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?).
I could see it with tablet but reaching out to touch my laptop, or worse desktop, screen would get very tiring, very quickly.
I mean it seems like a good idea to me for mobile app development, being able to touchscreen the simulator.
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