Gurman: Mac with touch screen in development

[Cmaier]

Not surprising, but I’d still be surprised if this went anywhere.

Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro

Despite years of resistance, Apple is now working on adding touchscreens to Macs, according to a report today from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The...

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Seems to me that the UI is a big problem because of touch target sizes (I simulate this all the time using my iPad with VNC), so they need to solve that issue. And the MacBook form factor is not the greatest for touch. If you could fold it into a tablet configuration or so that the screen is close to parallel to keyboard, maybe it wouldn’t suck.

I’d be more interested in Apple Pencil support (though the form factor is even more problematic for that).

 

[Citysnaps]

I don't see that happening. It would be awkward, especially for any kind of artistic endeavors.

Also... a touchpad and finger works great for making any kind of selections on a laptop display. Raising your hand to touch an on-screen option/selection obscures vision in the process and leaves a grease spot on the screen.

 

[Buntschwalbe]

Oooof, too many rumors by Gurman. He's just guessing now in any possible direction.
We need something with more meat on the bone!

 

[jbailey]

Apple’s been slowly increasing various target sizes. It seems inevitable that they will do limited multi-touch at some point.

 

[dada_dave]

Apple would be remiss for not experimenting, especially in trying to leverage the ability to run iOS applications on macOS. But yeah usability and product range is a difficult problem - a desktop without an “Apple touch screen” wouldn’t be able to take advantage so … product line split. Not ideal for UI.