Vendors stop developing touchscreen notebooks according to DigiTimes

[Biased Opinion]

Good, hopefully it will mean there will be less glossy screens on notebooks because glossy screens are the bane of this earth.

[Misanthrope]

Bad day for Linus, "Meh" for the rest of us who never gave a fuck about touchscreen on laptops. I am of course assuming this doesn't counts for transformer tablet/laptop devices of course.

[Jaybird]

i personal believe that a device designed to be touch in the first place should be touched. a device that what not supposed to be touched, should not be touchable. that said, I cant stand finger prints on my monitor or laptop screen. I get over this fact with my ipad and iphone but these devices I can easily wipe on my pant leg. moreover, laptops with touch screen may require placing a hand behind the screen such that you dont flip your lid. 

[rashdanml]

same here, i find it funny to see people rejecting the idea of touchscreen laptop since it's very usefull just like you said.

it's not a dekstop where your hands are in a far distance from the screen, just like its name, it's a "LAPTOP". when you put your laptop on "top" of your "lap" it's very convenient and much more efficient to navigate using the touch screen rather than the touchpad. surely you didn't a need a convertible one to make use of the advantage of a touchscreen on a laptop.

One main reason for me is fingerprints. General laptops don't benefit from it if the device has a really good touchpad or alternate input. Tablets benefit from it, as they don't have any other method of input. Convertible tablets are only good if they have digitizer support, and very few touchscreen (non-convertible) notebooks had that, so why bother having touch? Here's an example: The Thinkpad X240 changed the hinge design to allow the screen to open up to 180 degrees to allow for "writing on the screen" - but the device has only a regular touchscreen with no digitizer support, making writing on the screen both awkward (due to the positioning) and clumsy (due to using a stylus). 

 

Either way, I use something better than touchpads and touchscreens - the Thinkpad's trackpoint buttons are the best option for laptops. Never have to take my hand off the keyboard, so I can use the trackpoint without breaking the flow of my typing. Also works for replacing many of the touchscreen features. It's also more precise than a regular laptop mouse. 

[Excon]

Lame. I guess I'll have to get a Blade 14 2014 if I want a touchscreen gaming grade notebook!

I thought you didnt plan on giving it back?

[Thebman712]

i dont think this is that big of a deal, 2-in-1's will be a thing, and i think this can do 2 things. 

 

force vendors to make better 2-in-1 style laptops, like the xps 12

 

someone will make a 2-in-1/ tablet gaming device, like the razer thing that was a thing (razer edge?)

[Lynx]

One main reason for me is fingerprints. General laptops don't benefit from it if the device has a really good touchpad or alternate input. Tablets benefit from it, as they don't have any other method of input. Convertible tablets are only good if they have digitizer support, and very few touchscreen (non-convertible) notebooks had that, so why bother having touch? Here's an example: The Thinkpad X240 changed the hinge design to allow the screen to open up to 180 degrees to allow for "writing on the screen" - but the device has only a regular touchscreen with no digitizer support, making writing on the screen both awkward (due to the positioning) and clumsy (due to using a stylus). 

 

Either way, I use something better than touchpads and touchscreens - the Thinkpad's trackpoint buttons are the best option for laptops. Never have to take my hand off the keyboard, so I can use the trackpoint without breaking the flow of my typing. Also works for replacing many of the touchscreen features. It's also more precise than a regular laptop mouse. 

let me just repeat myself here: just like its name, it's a "LAPTOP". when you put your laptop on "top" of your "lap" it's very convenient and much more efficient to navigate using the touch screen rather than the touchpad.  My laptop is just a regular one without a touch screen, and when i use it on my lap, it hurts (sore) my finger from repeated use of the touchpad because how unnatural it is. it's easier to just touch the screen rather than reaching the touchpad in this position. 

fingerprints?, a cheap tissue would solve the problem.

[rashdanml]

let me just repeat myself here: just like its name, it's a "LAPTOP". when you put your laptop on "top" of your "lap" it's very convenient and much more efficient to navigate using the touch screen rather than the touchpad.  My laptop is just a regular one without a touch screen, and when i use it on my lap, it hurts (sore) my finger from repeated use of the touchpad because how unnatural it is. it's easier to just touch the screen rather than reaching the touchpad in this position. 

fingerprints?, a cheap tissue would solve the problem.

Wrong, cheap tissues smear the fingerprints. Micro-fiber cloth cleans the screen. 

For a laptop, I find the keyboard to be the most convenient input method. Anything that takes your hand too far away from the keyboard is an unnecessary component. Touchpad is closer to the keyboard, the Thinkpad's trackpoint is right inside the keyboard. It's much better than using the touchscreen. 

[aj101202]

i love my lenovo Yoga 2, touchscreen is very useful shame if they go away.