Touchscreen Laptops, Whether You Like Them Or Not

An anonymous reader writes "With CES all wrapped up, an article at CNET discusses a definite trend in the laptops on display from various manufacturers this year: touchscreens. Intel and Microsoft are leading the way, and attempting to grab the industry's reins as well: '... just to make sure the touch message was crystal clear, Intel issued an edict to PC partners during its CES keynote: all next-generation ultrabooks based on its "Haswell" chip must be touch.' With tablets and detachable/convertible computers coming into the mainstream, it seems the manufacturers have something to gain by condensing their production options. The article says, 'What does that mean to consumers? Your next laptop will likely be touch, whether you like it or not.'"

I want Gravis Ultrasound To Work in My Computer

[Anonymous Coward]

To heLL mit touch-screen!

Re:What's the big deal?

[innocence18]

Relax! I'm sure you'll be able to install your favourite version of Linux on it, and then cry about how the hardware makers won't release open source touchscreen drivers for you even though you don't want to use it.

I want a touch monitor...

[crow]

I want a touch monitor on my desktop at work. I want to program the computer to play a loud "stop touching me" every time one of my cow orkers touches it. Maybe I can finally stop having fingerprints all over my screen.

Re:What?

[Sponge Bath]

My money will go to the manufacturers who will provide "old school" displays.

Here's your VT100 sir.

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Take another ibuprophen, grandpa

[paiute]

Great. Here come the tsunami of middle-aged and elderly users - who were formerly able to rest their wrists on the laptop and type but who now have to lift up their arms to touch the screen constantly - with their complaints as the new interface slowly destroys what was left of their rotator cuffs and shoulder bursas.