I sure hope there's a way to disable the touchscreen. My ThinkPad has one, and I...

znpy · 2026-03-06T19:26:41

I first had the touchscreen on my current x13 gen1 amd, which is overall a shitty laptop with crappy linux support.

It’s… okay-ish. I occasionally use it as it’s comfortable to scroll with my finger when I’m using my laptop on the couch.

HOWEVER: i rarely do that but the touchscreen is drawing power all the time.

I’d have preferred a non-touch display…

alwillis · 2026-03-06T19:48:11

> I sure hope there's a way to disable the touchscreen

Apple is usually good at letting users turn off most features.

The article suggests the touchscreen will be a secondary input mode and the keyboard + trackpad (or mouse) will still be the primary mode of interaction.

xattt · 2026-03-06T19:50:44

That’s adding a secondary feature to turn off to the BOM.

mobilio · 2026-03-06T19:58:10

I have Chromebook with touchscreen. It's great to mix trackpad and touchscreen.

But after heavy use display became dirty because of human fat that remain on screen. I didn't notice similar things in iPhone/iPad however.

simonh · 2026-03-06T20:38:54

I suspect it's that phone and iPad screens do get dirty that way, but they're very easy to regularly wipe clean compared to a laptop screen, to the extent that it's not as noticeable that we're doing it.

WalterGR · 2026-03-06T21:56:18

iPhones and iPads have oleophobic coatings. Does your Chromebook?

Archit3ch · 2026-03-06T20:36:51

> I never want to touch the screen on purpose

VCV modular would be fun with touch screen. :D