Would you use touch screen on a laptop with a multitouch OS?

[Kuroi-Tsubasa]

Maybe if I were using a stylus with the touchscreen...

Otherwise, I'd go OCD over the fingerprints (I apparently have somewhat oily hands, as my keyboard tells me >.>). I don't find keyboard shortcuts/Thinkpad nub to be complicated at all, so I don't have a really good reason to get a touchscreen anyway.

[Krane]

Otherwise, I'd go OCD over the fingerprints (I apparently have somewhat oily hands, as my keyboard tells me >.>).

We all do. Although some more so than others. For that reason alone I find tough screens totally unappealing.

[Kuroi-Tsubasa]

We all do. Although some more so than others. For that reason alone I find tough screens totally unappealing.

I guess I notice it more than some others then, since I'm pretty OCD about a computer's cleanliness.

Anyway, the only useful place a touchscreen will be outside of tablets/phones imo is a tablet PC, where it makes more sense to me. The current touchscreen all-in-ones scream "gimmick!" to me; I'd imagine it'd be extremely uncomfortable to use that feature when sitting away from the display at the usual distance. As for laptops, I don't see what's wrong with a touchpad/nub/mouse, and trying to write on a touchscreen with a laptop's usual hinges seems awkward.

[H.A.L. 9000]

I guess I notice it more than some others then, since I'm pretty OCD about a computer's cleanliness.

Anyway, the only useful place a touchscreen will be outside of tablets/phones imo is a tablet PC, where it makes more sense to me. The current touchscreen all-in-ones scream "gimmick!" to me; I'd imagine it'd be extremely uncomfortable to use that feature when sitting away from the display at the usual distance. As for laptops, I don't see what's wrong with a touchpad/nub/mouse, and trying to write on a touchscreen with a laptop's usual hinges seems awkward.

I'm always cleaning other people's computers. If it's dirty I can't help myself. Dust, dirt, hair, grime, fingerprints, etc... some people are just dirty. Bleh. I carry a packet of Windex Wipes in my bag just for emergencies like that. lmao.

But yes, I agree. A touchscreen on a normal notebook (that's not convertible) is purely a gimmick. Almost like 3D screens on phones... look how well that worked out.

[Tsunade_Hime]

Hence those little cleaning clothes makes a fortune with touch exploding in popularity. I found the touch on the M6600...a bit useless. Even the multi-touch on my X220 tablet is more useful..

[Mr_Mysterious]

Well all of your OCD tendencies can be solved merely by installing a screen protector on your laptops. How about then?

Mr. Mysterious

[Krane]

Well all of your OCD tendencies can be solved merely by installing a screen protector on your laptops. How about then?

Mr. Mysterious

So you're saying I don't need a shrink? That's a relief.

[funky monk]

But then you just end up with finger prints on the screen protector instead. Same problem.

[Krane]

But then you just end up with finger prints on the screen protector instead. Same problem.

He's saying you can't see them. You know, out of sight out of mind.

[H.A.L. 9000]

He saying you can't see them. You know, out of sight out of mind.

LOL. Worse that being on the actual screen. Plus screen protectors are hard enough to apply to small displays without bubbles. You'd have to send me to the funny farm after a day of trying to get all the bubbles out of a 13-15" screen protector.

Then you have your varying grades of screen protectors with varying levels of transmittance and some will have optical degradation and then some will have flaws...

Just, no.