ChatterBank1 min ago
Touch Screen PC, will it take off?
I was in my Favourite PC shop on Saturday and on their counter they had a touchscreen PC/monitor I naturally had to play with it for a minute or two.
I think I would sooner just use a mouse, you cant settle back in comfort if you got to keep leaning forward to touch the monitor, I didn't like it.
Do you think it will take off?
I think I would sooner just use a mouse, you cant settle back in comfort if you got to keep leaning forward to touch the monitor, I didn't like it.
Do you think it will take off?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.No, for just that reason, holding your arms out in front of you to touch a screen is not a comfortable position to hold for an extended period (can you imagine trying to work for 8 hours on the system in minority report... extreme RSI)
Touchscreens are only practicable on handheld devices or at a push on table type surfaces.
Touchscreens are only practicable on handheld devices or at a push on table type surfaces.
Touchscreens are not that new. You see them in some commercial salesrooms where folk touch the 'button' they want. I think they may be in banks too. I suspect they at more useful in a design where the screen is horizontal, maybe ?
On a PC I'd trather use my trackball, but for some reason I'm unsure that the manufacturer still makes my favoured design any more. Hope mine lasts for years yet.
On a PC I'd trather use my trackball, but for some reason I'm unsure that the manufacturer still makes my favoured design any more. Hope mine lasts for years yet.
I think the thing is that tech firms constantly come up with innovations, that we don't really need, but are nice to have. They do this, for the obvious reason, to make money. However we don't take to all of them, hello laser dic , mini disk, beta max.
I see yesterday the launch of the icloud, which will charge you money to access the stuff you have already bought off Apple, now as hard as I try I cannot see any advatage to the personal user as anything you are going to access will take time (maybe a lot of time) to upload.
Business applications are obvious, however as Sony prove a 3rd party is no place to keep things you find precious.
I see yesterday the launch of the icloud, which will charge you money to access the stuff you have already bought off Apple, now as hard as I try I cannot see any advatage to the personal user as anything you are going to access will take time (maybe a lot of time) to upload.
Business applications are obvious, however as Sony prove a 3rd party is no place to keep things you find precious.