Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro has left me utterly unconvinced — and I believe Steve Jobs would hate the uninspired thinking that got us here
Earlier this week, Apple did the thing we’ve all known it would for months and finally unveiled its touchscreen MacBook Pro. Awkwardly dubbed the “PROLED XDR Display,” Apple says the touchscreen panel gives pro users “a whole new way to interact with their content.”
Yet, to say I’m unconvinced would be an understatement. While I’m excited for that OLED goodness, I’ve long been skeptical of the benefits of touchscreen laptops, as I find their gesture interactions to be by turns unnecessary and uncomfortable to use for long periods of time. And if something is either so unnecessary that you don’t use it or so uncomfortable that it causes your arms to ache, it probably shouldn’t be in a product.
But hey, what do I know? Practically every Windows laptopmanufacturer offers at least one touchscreen version, and now Apple has got in on the act. I’m sure Apple will...
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