![]() ![]() The problems that presented are exactly why Microsoft had to de-emphasize touch when moving from Windows 8 to Windows 10. But if you don’t want touch input in Windows? Too bad, it’s baked in to the experience. He likes his, but if you’re less tied to technology for your everyday life (and, let’s face it, that could be a healthier choice mentally), you probably don’t need one. For example, the Macalope does not recommend the Apple Watch for everyone. If you don’t want one of their devices, if it’s designed for a use case you don’t have, the solution is pretty simple: Don’t buy it. ![]() Those two things are related, not antithetical. ![]() There is very little question that Apple makes the best laptops in the industry and they don’t have touch input screens. This is precisely what Apple is doing by not trying to make devices that suit every use case. Less, but better–because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with nonessentials. You probably didn’t want to include that quote since it runs exactly contrary to your thesis. We all know that Apple makes their money off hard products like the iPad, not services, like Google or Amazon.Īs Dieter Rams put it, “Good design is as little design as possible,” and these days, Apple sure is designing a lot of versions of a lot of products. Shedding the mouse and keyboard is what makes them mobile. We shall have to agree to disagree on that particular point. That’s an operating system you expect to find But that’s confusing? Knowing iOS devices have touch-based input but Macs do not is oh-so-confusing compared to the magical realm of “hell if we know if it’s a touchscreen” Windows laptops? Not to mention Windows’ own “this part’s for touch and this part’s for a mouse” split personality. Well, you can touch all of them if you want, you’re just not going to get a reaction from Mac devices. Why can I touch some Apple screens and not others? There seems to be no logic grounding these decisions at all. These days, there’s an iPad in every color for every occasion…Īpple asks that you not use a white iPad past Labor Day. By which he means he is older than five years old. The Macalope is so old he remembers when the iPad was just a big iPhone. Answer (1 of 7): Hail Hydra is a riff on the Nazi Heil Hitler, which translated would go, Hail Hitler. The iPad Pro is still just a big iPad that you can use with some really nice peripherals. ![]()
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