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ssylvan t1_j4a16pp wrote

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

2-3/day? Lol no, at least 10x that, if not closer to 100x. Scrolling is not a moot point, it's an extremely common use case of a touch screen on a lap top. I try to scroll my macbook screen all the time because of muscle memory and it's just the most convenient way of doing it.

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This isn't some hypothetical. There already are laptops with touch screens. We know how they work and what the touch screen is used for, and plenty of people simply will not buy a laptop without a touch screen once they got used to it. That's not every single person, perhaps, but there are plenty of us. I have a macbook for work, but I simply wouldn't buy a laptop without a touch screen. It was a very clear "epiphany" for me after using a surface book for a few days. Like, yup, this is just what laptops are for me now, and I'm not going back.

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simple_mech t1_j4be9er wrote

Why is scrolling on a screen better than a touchpad.

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ssylvan t1_j4c67ke wrote

As I already explained, because it’s easier to reach in cramped spaces like a plane or other small tables or, gasp, your lap. When the laptop is close to you, using the touch pad is awkward where you have to do that t-Rex arm thing to reach it, but the screen is by definition approximately a forearm’s length away due to the geometry of a laptop. So the screen is right where your hands are naturally when your elbows are at your side. It’s also more direct. If you want to scroll two inches, you move it two inches with your finger - with a track pad it’s not 1:1. You can also directly scroll any window, with a track pad you have to click an inactive window first before the scroll gesture gets routed the right way. Touch is fast and intuitive.

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simple_mech t1_j4caxw2 wrote

So it’s for cramped spaces? Lol

You’re grasping at straws. Enjoy your touchscreen.

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ssylvan t1_j4cdyhf wrote

LAP top. It's literally in the name. This isn't some fringe use case.

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