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| ▲ | II2II 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Everyone will have different opinions on the matter. My Lenovo has a touch screen, but I hardly ever use it because I forget that it is there. Likewise, it is Wacom compatible and I was as far as picking up the stylus for it. Hardly ever use it. For the most part, I prefer to interact with computers via keyboard. Different people like interacting with computers in different ways, unfortunately, this one size fits all philosophy that permeates the tech sector creates a lot of tension because those ways of interacting are not necessarily compatible with each other. | | |
| ▲ | soulofmischief a day ago | parent | next [-] | | I'm a web developer, and being able to simultaneously test both touch input and traditional KBM without switching contexts. It's also just nice to have and relatively cheap to implement, even if I only use it on occasion outside of development. It allows me to engage with any medium in the best way possible. | |
| ▲ | lmm 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | > Different people like interacting with computers in different ways, unfortunately, this one size fits all philosophy that permeates the tech sector creates a lot of tension because those ways of interacting are not necessarily compatible with each other. A touchscreen doesn't detract if you don't use it though. I use my laptop's touchscreen/stylus pretty much exclusively for Japanese writing practice, the rest of the time it's just a regular laptop, but I'd be very sad to not have that feature when I need it. | | |
| ▲ | sirwhinesalot 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | This would normally be the case but many touchscreen drivers love to glitch out (specially lenovo's) and disabling them is almost impossible with windows updates constantly re-enabling things. If not for that I would 100% agree it is a nice to have. | |
| ▲ | dsego 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I don't know if it has been improved but I had one xps with touch screen, the lid was thicker, the screen had more glare, it was using more battery and there was a visible gray mesh, like a veil covering it if you looked close enough. One other possible annoyance is accidental touches, no chance of that if the screen doesn't have touch capability. | | |
| ▲ | guappa 3 days ago | parent [-] | | I have an x86 tablet and the screen seems normal although touch |
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| ▲ | oneeyedpigeon 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | For me, it just feels like a huge waste of money for something I would never use; I assume the touch screen tech bumps the price up a bit. Of course, if you have even an occasional use for touchscreen on a laptop, your mileage is already varying. | |
| ▲ | serf 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | >A touchscreen doesn't detract if you don't use it though. in a perfect world. in the real world it's an added cost-to-repair, another driver stack to worry about, and a loss of nits/lumens for no good reason. |
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| ▲ | hirvi74 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Are you the type to be bothered by fingerprints on screens? I am that type, I have great reservations about a touchscreen laptop. Though, I cannot deny how awesome it would be, conceptually. | | |
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