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Touchscreen laptops, and by extension "two-in-one" laptops, are an absolute abomination of a form factor that should not exist.
they are convenient for me. would you deny me this?
I would deny you that a surface that's designed to tilt when touched and collects fingerprints as if that's its primary function is anything but abominable. Let alone the models that are designed to operate with a keyboard and touchpad facing down and making contact with whatever surface they're resting on!
Joke's on you: I lay on my bed, bring up my knees, use my laptop on my waist while leaning against my legs, and touch the screen as needed when I can't navigate by keyboard.
I can't possibly do that with a non-touchscreen laptop anywhere near as easily.
Granted, that's probably it's only decent use case, but even so, for various, occasional operations, the touch capability is helpful.
its been almost 20 years now that people have been using smartphones where touching the screen is the only way you can do anything. when you notice fingerprints on your phone's screen you just wipe them off. why would that suddenly be an issue when it comes to laptop screens?
Mostly agree, but my thinkpad x220t with the full spin and flip screen and stylus is just fun to use!!