https://techjourneyman.com/tags/touch/ Recent content in Touch on Tech Journeyman Hugo en Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:38:31 +0800 https://techjourneyman.com/blog/why-apple-put-touchscreen-on-the-macbook-pro/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:38:31 +0800 https://techjourneyman.com/blog/why-apple-put-touchscreen-on-the-macbook-pro/ <p>By now, we&rsquo;ve all seen the clip where Steve Jobs explains why Apple would never put a touchscreen on the Mac. At the 2010 &ldquo;Back to the Mac&rdquo; event, his argument boiled down to one line: touch surfaces don&rsquo;t want to be vertical. Reach out to a laptop screen all day and your arm gets tired, a problem usually called &ldquo;gorilla arm&rdquo;.</p> <p>He was right then, and honestly, he&rsquo;s still right today. Your arm <em>will</em> get tired. A laptop screen <em>will</em> wobble when you poke it (and if you push hard enough, you might break something). And macOS was built around a pointer, not a fingertip.</p>