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isidusjdjsuon Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)

> I have to use a 40 year old interface (a mouse)

…yeah, and?

Should we just drop mouse’s and keyboards now because they’re “old interfaces”?

C’mon, please. I’m not sure how old you are but you sound like you grew up with an iPad in your hand.

isidusjdjsuon Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)

And requires a LOT less effort too. There simply is no real benefit to a touchscreen on a laptop. It’s ridiculous. It’s the phablet of laptops. Insane.

isidusjdjsuon Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)

Calling Apple’s trackpad defective and/oversized has got to be one of the most tone-deaf and uninformed things I’ve seen this year.

Please.

isidusjdjsuon Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)

There’s no contradiction here. Jobs’ point was about the MAIN input method. A touchscreen that requires a stylus as main input method still is a terrible idea. The Apple Pencil is meant for alternative and creative input, something you can’t do well with your fingers.

Please, leave that reddit-esque “iSheep”-type of comment out of here.