Isn't touch screen better than touch bar?

[Queen6]

An aside -- is Windows 10 supposed to be a touch-friendly OS?

I have a work-issued Dell with Win10 -- no touchscreen, pretty much stock, fresh install with some security additions -- and I think the UI is terribly unfocused.

If this is what touchscreen laptops would be like, count me out.

The UI is inconsistent, and no doubt Microsoft is aware, nor do I think it can be easily solved in the short term. As Microsoft has many masters to please; industry, governments, home users etc. so a lot of legacy aspect of the OS must be retained, nor does the average user need to deal with much of it. It is less than elegant having two separate areas for settings, equally Control Panel is not something I need personally to open frequently.

The Touch aspect very much depends on your usage and complicated by the physical design of the notebook. Touch input for a basic clamshell notebook is not terribly advantageous outside of some slightly faster ways to do the odd task (subjective). Touch on a 2 in 1 is genuinely useful; in my case with a Surface Book I can detach the Clipboard and literally use it like digital paper, I review a complex schematic, slide it about, magnify, markup etc.

Personally I am ok with W10 or OS X as they both really serve the same purpose to me, being vehicles to launch the applications I need to run.

Q-6

 

[MartyCan]

Fair enough. For me I jumped ship for a while and was using a touchscreen Lenovo. After going back to a MacBook Air I found myself reaching out to touch the screen fairly often. I was surprised how used I got to it. Thats why I feel a MacBook with a touch screen would be the ultimate.

As odd as this response might seem, thank-you for your insight and thank-you for presenting it respectably as an alternative opinion.

I've had too many instances of being called names on this board recently because others did not agree with me. We're all entitled to opinions and should respect that others opinions may vary. Again I thank you!