What's the chance iMac has touch?

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applepiapplepi
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
What's the chance the new iMac has a touchscreen and Apple is waiting for Leopard to be released to reveal this? Sort of a secret killer feature.

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  • Reply 1 of 12
    kingofsomewherehotkingofsomewherehot Posts: 4,185member
    Less that 1/100th of 1%.



    There are a couple of sites that show the disassembly of the iMac (for educational purposes.) They show quite plainly that it's just a glass panel over the LCD. It doesn't have the multiple layers of "stuff" that are observed in the iPhone disassembly.
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    mrpiddlymrpiddly Posts: 406member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot View Post


    Less that 1/100th of 1%.



    There are a couple of sites that show the disassembly of the iMac (for educational purposes.) They show quite plainly that it's just a glass panel over the LCD. It doesn't have the multiple layers of "stuff" that are observed in the iPhone disassembly.



    No, you forgot about the nano-bots. When leopard ships, they all activate and build a touch screen out of only elements found in air.



    You just cant see them now because they are tiny as hell.
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  • Reply 3 of 12
    applepiapplepi Posts: 365member
    Ok good to know. Well hopefully this is a feature Apple adds soon enough. I think people are looking for reasons these days to buy new computers beyond just speed bumps and something like this could really take off.
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    dave k.dave k. Posts: 1,306member
    There is probably a 10% chance of this actually. Apple introduced the Intel iMacs only a couple of months after the iMac G5 was updated....



    I can't see an entire monitor being a touch interface but a one inch strip at the bottom could serve quite a few purposes...



    But that spectulation is for another day.



    Dave
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  • Reply 5 of 12
    dfilerdfiler Posts: 3,420member
    Chance? Indistinguishable from zero.
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  • Reply 6 of 12
    tomohrtomohr Posts: 60member
    I think HP is already doing this.. it's 19 ws I think.. it's pretty cool... actually really cool... cept it has windoze
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    dfilerdfiler Posts: 3,420member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tomohr View Post


    I think HP is already doing this.. it's 19 ws I think.. it's pretty cool... actually really cool... cept it has windoze



    So you're saying touch screen computers exist? No way!!!!
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  • Reply 8 of 12
    feartecfeartec Posts: 119member
    Just what I need, greasy finger prints all over my nice screen. I will pass, forever. Even when cars float I will pass. I do not want to have to clean my screen on a constant basis.
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  • Reply 9 of 12
    bobazumibobazumi Posts: 30member
    it doesn't really need a touch screen it would be better without.
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  • Reply 10 of 12
    misskittymisskitty Posts: 51member
    I don't think people are ready for complete touch computers just yet.



    I for one hate touch screens, refuse to use them. They're uncomfortable and wierd.
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  • Reply 11 of 12
    rokkenrokken Posts: 236member
    I don't really see the point of adding touch screen to iMac. Really.
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  • Reply 12 of 12
    buddhabuddha Posts: 386member
    lift your hand(s) up to your monitor and pretend you're using it as a touchscreen. gets tiring pretty fast and is awkward.
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