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Bryson
Rocket Surgeon
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
 
2016-11-26, 02:26

So, let's talk about the possibility of Touchscreen Macs.

I keep reading and hearing on podcasts about how they couldn't possibly make a touchscreen Mac for various reasons, mostly to do with ergonomics, or "context shifting" or similar issues.

Let me show you my workstation at work:


That's two small touchscreens, one large vertical touchscreen, two "dumb" screens, keyboard, mouse, dedicated specialist keyboard and faders. I use any and all of those input methods, continuously, switching "context" constantly. Some tasks are easier via the touchscreen, some via the mouse and so on. Not every single part of the interface has to be touchscreen optimized for this to be useful.

The only ergonomic issue is that the touchscreens need to be adjustable (in height and tilt).

So, I'm sure there are a thousand reasons why they won't make a touchscreen Mac. But that they can't because reasons is just plain wrong. Hybrid touchscreen/mouse/keyboard interfaces already exist in the real world and people do real work on them.

I think a touchscreen iMac (potentially with a better repositionable base" would be a great thing. And I would have very real uses for a touchscreen MacBook Pro.

Thoughts?
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