I've never once wished my Macbook has a touch screen. I think it's a waste of money, technical resources, and maintenance needed to enable touch on macOS.
jki275 · 1h ago
Completely agree, it's a waste to make a laptop screen touchable.
If there is really a touch "screen" requirement, I would put a screen under the trackpad -- that would be more useful for me at least. I think somebody tried that and it pretty much flopped though.
jgrahamc · 3h ago
It's interesting that some of the commentators here are very, very against touch screens on a laptop. I use a MacBook Pro and a Panasonic Toughbook (https://blog.jgc.org/2025/07/ode-to-anti-mac-panasonic-tough...). The Panasonic has a touch screen and I love being able to touch a window to bring it to the foreground and use my finger instead of the mouse. It works well for "I want the input point to be here".
markx2 · 3h ago
To make a screen that is designed for touch will mean thicker heavier screens which has to impact the width surely?
Or will we see "You are touching it wrong"?
HardwareLust · 4h ago
Jobs was right, as usual. It's a useless feature nobody wants other than Apple's marketing department.
duxup · 4h ago
I’ve had laptops with touchscreens and without and I never noticed a difference / didn’t use them.
detaro · 4h ago
IMHO a macOS-capable iPad Pro would be the more elegant path.
If there is really a touch "screen" requirement, I would put a screen under the trackpad -- that would be more useful for me at least. I think somebody tried that and it pretty much flopped though.
Or will we see "You are touching it wrong"?
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