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It never would have had the Fidelity or capability to be useful in any meaningful way though. Apple just made interesting stuff. IBM had touchscreen Windows machines in 1995, but nobody would bother writing an article about that because it's useless and boring.
IBM also made the 'Simon' as the first Smartphone in the early 90's, but it was terrible. Apple Newton as well. There's a reason things don't become commercially viable, though they are near.
Touch screen computers also don’t make sense ergonomically. There’s a lot more arm and hand movement on a touchscreen compared to even a mouse, so you’ll get tired quicker.
I see a lot of people online saying this kind of thing, though I gotta wonder if it's mostly old people who can't adapt new paradigms.
I would never buy a computer without touch anymore. The thing the ergonomics argument misses is just because you have touch doesn't mean you can't use a mouse (or touchpad) also when it makes more sense. Tiredness is never an issue for me.
There are some things that are just infinitely more natural with touch, using an electronic device that lacks touch just feels like using incredibly outdated technology to me now.