Apple has finally revealed why the Mac doesn’t have a touchscreen. The company says that it doesn’t want to force users to use a mouse and keyboard, as this would take away from the Mac’s “unique and intuitive” interface. ..
In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal (transcribed by 9To5Mac), John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, said, “We make the world’s best touch computer on an iPad. It’s totally optimized for that. And the Mac is totally optimized for indirect input. We haven’t really felt a reason to change that.”
Basically, the company is saying that if you want an Apple device with a touchscreen, they have one ready to go in the iPad.
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With that said, there does seem to be a market for computers with touchscreens, as both Windows and Chromebook devices are available with touchscreens, and they seem quite popular.
Personally, I owned an HP Spectre x360 laptop with a touchscreen, and I could count on one hand the number of times I actually put my fingers on the screen. With that in mind, I can’t say I disagree with Ternus on this one. Touchscreens are fantastic, but they don’t seem necessary on laptops and desktops when they already have an input method that works.
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