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Poll: With device convergence, has the time now come to make a touchscreen MacBook Pro?

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<p>Asked why Apple had never made a touchscreen Mac, Steve Jobs said back in 2010 that it would be a usability fail.</p>

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">We’ve done tons of user testing on this, and it turns out it doesn’t work. Touch surfaces don’t want to be vertical. It gives great demo, but after a short period of time you start to fatigue, and after an extended period of time, your arm wants to fall off.</span></p>

<p>There’s no doubt that he was right – if you’re talking about a primary form of input. For computers, a trackpad or mouse is just a better solution.</p>
<p>But the distinction between a computer and a tablet today is much fuzzier, with even Apple touting the iPad Pro with keyboard <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/08/01/ipad-pro-ad-computer-replacement/" target="_blank">a full PC replacement[/url]. And it appears we’ll be seeing a new touch interface on future MacBook Pros, in the form of a <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/23/apple-prepping-thinner-macbook-pros-with-oled-screen-above-keyboard-touch-id-for-q4/" target="_blank">touch-sensitive OLED[/url] function-key panel and <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/08/08/new-macbooks-expected-to-feature-touch-id-power-button-as-well-as-oled-touch-panel/" target="_blank">Touch ID power button[/url].</p>
<p>So has the time come to look again at a touchscreen MacBook … ?</p>
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