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Still no touch screen in 2020?
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Just tossing a touch interface onto an OS that's not designed for touch would be spectacularly mediocre.
Apple has a touch OS, for larger devices, it's iPadOS. I get what you're saying, it would be slick to use a stylus (Apple Pencil) with an Adobe product (for example), but can you imagine trying to use your finger for file management? Until all parts of the user experience in an OS can properly support touch, Apple isn't going to just drop touch hardware onto the existing product.
Apple has a touch OS, for larger devices, it's iPadOS. I get what you're saying, it would be slick to use a stylus (Apple Pencil) with an Adobe product (for example), but can you imagine trying to use your finger for file management? Until all parts of the user experience in an OS can properly support touch, Apple isn't going to just drop touch hardware onto the existing product.
Thats why they have a iPad. Why do people want touchscreen on OSX so much? It’s never crossed my mind of wanting touchscreen on my MacBook before.
Apart from perhaps accessibility for those that cannot type due to a disability, why do you (or others) want Apple to release a touch screen MBP?! We know Apple like to optimize the OS of each device to fit the functionality - iPad is obviously the answer, and even Apple themselves have focused their marketing of the iPad towards more touch-friendly functionality - drawing, painting, the Apple Pencil etc. Considering how fully functioned the creative apps are for iPad now, there can only be very niche reasons for still wanting touch on a MBP.
If anything, when I see a touch capable laptop from other brands I automatically think it's not optimal and is also adding further cost to the screen when Apple focus on the quality of the screen itself, pixel density, resolution, color quality etc.
If anything, when I see a touch capable laptop from other brands I automatically think it's not optimal and is also adding further cost to the screen when Apple focus on the quality of the screen itself, pixel density, resolution, color quality etc.
I never understand the desire for touchscreen in a laptop. First of all the screen is hardly at a normal position where screen input is all that nature or ergonomically good. I can see the benefit in say those all in one desktop machines where you can pull it down from being vertical to being horizontally in front of you as then its positioned well but in laptop format, I just don't get how people find it a good way of interacting
Then there are finger prints. Without me using the screen as an input its a fingerprint magnet (its one of the reason I'm not that bothered about not having thinner bezels on the new MacBook pro 13 as around where you open it I have an almost constant fingerprint but at least with the bezel its not impacting the screen itself
Then there are finger prints. Without me using the screen as an input its a fingerprint magnet (its one of the reason I'm not that bothered about not having thinner bezels on the new MacBook pro 13 as around where you open it I have an almost constant fingerprint but at least with the bezel its not impacting the screen itself
I've had touchscreen on my work supplied Lenovo for the past three years.
I never use it. I don't see the point of it or what I'd use it for vs using my mouse.
I never use it. I don't see the point of it or what I'd use it for vs using my mouse.
For me I used it quite often, it wasn't the primary method of interaction but with my laptop on my lap scrolling or moving around with touch is great.
I've since moved on to a laptop w/o a touchscreen and in all honesty, I've not missed it.
Did you seriously expect a touch screen in macOS? If you want a touch screen you'll have to go with iPadOS.
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My personal issue with touch screens is fingerprints. I know it's not an issue with phone screens but for some reason I can't stand fingerprints on a computer screen or TV. Even if a laptop had a touch screen I would never touch it. Personal issue I know and maybe I'm alone with this one.
Same here. I used to be sceptical about touch screen laptops until I got a touchscreen Dell XPS13 at work. Scrolling through spreadsheets and occasionally tapping the screen became second nature.
I missed the feature when I changed job and received a non touch screen laptop.
I get annoyed at fingerprints on my iMac and iPhone, I don't want them on my laptop screen too. More than happy to not have a touchscreen Mac.
For vertical screens, there’s really limited benefit to having touch, but a lot of detriment with cost, and some detriment to weight and thickness. Touch makes the most sense for handheld devices. Sure, a laptop could fold back into a tablet. But when a device gets to a certain size and weight, most don’t want to hold it anymore. There are some instances where one would want to but it becomes very niche. And if you’re putting it down on a table, the trackpad is simply the most ergonomic way to interact with it.
I’m actually one of those niche. That’s why I got a 12.9” iPad Pro. But it wasn’t for touch. It was really only so that I could use it with the Apple Pencil. Otherwise I would have gotten a light MacBook. I know some people enjoy the 12.9 just because they like having a big touch screen tablet, but I can’t relate to that. The only use case that I really appreciate it being touch is comic reading, but that is very rare for me. Even internet browsing, I would rather set it down and use a trackpad and keyboard, or use a smaller device that’s comfortable to hold (as long as the website can adapt formatting for the smaller screen). To be frank, I don’t find it comfortable to hold any device bigger than my iPad mini for long periods.
I’m actually one of those niche. That’s why I got a 12.9” iPad Pro. But it wasn’t for touch. It was really only so that I could use it with the Apple Pencil. Otherwise I would have gotten a light MacBook. I know some people enjoy the 12.9 just because they like having a big touch screen tablet, but I can’t relate to that. The only use case that I really appreciate it being touch is comic reading, but that is very rare for me. Even internet browsing, I would rather set it down and use a trackpad and keyboard, or use a smaller device that’s comfortable to hold (as long as the website can adapt formatting for the smaller screen). To be frank, I don’t find it comfortable to hold any device bigger than my iPad mini for long periods.
No thank you to touchscreens laptops. I work on a lot of laptops for work, friends, and family. Some have keyboards that look like they have been used as dinner plates.