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Why doesn't Apple make new iMac Touch (screen)?
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On a 27" screen, your arm has to move 27" to go from one corner to the diagonally opposite corner. Whether vertical or horizontal, that's a lot of potential movement. Using a mouse, Wacom tablet or a similar input device, we're talking about moving a matter of a few inches to cover the same territory. I know that artists are used to making such big gestures (and even larger, depending on the canvas), but most others would find a large-screen touch device to be tiresome.
More likely than a touch-sensitive Mac, you'll see a larger iPad (and I'm not even sure how likely that is). I don't think it's likely that it'd have much larger than a 13" screen - MacBook Air-sized. Again, it's unlikely to have it use Mac OS, due to the work necessary to implement touch.
More likely than a touch-sensitive Mac, you'll see a larger iPad (and I'm not even sure how likely that is). I don't think it's likely that it'd have much larger than a 13" screen - MacBook Air-sized. Again, it's unlikely to have it use Mac OS, due to the work necessary to implement touch.
http://www.wacom.com/creative/products/pen-displays/cintiq/cintiq-24hd-touch
Go check it out artists. Why can't the iMac do this - a separate model for artist is what I was getting at? One you can take down off of stand (I said that for those that were complaining about reach in all responses) and place in lap or on table and draw?
Mac should have this device inside a mac computer for designers. They started their company based on the creative people company. For years ALL design shops only used MACS.
I was only saying there is NO excuse for Apple not have a mac that you can design directly on the screen. And I mean design - not play and click icons.
Because we graphic artists that use the Cintiq are such a small number, that it wouldn't be profitable.
Look at the price of the new Cintiq 24HD, now cram a motherboard, CPU/GPU, hard drive, and ram. Can you imagine how expensive that would be? Plus the logistics and ergonomics would be a mess, and the weight would be prohibitive to put it in your lap (I don't even do that with my 24HD).
Lastly, outside of drawing/drafting, the biggest question would be, "Why does a consumer need it?", the short answer is, it doesn't.
Wrong, about the same amount of time, I use the iPad screen , with my Clam Case Pro
Wrong, about the same amount of time, I use the iPad screen , with my Clam Case Pro
Yeah, because the use cases and ergonomics for a computer are exactly the same as a tablet.
+1
And that's why microsoft is catching a cold with windows8 for touch screen desktops.
Agree, stupid idea.
I would just hope that if they did make an iMac touch that would make a non-touch model also that would be cheaper because this is a function I would NEVER use.
To me it makes zero sense unless your JOB was to be standing and touching a screen everyday.
Try holding your arm up for 4-5 hours on your current iMac mimicking everywhere you click, that gets old quick.
Same reason many of those touch screen HP and Windows 8 all-in-ones aren't selling great and the ones that do, like 3 friends of mine that have them, they only use the touch screen the first couple days then they go back to a standard keyboard and mouse.
To me it makes zero sense unless your JOB was to be standing and touching a screen everyday.
Try holding your arm up for 4-5 hours on your current iMac mimicking everywhere you click, that gets old quick.
Same reason many of those touch screen HP and Windows 8 all-in-ones aren't selling great and the ones that do, like 3 friends of mine that have them, they only use the touch screen the first couple days then they go back to a standard keyboard and mouse.
Touch Screens have issues !
In my view .....Touch Screens are OK on had held phones and iPads. Anyone considering a touch screen from Apple on their computer monitors hopefully will only wonder why it did not happen.
The answer is simple, extending your arm out over time is a body killer, very uncomfortable. Even Microsofts touch screen along with Win 8 has many limitations and unhappy results. You can’t do everything needed on the touchscreen without the keyboard functions and mouse. Example trying to highlight text, copy it, and move it .....if the finger looses contact with the screen.... boom what you were working with just might get lost and be dropped someplace where it’s hard to relocate and start over.
I hope Apple keeps their cool and NEVER follows the Touch Screen computer trends of MS and a touch screen which is an ergonomic disaster on the arms, wrist, and shoulder areas of the human body, and it will not eliminate the need for a keyboard.
I love my iMac just the way it is, if it’s not broken, don’t try to fix it. If the OP has a fixation for the Touch Screens, it’s just wanting to be a part of the latest zoom. It’s the Band Wagon Approach ..........
Choctaw
In my view .....Touch Screens are OK on had held phones and iPads. Anyone considering a touch screen from Apple on their computer monitors hopefully will only wonder why it did not happen.
The answer is simple, extending your arm out over time is a body killer, very uncomfortable. Even Microsofts touch screen along with Win 8 has many limitations and unhappy results. You can’t do everything needed on the touchscreen without the keyboard functions and mouse. Example trying to highlight text, copy it, and move it .....if the finger looses contact with the screen.... boom what you were working with just might get lost and be dropped someplace where it’s hard to relocate and start over.
I hope Apple keeps their cool and NEVER follows the Touch Screen computer trends of MS and a touch screen which is an ergonomic disaster on the arms, wrist, and shoulder areas of the human body, and it will not eliminate the need for a keyboard.
I love my iMac just the way it is, if it’s not broken, don’t try to fix it. If the OP has a fixation for the Touch Screens, it’s just wanting to be a part of the latest zoom. It’s the Band Wagon Approach ..........
Choctaw
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If iMac did become touch-screen you'd only touch it leave finger prints all over it then have something else to complain about!
Personally it prefer to have a 20" retina macpadpro with wacom scribe running pro apps that can also act as a remote for the iMac when back home.
Just an idea...
Personally it prefer to have a 20" retina macpadpro with wacom scribe running pro apps that can also act as a remote for the iMac when back home.
Just an idea...
Perhaps a touch version of a display, like the TBD, but I see no point on putting it on an iMac. I don't want to be leaning over my desk to touch the screen, they'd have to rework the entire design to be more touchable.. Not to mention OSX isn't made to be touch interactive.
If Apple designed a product similar to Wacom and utilized a pen and pressure sensitivity with touch that was some how better than the Cintiq... then I'd buy it. Buuuut Cintiq's are already in the "Apple product" price range of 1000$-3500$ already. An "Apple Cintiq" will be inevitably more.
If Apple designed a product similar to Wacom and utilized a pen and pressure sensitivity with touch that was some how better than the Cintiq... then I'd buy it. Buuuut Cintiq's are already in the "Apple product" price range of 1000$-3500$ already. An "Apple Cintiq" will be inevitably more.
I know MR doesn't allow insults, so why is this post allowed? It's insulting to anyone who comes here for intelligent discussion, not hissy fits and retard copy-cat concepts.
Give iMac Touch Now!
Current versions and upcoming versions of OS X are not optimised for touch, so you are going to have a very long wait.
I honestly don't see the point. Windows 8 proved that touch only works well on tablets and is an ergonomic nightmare when you try to bring it to a laptop/desktop PC.
Also all application vendors would need to optimise their applications for touch. It's just a horrible, horrible idea.
This.
I know some users want the feature but its simply not practical. Touchscreen desktops have been around for years and just don't sell well.
Touch works better on tablets.
Although a slightly polemic response lol, I whole-heartedly agree. Fingerprints, very bad ergonomics (muscle issues, tendonitis), unecessary/superfluous interface etc...etc....
Just because something looks good on CSI, doesn't mean it's a useful function.
There are so many other improvements that have far more usefulness, like 120hz and retina.
Just because something looks good on CSI, doesn't mean it's a useful function.
See if you can enhance that...
No value
You are right...its unnecessary but IF YOU REALLY HAVE to have on
go look at HP, Samsung, Dell et al....they have it.
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You are right...its unnecessary but IF YOU REALLY HAVE to have on
go look at HP, Samsung, Dell et al....they have it.
I can certainly agree with that. It's not even a good idea on a MBP. But on an iMac??? No way.
I could see a use for touch screen on the iMac for games and graphics but Apple would need to redesign iMac so it would lay flat on the desk.
I think the best options at gesture controls like found on the xBox and some TVs. But as always combined with a keyboard and touch pad.
I think the best options at gesture controls like found on the xBox and some TVs. But as always combined with a keyboard and touch pad.
IMHO, a waste of development money!
Besides the constant cleaning of finger marks, (and any who have young children who imitate adults, come with all sorts of dangerous contaminants on their hands)
I would say if there was a need, a tablet, even a cheap Bamboo model would suffice
....Gary
Besides the constant cleaning of finger marks, (and any who have young children who imitate adults, come with all sorts of dangerous contaminants on their hands
)I would say if there was a need, a tablet, even a cheap Bamboo model would suffice
....Gary
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