I dunno... maybe because I'm old and need things zoomed anyway to see them, I don't see that as a nod to touchscreen, just better readability. Heh.

I guess it's probably for touch, but I've enjoyed being able to see things better.

I mean the cost will go up because it's Apple. That's what they do.

And I've had a touchscreen Windows laptop - just a laptop, not a computer/tablet hybrid thing - for almost 5 years and literally have never come across any app that has "annoyingly resized ui elements to facilitate touch" for Windows. Sure there might be some out there optimized for touch that I just don't use I guess, but it just feels weird that this is something that anyone would worry about when it's ... not really happening?

Eh, definitely get the same sort of thinking on the Apple hater side of things too.

Human nature is like this with so many things. "Well I don't experience things that way, ergo no one does!"

One of the most frustrating things about dealing with people in general to me - the inability to understand that the world doesn't actually revolve around you and other people might want/use/need something you don't. It's literally the root of so many shitty things in the world.

You can have a touchscreen but not actually use it. I have a touchscreen laptop that I only use the touchscreen on when traveling, which isn't that often any more. I forget that it is a touchscreen most of the time, as I've got it set up in stand and the laptop display functions more like a secondary display.

Also, not sure if my own device is just special, but my laptop touchscreen never really shows fingerprints after being touched (while my stationary monitor definitely does if it's touched). It's not the same type of screen as phones and tablets have. (I am CONSTANTLY wiping down my tablet and phone because the fingerprints irk the shit out of me.)

It's not like the device having a touchscreen suddenly means you can't use the mouse and keyboard to do things - the touchscreen is just one of the options when it's there.

Windows has the option to disable the touchscreen as well if it's troublesome, and I would assume Apple would build the same option. (Might not be fair to assume, as Apple does make some weird decisions sometimes, but still.)

I have a Dell XPS with a touchscreen that’s almost 5 years old, lighter and thinner than my MacBook Pro that’s only about a year (maybe 2) older. It’s 2.8 lbs and super thin.

It’s traveled to several countries with me and gotten 5 day a week use throughout the 5 years and works great still. No problems. I mean I take care of my devices in general, but the MacBook has had a dead pixel corner that showed up within the first year with a lot less moving around and not nearly as much use.

Anecdotal evidence sure, but PC makers have been making thin, light touchscreen laptops for years now, so clearly it works.