[geeks] Windows 8.1

[J. Alexander Jacocks]

Having tried to use a touchscreen, on a laptop, I found that it just serves
to do 2 things:

1) make my arm tired, from stretching and holding my arm out, to reach the
screen, from a comfortable typing distance
2) put lots of fingerprints on the screen, which is one of my pet peeves

Obviously, I'm not the target market.  The only real advantage that I can
see would be that the touchscreen probably protects the display, somewhat,
preventing some of the more egregious LCD abuse.

- Alex


On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 7:28 PM, <artisan at k-huhn.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 06:27:18PM -0400, hike wrote:
> > "Maybe it's just me, but I don't really see the point of a touch-screen
> > laptop.b
> >
> > Local stores (according to the Sunday sales pages) sell two different
> Dell
> > laptop and the only difference is one has a touchscreen.  If you b follow
> > the moneyb  you will find that the Dell with the touchscreen is $100
> more.
> >
>
> But which one sells more units?
>
> Touchscreen is required for a *tablet*, but for a laptop I find it
> extraneous.
>
> But I've been doing this for 30 years at this point (Oh, God.).  And if
> you have to use an additional point-click device (mouse or trackpad) the
> touchscreen just serves to confuse the issue.
>
> --
> Kurt Huhn              | Non Timeo Magnus Malus Lupus
> artisan at k-huhn.com     |
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