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Title: A touch screen compatible MacBook Air does exist, sort of
Post by: HCK on January 05, 2017, 04:05:22 pm
A touch screen compatible MacBook Air does exist, sort of

If you really want a MacBook with a touch screen, you're in luck. You can have one now.

Before Apple launched the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, rumors floated around that the company was making a laptop with a touch screen. After the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar was launched, there were still a number of people saying they wanted a touch screen, not a touch bar.

Clearly, that was all the motivation Neonode needed to create the AirBar, a gadget that connects to the MacBook Air, making the screen touch compatible. So, for those that think Apple made a mistake by not making its laptop screen touch capacitive, you can do it yourself with the AirBar for MacBook Air.

How does it work?

AirBar is a small strip that magnetically sticks to the bottom of your laptop's screen and projects a light field across it. The AirBar picks up your gestures and somehow sends the signal to the computer that you want to zoom, scroll, swipe, and more.

Because it is a light field and not an actual touch capac...

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