Here's the full transcript of what he said: In this case, we think he's being (mostly) sincere.
To be sure, Jobs has a tendency to say one thing and do another. 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.'
Steve Jobs said today touchscreen notebooks would be, 'ergonomically terrible.'Īpple 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. The targets are just too inaccurate on Windows apps - Its nothing like using an iPad where touch is integrated so well - by contrast on Windows, You waste time in target errors with touch response - it was not the 'magic controller' I expected - typically your hand ends up blocking your target control element in the GUI.Īpple is in no rush to bring touchscreen computing to its laptops. After more hands on trying to use Windows on a touchscreen - I'm beginning to see that Steve Jobs was right.
