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devdiddydog
2y

Most useless premium laptop feature: touch screen.

For my new Lenovo I saved hundreds of dollars because I opted for the second best screen option. Lower resolution WQXGA (2560 x 1600) 165Hz, beacuse the 4K touch enabled fancy schmancy screen of my current Dell XPS 15 has barely been used. I keep Outlook open on it FFS, and I can probably count on one hand the number of times I have used the touch feature 😖

Is it just me?

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  • 2
    2y
    @azuredivay Yep, I should have specified I was talking about premium developer laptops, not touch-first devices.
  • 2
    2y
    It might be convenient if you used it on a train or somewhere else where you can't use a mouse.
  • 1
    2y
    I for one love my touch 4k xps13! I'm tapping it every day. Switching to non-touch work lappy is an annoying exercise
  • 1
    2y
    My previous laptop was a touchscreen Dell inspiron 5557. The catch? No screen protection or hard glass of any kind, just capacitive foil on top of an LCD. It took 3 months for dead spots to start appearing.
  • 1
    2y
    Most useless option #1 for me is the 2nd small screen of nonstandard dimensions above function keys, like on zenbook duo..
  • 1
    2y
    @bigmonsterlover exactly, when you don't have a mouse. Maybe I would still take a nipple before a touch screen.
  • 2
    2y
    At least 75% of the use my touchscreen laptop sees is from roommates sneaking up behind me and closing my tabs. I should probably disable it tbh.
  • 2
    2y
    Second most useless premium laptop feature: 4k resolution (see ao https://techradar.com/news/...)
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