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allenu • today at 5:15 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

The touch screen is such a silly idea here. It even looks ridiculous in their own marketing photos. [1] The keyboard and track pad are already a great combo for getting things done.

I don't get why they're doing this other than making another step towards unifying iOS and macOS (and visionOS?).

[1] https://mastodon.social/@allenu/117519656286195439


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qingcharles • today at 5:48 PM

Here's the official launch video, where it looks silly to me, but I know very casual users who love their touchscreen laptops:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnZI5uUSdEo

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ajay-b • today at 5:16 PM

I could see it with tablet but reaching out to touch my laptop, or worse desktop, screen would get very tiring, very quickly.

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SirMaster • today at 5:32 PM

I mean it seems like a good idea to me for mobile app development, being able to touchscreen the simulator.

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