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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Illustrations of new Apple patent of touch keyboard

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    To make it thinner they will do it, believe me.

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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

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  • eatstoomuchjameatstoomuchjam

    I was on a team at a former job and one of our roles was to keep on top of emerging technology - at the time, Acer made a laptop with two screens (Iconia something or other) - one could either use the second screen as a screen or use an on-screen keyboard.

    Windows 7 had shit support for touch screen keyboards so that was a problem, but the bigger problem was exactly the one you'd expect - touch typing is basically impossible. Ergonomics are garbage. It's odd that Apple would get a patent for this since I'm sure that the Acer laptop wasn't the only form of prior art.

    The touch bar was already an abomination - if they do this, I hope they are ready to start shedding customers even faster.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    The touch bar was already an abomination - if they do this, I hope they are ready to start shedding customers even faster.

    I think they do not care. All reviewers and press are feeding from their table, so they will pries everything, even tell you that putting finger in mouse trap is pleasant experience.

  • kin869kin869

    It's like the Lenovo Yoga Book!

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    I actually really like using my Yoga Book. Perfect for web browsing, Netflix, and sketching/note taking. I even used it to review and backup footage on a few shoots. My only complaint is the processing power. If they could make a v.2 with a faster CPU, more RAM, and better I/O, I would most likely buy it again.

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