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Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)
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#12I wonder how well this would work with my bright blue fingernails that are about .5" longer than my finger.
I then wonder how much recalibration I would have to do when one of them broke and I was poking directly at the screen.
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#13Checking this profile of a random hacker in 2018, of course they are now working on AI.
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#14Still an amazing hack today and I love it. However, I heard Apple are developing a touch screen MacBook this year, and I simply don't get why they're doing that. I don't know what's worse, the ergonomics or the fingerprints.
So you mean they're developing the iPad, an insanely popular device, and you're not sure why they would make such a device?
I have been around touch screen Windows laptops for I don’t know how many years now, and I have never felt even the slightest compulsion to touch the screen.
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#15Is there a coating you can apply to the glass to help with smudge marks?
Oleophobic coating is standard on phones and tablets, which is part of why they don’t pick up fingerprints as easily. Some brands offer coating you can DIY yourself (eg ProofTech OLEOPEL) but these seem mostly designed for phone screens. I don’t know whether they’d be as effective on laptop screens
And this is why modern screens (and eyeglasses) should be cleaned with a damp microfiber cloth and no aggressive cleaners. These coatings are fragile.
I do carefully clean the nosepads with soapy water, however.
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#16I wouldn't want a touchscreen MBP even if it was free, anyone else feel similar?
I don't get the draw - we already optimize for keyboard commands to avoid living our fingers over to a touchpad. Why would I want to start clicking on my screen?
If you're using your computer for tasks (rather than entertainment) and you're not a visual designer, I don't get why Apple are apparently going to be putting them into the new MBP line later this year.
Re: Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)
#17I wouldn't want a touchscreen MBP even if it was free, anyone else feel similar? I don't get the draw - we already optimize for keyboard commands to avoid living our fingers over to a touchpad. Why would I want to start clicking on my screen? If you're using your computer for tasks (rather than entertainment) and you're not a visual designer, I don't get why Apple are apparently going to be putting them into the new…
> I don't get why Apple are apparently going to be putting them into the new MBP line later this year.
Apple has apparently being going to put a touchscreen in a laptop every year since the iPad came out, and it's never materialized.
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#18Touch screens are not pleasant for laptops. I prefer not to have them.
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#19This is amazing. They should start to install upward looking cameras to implement this officially.
Re: Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)
#20I think I could do this for less than 15 cents: four small peices of double sided tape, and the tiny mirror, and two hair pins... but the software? Priceless.