iMac + Touchscreen - when?

[craptakular]

With windows 7 having touch screen and firefox adding support for it, does Apple have it currently or is anything in the pipeline?

I would love a touchscreen iMac! Dunno how practical touchscreen would be but it would look cool!

 

[Combat squirrel]

Touch screen imac huh ? whut about maybe a touchscreen macbook huh ? They should call it the 'ipad'

 

[whitecrook]

I would bet on seeing and iphone style track pad sooner than that - think the new mighty track pad with an ipad/iphone style touch screen. How awesome would that be.


Also - can the new track pad be hooked up as a 'secondary' input device - for example, using the trackpad to adjust sliders about whilst also using the mouse to perhaps selct a region or scrub video ?

 

[craptakular]

Touch screen imac huh ? whut about maybe a touchscreen macbook huh ? They should call it the 'ipad'

No use for an ipad.

I would want a normal keyboard as well!

 

[theheyes]

I can't see it happening tbh. I think the magic trackpad is as close as you're going to get.

 

[icedbullet]

That magic trackpad sounds awesome. I would buy one

 

[craptakular]

I can't see it happening tbh. I think the magic trackpad is as close as you're going to get.

Maybe in the next couple of years. I can't see why they wouldn't add in gestures on the monitor of an iMac.

 

[whitecrook]

Just seen this: http://www.microsoft.com/appliedsciences/content/projects/uist.aspx

The optimus keyboard but only better

 

[Ripper]

I don't see the need for a desktop touchscreen in any way, it would just be a gimmick. You would have to sit/stand stupidly close to it.

 

[ilikedthecore]

Can't see it myself - the form factor does not lend itself well to using touch for a start. Also, you need the operating system to be built around touch, the same argument around having full operating systems on tablets applies, you would have to hunt and peck to get to most options. Windows 7 supports touch but that does not mean it is a touch based operating system.

 

[Mattus]

It will never take off. Can you imagine spending hours on end using a 27-inch touchscreen? Try it now - touch various things on your monitor. After a short period of time, it would really start to ache.

 

[McPhee]

Touch on Windows 7, along with the Magic Trackpad demonstrate pretty clearly why it's unlikely. Neither add a significant amount to the experience, both demonstrate just how much Windows and OS X are geared towards mouse control rather than touch control.

(also, post 100! Wooooh!)

 

[James J]

Having used quite a few of the HP and sony touch screen pc's they literally add nothing to the usability of them at all. Its basically a sales gimmik which you pay a fortune for.

 

[Beasty]

All the touch screen pc's I've used are naff and I see little point in them. The OS doesn't lend itself at all to it.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Keep your arms held out in front of you for 5 minutes and you'll see why this is a bad idea.

 

[SiriusB]

I am waiting for facial gestures. Then I can just sit back, relax and use my eyebrows to surf OcUK

 

[Redmelo]

Fingerprints...

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Hopefully never.

The smudges would be horrific!

 

[sbi5ar]

The smudges would be horrific!

I could see them shipping it with a white glove

 

[Messiah Khan]

I could see them shipping it with a white glove

iGlove?