We’ve had touchscreen laptops for years. Can Apple make them better?
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<p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">A fridge is about to be merged with a toaster. Dogs and cats are soon to be living together. But it's not mass hysteria; Apple is <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1018169/what-to-expect-apple-pro-and-tell-event-touchscreen-macbook-pro">expected to finally announce a touchscreen MacBook</a> tomorrow at its <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013028/apple-second-october-product-launch-announcement">"Pro and Tell" event</a>.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A laptop with a touchscreen should be no big deal - we've had them for ages. But Apple took a hardline stance against them. In addition to Tim Cook's infamous 2012 quote equating it to <a href="https://abcnews.com/blogs/technology/2012/04/tim-cook-on-windows-8-converging-a-toaster-and-a-refrigerator">combining kitchen appliances</a>, Steve Jobs emphatically dismissed touchscreen laptops as "ergonomically terrible" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zfir0Ide0A">back in 2010</a>, saying, "Touch surfaces don't want to be vertical." </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The closest Apple got was the MacBook Pro Touch Bar, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/14/13616404/apple-macbook-pro-touch-bar-review-2016-13-inch-15-inch-laptop">from 2016</a> t …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1019288/apple-event-la-macbook-pro-touchscreen-questions">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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