Re:MacBook Pro with Touch Bar review: a touch of the future
by rahoulb on Monday November 14, 2016 @10:32AM
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I've used my iPad as a remote display into OS X (now macOS) and it's painful.
The OS would need an interaction overhaul to make it work with touch - the hit targets are all the wrong size and a lot of behaviour relies on hovering over something. Couple that with the fact that the screen is at the wrong angle (I find it makes my arm ache just using an iPad with a keyboard and having to reach over to touch the screen) and I think Apple aren't too far wrong.
However, as someone who likes drawing, the way the Surface Studio folds down to an angle that is better for touch and pen does look pretty good to me.
The OS would need an interaction overhaul to make it work with touch - the hit targets are all the wrong size and a lot of behaviour relies on hovering over something. Couple that with the fact that the screen is at the wrong angle (I find it makes my arm ache just using an iPad with a keyboard and having to reach over to touch the screen) and I think Apple aren't too far wrong.
However, as someone who likes drawing, the way the Surface Studio folds down to an angle that is better for touch and pen does look pretty good to me.