Disappointed that iMac is not touch screen?

[throAU]

You like fingerprints all over your monitor?

I don't.

 

[AnthonyCM]

Absolutely fine with a Apple making the iMac a touchscreen. That is, I'm fine with it being a touchscreen as long as the allow the usage of a mouse and keyboard. All about the options, as I have no desire for a touch desktop.

However, given Apple's penchant for "forcing" people to give up the optical drive and other functionality (the remote, as I'm currently ranting on about in another thread), I don't trust them to keep providing us with options.

 

[bidwalj]

With apple making the iMac thinner and lighter, I can see them eventually try making it into a touchscreen however the overall style will have to change. They will have to make it where it can lay flat like an iPad and give you the ability to adjust is as needed. Osx will need changes as well

 

[HurryKayne]

Personally with the new Leap Motion and Ipen2 on Kickstarter incoming
http://pinterest.com/pin/222576406555890960/
i don't feel any miss on my --still to be shipped-- 27 Imac.
Then,tell me if i'm wrong,new Imac is not Vesa Compatible..is it?
Meanwhile at Ces2013 Lenovo has showed its ThinkVision solutions,
http://pinterest.com/pin/222576406555863919/
could be a good compromize..is it?
Then you also have some remote Appz on Ipad to wirelessy touch
your Osx desktop..and Ipen 2 is going to be developed for Ipad as well.

 

[HenryDJP]

Why do people keep making this argument? No touch screen computer would be designed like that. It would be asinine. No one will design a computer where you have to reach out in a weird way to touch a display that sits perpendicular to your desk.

Are you serious or kidding? Ever heard of the HP Touchsmart desktop AIO?

 

[76ShovelHead]

i dread the day that a majority of computers will have touch screens. After following the reports out of ces, it may come as soon as next year.

Perhaps it's all the people that work on a touch screen at mcdonald's', burger king, taco bell and the like, that are demanding that familiar picture interface so they don't have to read.

rofl

 

[thekev]

Are you serious or kidding? Ever heard of the HP Touchsmart desktop AIO?

No but I just looked it up. I'm quite serious, and you're also wrong on this one. I'll quote myself on this one, so you think I'm an egomaniac.

It's just a dumb way to design something unless the touch screen aspect is intended as a secondary means of interaction. If it's just supposed to be there for occasional use, it wouldn't be a big deal. If they're going to move things like typing and primary interaction on screen, you wouldn't want it to be positioned that way. Such a product wouldn't make it past the concepting stage. Even at the prototype level, someone would notice such faults during testing.

Note my point in the other post regarding primary vs secondary means of interaction. It's a gimmick here. They haven't removed the keyboard and mouse.

If they wanted something to work like an ipad, it would not sit upright. No one is going to spend any real amount of time using it that way. Even with the keyboard and mouse, the HP can recline.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384833,00.asp

The real innovation is in the 610-1065qd's tilt and recline function. Once the screen is tilted back fully, it actually slides down further, so it ultimately tilts back 60 degrees. It's not quite horizontal, but 60 degrees back allows the user to use the touchscreen without holding his arm straight out, parallel to the ground. You can even rest your hand on the speaker bar as a sort of wrist rest. When the 610-1065qd is in the fully reclined position, users will find it easy to use the touchscreen from a seated or standing position. This configuration is better than just laying the screen on the work surface: Anyone who uses an Apple iPad or other tablet will be able to tell you that a true horizontal 90 degree angle isn't much more comfortable than straight up either. You'll tend to hunch up and strain your shoulders if you're hovering directly over a screen.

Were you referring to a different model where this feature doesn't exist?

 

[leman]

Frankly, I am happy that it doesn't have a touch screen. Touch is nice for small tablets. In a laptop or a desktop, its just a useless gimmick, a novelty. That 'wow, its cool' feeling wears of after few days of, when your realise that the only thing touch is good for is showing off, and mouse+keyboard offer you superior ergonomics and productivity in every way.

I'd rather like to see eye-tracking pointing devices

 

[dangerly]

Nope, don't care at all to have a desktop or a portable with the monitor full of smudges.

 

[Philscbx]

Touch Screen is mostly for the Commercial use of cash registers for just about every Bar / Restaurant.