Apple Rejects Touchscreen Laptops

Apple is in no rush to bring touchscreen computing to its laptops. Steve Jobs said today touchscreen notebooks would be, "ergonomically terrible." Apple has filed for a number of patents related to touchscreen iMacs, fueling speculation that the company would soon introduce a touchscreen desktop or laptop computer. Jobs put a damper on the speculation today saying, "We've done tons of user testing on this, and it turns out it doesn't work."

A screenshot of an English technology news article about Apple avoiding touchscreen laptops. Steve Jobs dismisses touchscreen notebooks as ergonomically terrible despite patents suggesting Apple may introduce them, creating irony around the company’s apparent reversal and the caption “Nobody asked for this.”

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