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Durzel t1_j40bcrp wrote

My MacBook Pro spends a good 80% of the time plugged into an external monitor, with the lid closed. I assume this is a pretty common usage for them, compared to the smaller or lighter ones.

When the Touch Bar was released people pointed out how it would be a disjointed experience lifting your fingers from the keyboard to press it. A touch screen would be just as bad, in my opinion.

What do power users need with a touchscreen, especially now we’ve just recently got physical function keys back?

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spazzardnope t1_j40hrzb wrote

Main thing I could think of would be for art. I’d certainly consider one but after having a M1 MacBook and getting nothing but frustration from it (drivers don’t work for my admittedly older Wacom, or my mouse, and good luck running anything 32 bit and bye bye bootcamp and VMs I think I’ll pass. I will say I enjoy the touch features on my Steam Deck running Win 11 pro, but that’s mainly because the trackpads are so terrible to use without looking like someone with Parkinson’s. Bizarrely my Wacom and my mouse and Keyboard work fine on Steam Deck with a USB C dongle?

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Avieshek OP t1_j40ow17 wrote

That has to do with Wacom actually but they do work as for my Photoshop tutorials (PiXimperfect) but you’re right, mostly for Art.

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spazzardnope t1_j40pg3c wrote

Yeah I know, but there seems to be no point for them and other hardware manufacturers to make new drivers. My M1 just sits there most of the time now.

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casuallylurking t1_j40uf4f wrote

Why are you wasting the second screen? Once you use a double (or triple) screen setup you’ll never go back. It is a huge productivity boost.

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Durzel t1_j40vb6a wrote

My main screen is a 38" UltraWide, so using the 16" one next to that would be a bit weird. I don't have a logical place on my desk to have it with the lid open, either. It sits underneath my screen with a single USB-C that does both power and display (I love that).

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kevinisbeast707 t1_j415ckg wrote

Often you don't need a touchscreen, but once in a while I want to go touch something on the screen and guess what, I can't. It's usually easier to navigate maps using touch rather than gestures on the mousepad imo.

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