Personally, I hate it. Most of my laptops are non touch: thinkpads, dells. .Even when ram price drops and i could afford the Framework, i would only go for the non pro 13 version. For the ones that came with touchscreen, I disabled it if i can.
Touchscreen just doesnt work for me on a laptop. If i want a touchscreen then i use my tablet or phone.
Touchscreens have their use on other devices but are a gimmick on laptops. Reaching up and over your keyboard, suspending your arm in the air while you tap on a thin, wobbly display is an ergonomic disaster and a shite input method in general.
Now if the screen can flip around into a tablet position then it makes a lot more sense, but just a touchscreen on its own is a gimmick.
I have a touchscreen laptop from work. And I only ever used the touchscreen to actually verify that it has touchscreen. Other than that, I have literally never touched the screen.
I have a refurbished thinkpad t480 i bought a couple of years ago that somehow has a touchscreen.
I only ever touch the screen to clean it, usually when it’s off, so I just forget it has this functionality.
Occasionally someone else touches my screen to point out something and gets a surprise (and I just think get your mucky fingers off my screen, you degenerate!).
There must be a small script that puts a big sign on the screen whenever someone touches it, just to scare them.
It can be very useful for quick actions when you don’t have a mouse.
Mine is convertible to tablet mode, which is actually really useful when cooking etc or in small spaces.
Probably wouldn’t have a problem buying one without a touch screen though.
I don’t want fingerprints on my laptop screen.
I don’t like them. Anytime someone who uses one goes to use one of my normal laptops, they always try to touch the screen, which leaves fingerprints.
If you want a touchscreen, get a tablet.
This. I am totally anal about any specs or spots on my screens. Smudgy fingerprints are an abomination.
I don’t really see the point in touchscreens, I think it’s just a toy for a lot of money, like folding phones.only if you know exactly why you need it, then it’s OK, but most people will just use this feature and stop, because I don’t even know how convenient it is to draw in it, and whether it will damage the screen for a long time.
I was given a laptop for work and it has a touchscreen. In fact, you can fold it all the way and use it as a tablet. But I always forget that it can do either.
So, I guess my opinion is that I don’t need or want it.
I had a touch screen laptop for work at my previous job. I figured it out by accident after using for 4 years without noticing. I though “huh, that’s cool. This could be useful”, and then never actually used it for anything. I rate it a “meh” out of 10.
My work laptop has a touch screen, the only time I’ve used the touch screen function is by accident and closed a chrome window that had about 15 mins of work that was lost.
If it’s a convertible and there’s a good stylus for it, it’s really convenient. I frequently take screenshots and use the stylus to write notes and make sketches on them. Couldn’t work without it.
surprisingly useful to me
Might be nice to draw and stuff, tablet is still better imo
I owned one back in 2013, I think. It was very annoying and I’m sure the tech is better today. Still wouldn’t want one because it is so counter intuitive and extra steps to do something you already could do just fine with a mouse or touchpad.
Negative. A device trying to be everything will not succeed at anything. It also bumps the price which is already not cheap if you want a descent machine.
I habe a Framework 12. I habe not used the Touchscreen in Laptop mode once. I use it in Tablet mode to read sheet music, but even then I usually have a little Bluetooth Keyboard/Trackpad combo that I use.
