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•4mo 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.
duxup•4mo ago
I’ve had laptops with touchscreens and without and I never noticed a difference / didn’t use them.
HardwareLust•4mo ago
Jobs was right, as usual. It's a useless feature nobody wants other than Apple's marketing department.
detaro•4mo ago
IMHO a macOS-capable iPad Pro would be the more elegant path.
jgrahamc•4mo 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•4mo 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"?
teslabox•4mo ago
When I was helping my dad with various windows 10 problems, he was constantly touching the screen in exasperation. These touches only created more problems.
I deactivated his touchscreen. He’s never complained about his screen not responding like it used to.
I still see him touching the screens, but it doesn’t respond anymore.
aurareturn•4mo ago
jki275•4mo ago
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.