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Touchscreen or not?

  • 16-01-2013 3:12pm
    #1
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm thinking of buying a laptop but I'm wondering if I should bother with having a touchscreen. I want windows 8 but I dont see the point of buying a windows 8 machine without touchscreen. Getting a laptop with everything I have in mind is proving difficult. Is it a case of looking to buy at the wrong time considering that I feel vendors are currently trying to get rid of machines designed for Windows 7 but have Windows 8 loaded.

    I would like to hear people's thoughts on this.


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  • #2
    who_me
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    Not really sure why you'd have a touchscreen laptop, it'd be very uncomfortable to use for any length of time. Unless it's one of those where the display can be separated for use as a tablet?


  • #3
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    who_me wrote: »
    Not really sure why you'd have a touchscreen laptop, it'd be very uncomfortable to use for any length of time. Unless it's one of those where the display can be separated for use as a tablet?
    The ones that are detachable (Hybrids) are low-powered, usually Intel Atom or similar processors, because they store the hardware in the screen, not the base.

    A Convertible, meanwhile, like the Dell XPS 12 or the Lenovo Yoga, flip their screens and become tablets with full-ultrabook specs.

    ASUS even has the Taichi Ultrabook which, obscenely, has one screen on both sides of it's lid, which really isn't a convertible, more than it is a great new way to play Battleship with your BFF


  • #4
    Dempsey
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    Whats the point of windows 8 without touchscreen capability. Might aswell get a souped up Windows 7 machine, no? I suppose I would like to make the hardware a little more future proof as I dont see myself getting another one for a very long time.

    I was thinking about the Yoga because the XPS 12 is a little above my price range. Tablet functionality I think will be the future of laptops unless someone here has information why that thinking is wrong?


  • #5
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Dempsey wrote: »
    Whats the point of windows 8 without touchscreen capability. Might aswell get a souped up Windows 7 machine, no?
    Just use the Desktop mode. Problem solved. Touch is great for reading and apps, but if you want to just use traditional UI, the option is there. The only thing that changed is how you access programs, files and settings, but the programs and settings themselves havent changed much.


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