The idea of multitouch MacBooks and iMacs is something that gets rumored every once and a while.
The iPad has made multitouch just so instinctive as a way of interacting with screens, that we almost can't help ourselves. We just want to reach out and tap and pinch and flick.
Microsoft, for their part, made Windows 8 with a touch friendly layer.
Apple has said that they don't like the idea of multitouch on traditional computers. That the ergonomics are bad.
Apple says a lot of things though. They say no video on iPods. They say they're not making a phone. They say something until the minute they say something different
Now OS X as it exists today is certainly not touch friendly. Indeed, it would take an incredible amount of effort to make OS X touch friendly.
Peter is going to write about this next week, but I was curious what you guys think? Would you like to see touch enabled Mac? Would you like to see a touch friendly operating system from Apple?
Where would you like to see iOS as an interface layer on top of the Mac? Like dashboard, or like front row used to be?
What would you like to see?
The iPad has made multitouch just so instinctive as a way of interacting with screens, that we almost can't help ourselves. We just want to reach out and tap and pinch and flick.
Microsoft, for their part, made Windows 8 with a touch friendly layer.
Apple has said that they don't like the idea of multitouch on traditional computers. That the ergonomics are bad.
Apple says a lot of things though. They say no video on iPods. They say they're not making a phone. They say something until the minute they say something different
Now OS X as it exists today is certainly not touch friendly. Indeed, it would take an incredible amount of effort to make OS X touch friendly.
Peter is going to write about this next week, but I was curious what you guys think? Would you like to see touch enabled Mac? Would you like to see a touch friendly operating system from Apple?
Where would you like to see iOS as an interface layer on top of the Mac? Like dashboard, or like front row used to be?
What would you like to see?