Only Apple things it does not work. I use a touchscreen laptop for years and it works great. When working on my MBP I keep touching the screen but, obviously, nothing happens
I have a touch screen on my work HP f dragonfly. I don’t use it. For scrolling, and that is about it. And let’s be honest, touchscreens are probably offered because for some unfathomable reason windows trackpads are crap, and have always been crap, despite the mac example to copy.
if apple goes touch screen in 2025, it will be because the iPadisation of MacOS is complete; or it has become too hard to get a non touch OLED display.
Ironically, we are getting a thinkpad P14s workstation for engineering student daughter. It doesn’t have a touchscreen. And comparably priced to a very tricked out MBP. But I digress.
I have tried the trackpad in my customers ThinkPad P1 and Surface Laptops, and they are excellent. Maybe they are not as good as an Apple trackpad, but they are very close. Now, if we talk about keyboards, ThinkPad and Surface devices are far ahead of Apple. I suppose there is no perfect device.
interesting. Different strokes for different folks I guess. I love Apples iMac keyboard and the new PowerBook keyboards. They are the best typing experience I’ve had. Surface keyboards feel like they’re from an older era to me.
People are funny. We tend to relate something based on how it compares to my previous favorite thing rather than on its current merit often. I used to love typing on this huge, split Microsoft ergonomic keyboard with keys as tall and proud as skyscrapers. Then I switched to Mac and didn’t like the keyboard. Went back and forth for a while and now I can’t go back to that clunky thing or the new ones like it. Apple has found the happy balance between too much key travel and not enough. Mistakes are few and typing is enjoyable. The slimness of the keyboard also makes it easy for my fingers to find their place again after breaking form to use the mouse - something that’s a challenge with taller keys. All of my Apple keyboards feel sturdy the entire lifetime. The surface feels cheap in comparison.
In my original post, I said Surface Laptop, but I was talking about the Surface Book. That device had a very good keyboard. Too bad it doesn't exist anymore. I have a Macbook Air M2, and while it has a better experience than my previous MBP 2017 (terrible butterfly keyboard), still behind the typing experience from other notebooks, like ThinkPads.
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