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kurttheflirt t1_j42v7rk wrote

Reply to comment by Youvebeeneloned in Apple might finally make a touchscreen Mac by No-Drawing-6975

Do you really believe that? The surface pro line is an amazing example of a great touchscreen computer. I’ve loved it since day 1 of buying it. It goes from laptop to tablet seamlessly.

Prior to my surface pro I had the surface laptop which worked great as well. It’s just an additional interface which works great.

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Youvebeeneloned t1_j436eq8 wrote

Not only do I believe it, the market bears it out in the fact they still, to this day, have never taken off.

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spaghettu t1_j43ao1j wrote

After a decade-long year run, the surface pro still has less than 3% market share. I'm sure some people see value in it, but to me a touchscreen laptop is really nothing more than a nearly useless gimmick IMO. There obviously could be other reasons surface market share is low, but to me this proves that it's not enough of a novelty to win over most people.

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submittedanonymously t1_j43djj8 wrote

I have one from my office and didn’t know it was a touchscreen until someone else had to show me some routine on it. They’re the only person who has used the touch function on my device because otherwise it’s pointless in my role.

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D_Doggo t1_j45q7ff wrote

Surface isn't the only touch screen laptop though. Almost all other popular laptop makers have quite a few popular models with touch screens.

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LittleBigMonet t1_j5l9uge wrote

I agree wholeheartedly. And I feel like the failure can somewhat be attributed to Windows OS, which is lackluster to even be called a mobile OS. I personally recently got a Surface Laptop, and I only got it because I found it for super cheap. Their retail prices are too high for what they are - you cannot say that about Apple MacBooks because you don’t have a choice to pick any hardware and put OS on it. That said, I do think that the Surface devices are built very well. They look great. And for the most part, they work great…as laptops with a keyboard and a mouse or touchpad!!!!

I just can’t come to terms with calling Windows OS touch friendly / tablet friendly so adding that feature to a laptop is useless.

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limache t1_j43jymy wrote

I tried out a surface pro 3 before. I sold that and got back into Mac.

It was the one time I tried surface pro and I’ll never try it again.

It couldn’t run older windows program I think because it was a 4k display and it was basically shrunken down.

It was definitely overrated.

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BigSwedenMan t1_j436qso wrote

The surface is more of a hybrid device where you can convert it into a tablet or a laptop depending on what you're doing. Hybrid devices definitely have their place, but just straight touch screen laptops suck. I have one for work and it's totally useless. Annoying even, since you occasionally get misclicks.

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tlsr t1_j44bte5 wrote

> The surface is more of a hybrid device

This is true for Surface Pro and Surface Book but I don't think the Surface Laptop converts to a tablet.

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Kursem_v2 t1_j4391gg wrote

surface pro is a 2-in-1, similar to ipad devices.

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kurttheflirt t1_j43is1o wrote

No it runs a full windows OS. It’s a full PC where you can install anything you want. Very different than the ipad.

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