader like OpenCore to do the installation since those aren't Macs, and they use custom touch drivers not built into current versions of macOS.

Also, for what it's worth, you can't install macOS onto modern Surface devices that contain a Snapdragon X Elite processor or a newer Intel Ultra chip, instead of an Intel chip. And when you're going the Hackintosh route, you have to be prepared for various caveats in how well things work. For instance, pinch-to-zoom gestures, smooth inertia scrolling, and multi-finger gestures work, but some say it feels clunky because macOS's buttons and menus are currently geometrically designed for a precise mouse pointer, not a human finger. Though obviously as we've been hearing, Apple is gradually implementing a touch interface, so all of that might change.

Also, versions of macOS starting next year can't be installed on non-Intel CPUs even with a bootloader, so that window is closing.

 

[Charlie Bonesx]

From what I understand, that requires using a bootloader like OpenCore to do the installation since those aren't Macs, and they use custom touch drivers not built into current versions of macOS.

Also, for what it's worth, you can't install macOS onto modern Surface devices that contain a Snapdragon X Elite processor or a newer Intel Ultra chip, instead of an Intel chip. And when you're going the Hackintosh route, you have to be prepared for various caveats in how well things work. For instance, pinch-to-zoom gestures, smooth inertia scrolling, and multi-finger gestures work, but some say it feels clunky because macOS's buttons and menus are currently geometrically designed for a precise mouse pointer, not a human finger. Though obviously as we've been hearing, Apple is gradually implementing a touch interface, so all of that might change.

Also, versions of macOS starting next year can't be installed on non-Intel CPUs even with a bootloader, so that window is closing.

I’m well aware of all this, having done plenty of hackintosh builds

the “driver” (kext) merely allows the touchscreen to communicate with macOS like any other input device

 

[johnsawyercjs]

I’m well aware of all this, having done plenty of hackintosh builds

the “driver” (kext) merely allows the touchscreen to communicate with macOS like any other input device

You seem to be answering your own question! ("so how is it that if you install macOS on a Surface or another touch screen laptop the touch screen works as expected?")