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[–] megopie@beehaw.org 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

lot of people have been asking for a touch screen option for the 13 inch framework. Personally I never got why, i remember being given a first gen surface in high school and despising it with a passion, but here you go! Touch screen! Unfortunately it’s not a 13 inch upgrade, but still. Seems like a big part of the focus is as an option for kids at school which is cool.

Seems like it could be good as a drawing tablet, given it has a stylus and all. I’ll stick with my Wacom for now ( thank you Wacom on Linux project!).

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Touch screens aren't useful on laptops that can't turn into a pseudo-tablet. I guess the 13" can but... Not really.

[–] TDCN@feddit.dk 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't have one myself yet, but i have heard from a lot of friends and colleagues that as soon as you get a laptop with touch you just instinctively start using it even though they swore before they got it that it wasn't really useful. So I think it still has its use cases and has a value even for simple stuff like scrolling or quickly selecting menus or buttons for volume, play pause, okay, exit etc. when you don't have the mouse in your hand already. I can see myself using it when I'm working on something and have the laptop on the side to either read off documents or watching a video or using control software for a machine. People use their laptop for so many different things other than just sitting stationary with a mouse in their hand.

[–] papertowels@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am also loathe to think about the screen wobbling complaints given that weak hinges was such a concern.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The laptop isn't out yet. Give it a bit.

[–] papertowels@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I meant if the 13" had a touch screen.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You saw the wobble at their launch event.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago