The touchscreen Mac Apple probably won’t make, and the one it will

I last year described the touchscreen Mac as “the idea that will not die.” No matter how many times Apple says it won’t make one, we see continued suggestions that it will, or should. To be clear, Apple absolutely has made prototypes of touchscreen Macs. The first of these dates back to at least 2008, and probably earlier … Apple’s testing of touchscreen Macs We know this because Apple co-founder Steve Jobs said so in 2010, stating that the company had tested it “years ago” – and the minimum time period for years plural would be two. Steve said it was these tests that led the company to reject the idea. It turns out it doesn’t work. Touch surfaces don’t want to be vertical. It gives great demo, but after a short period of time you start to fatigue, and after an extended period of time your arm wants to fall off. It doesn’t work. It’s ergonomically terrible. Touch surfaces want to be horizontal. Jony Ive said the same thing back in 2016. Phil Schiller did too. Apple came to this c ... Read full article.