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Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro
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I will be surprised if they release a touchscreen Mac. My guess is they are just testing internally like with many other things that never see the light of day.
iOS and macOS will be unified, it’s only a matter of when not if and to be honest it makes perfect sense. Developing 2 separate OSs for the Mac and the iPad is unnecessary as they increasingly converge.
There will be two ‘modes’, so on iPad for instance when it isn’t docked the UI will fatten up for touch first input, and then tighten up when a keyboard is connected for mouse first. But it will be the same OS as the backend and the same apps.
There will be two ‘modes’, so on iPad for instance when it isn’t docked the UI will fatten up for touch first input, and then tighten up when a keyboard is connected for mouse first. But it will be the same OS as the backend and the same apps.
If Apple can sell a laptop with touchscreen and charge $100 more, why not? Doesn't matter if people use it or not -- only matters if people will pay for it. Also, it's possible some government RFPs require touchscreen and Apple can't even bid today. And for anyone thinking Mac touch targets are too small -- well, 2025 is 2 years away. Seems fixable to me.
I agree, touch-screen laptops are a terrible idea. While we can simply decide not use the touch screen, I don't like the idea of paying for a feature I won't use. Also, from my experience in the enterprise environment, Windows touch-screen laptops are terrible. We see high failure rates of display hinges and cables, and very high screen wear rates as people constantly gum up their screens and then try to wipe them clean. Touch screens are terribly scratched, and I actually cringe and bite my tongue when I go to someone's office and it looks like they were making Kool-Aid with their laptop screen. Even in my own case, I have a beautiful M2 iPad that I often don't use because, no matter how clean my hands are, the thing just gets littered with distracting fingerprints. I find myself constantly polishing it, even with the soft felt of the Apple cover. I couldn't imagine doing this on a laptop, which today I only clean about once a week and rarely have fingerprints on it.
I think this is one Apple got right. Whether the above comments justify Apple "not measuring up" to competitors is another story, though. I could imagine a cutesy Apple commercial where the world goes into nuclear meltdown or something because a developer couldn't read through his finger-grime.
I think this is one Apple got right. Whether the above comments justify Apple "not measuring up" to competitors is another story, though. I could imagine a cutesy Apple commercial where the world goes into nuclear meltdown or something because a developer couldn't read through his finger-grime.
Terrible idea and change of direction, if it's true.
When MacRumors posted about Apple’s work on a folding screen Mac, I commented that it would be the ideal device for them to try a combined Mac/iOS device. As of CES, I’m sure this is exactly along the lines what they are going to do:
www.engadget.com
Lenovo Yoga Book 9i hands-on: A huge leap for dual-screen laptops
At CES 2023, Lenovo announced the YogaBook 9i, the world's first full-size dual-screen OLED laptop.
www.engadget.com
I thought this, but will the touchscreen increase cost, and then users will complain about paying for something they didn't want?
Apple has done some nonsense in recent years, but this one is unattainable.
Guess: it will be used for the €3,000 AR/VR Glasses.
The nonsense of Apple management have no equal in the world!
Guess: it will be used for the €3,000 AR/VR Glasses.
The nonsense of Apple management have no equal in the world!
the MacBook Air from 2010 is still functional
and
this one i'm typing on now will last longer that.
we they nay-say too much about apple, meanwhile im in hog heaven over their latest 2021 and current products!
someone post :when you did everything else..." I guess that its the case!
and
this one i'm typing on now will last longer that.
we they nay-say too much about apple, meanwhile im in hog heaven over their latest 2021 and current products!
someone post :when you did everything else..." I guess that its the case!
As an older millennial, the folks that taught me computing were much more likely to prefer keyboard shortcuts than gui interactions via mouse or trackpad. My kids were born post-iPhone. They expect touch screens. I don’t know how many times over the years I’ve gently swatted fingers away from my computer screens.
This likely has been under consideration since the flattening of the OSX interface and greater spacing between UI elements years ago. The touch bar gave an example of a glass panel that was touch sensitive and didn’t get as grimy as an ordinary display.
As much as I don’t want it, the slab-of-glass generation is going to bring touchscreen Macs with it.
This likely has been under consideration since the flattening of the OSX interface and greater spacing between UI elements years ago. The touch bar gave an example of a glass panel that was touch sensitive and didn’t get as grimy as an ordinary display.
As much as I don’t want it, the slab-of-glass generation is going to bring touchscreen Macs with it.
I think I did that once at some business. Everyone else had touch but you actually had to use a keyboard. Makes me think of the part in STIV where Scotty says Computer into the mouse
There will be a shortage of microfibre cloths if this happens just you watch.
This was my next thought after thinking why it matters if is in tandem with the current inputs
Timmy knows exactly what he's doing. 🙃It's a ploy to sell more polishing cloths.🙃
Oh ffs my MBP screen has enough bloody fingerprints on it already.
I just...do not understand the point.
Full-fledged MacOS on an iPad makes far more sense than this.
Full-fledged MacOS on an iPad makes far more sense than this.
I would love it if I could do everything on a keyboard and not keep moving my hand to the mouse
I absolutely hate this idea. I can live with it, as long as they make two versions of macOS. One for people who use precision instruments, and one for people who want to use a touchscreen.
Knowing Apple, though, they probably won’t.
Knowing Apple, though, they probably won’t.
I don’t need a touch screen a lot… but as my primary device is an iPad with Magic Keyboard, sometimes I do just “Touch” what I want rather than using the trackpad. And when I’m using my MacBook Pro instead…. Yup, I touch the screen there too (－‸ლ)
Agree with this. Driving macOS from the keyboard is pretty hard.
I could entirely operate windows until Windows 10 via keyboard.
Whether you like it or not, when you see a screen on a portable computing device today, there is an implied expectation of touch.
I have various laptops that have touch; I never put my fingers on them nor do I encourage others to put their meat sausages on the screen. But I tell you - it does come handy in that 1% of cases, when in school or at work.
Screens get dirty no matter what and need to be cleaned. I do not want to touch my MacBook screen but I would not mind it being a touch screen for those very few cases when it would make sense.
If any old Chromebook or PC laptop now can have a touch screen, I am not surprised that MacBook would too.
I have various laptops that have touch; I never put my fingers on them nor do I encourage others to put their meat sausages on the screen. But I tell you - it does come handy in that 1% of cases, when in school or at work.
Screens get dirty no matter what and need to be cleaned. I do not want to touch my MacBook screen but I would not mind it being a touch screen for those very few cases when it would make sense.
If any old Chromebook or PC laptop now can have a touch screen, I am not surprised that MacBook would too.