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Touchscreen Netbooks To Shine At CES 2009
i4u writes "The new generation of netbooks debuting at CES 2009 will add touch and have twistable screens to use them in tablet or notebook style. Intel is set to introduce a new Classmate netbook with a twistable screen and touchscreen at the CES 2009. Back in October Asus said it was planning to introduce touchscreen Asus Eee netbooks in early 2009. Asus is exhibiting at the CES Unveiled pre-show that takes place on January 6th. Expect the Asus Eee Touch to be unveiled then. Gigabyte has outrun all of them with the Intel Atom-powered M912V that has been on the market for a while. Adding a touchscreen is rather easy. More difficult is to offer a touch-optimized UI. Let's see what the netbook vendors are going to invest on the software side."
Macbooks are pretty. That's the problem right there. I have a colleague, that actually wipes his display each morning with a clean cloth. Imagine if that thing would have a touch screen!
He might want to do the ritual BEFORE turning on his mac?
Yeah, I can't imagine an iPhone without a touchscreen either. Imagine trying to do everything with that one button it has!
I have left slashdot and am now on Soylent News. FUCK YOU DICE.
Yet, the diehards would convince themselves (and try to convince everyone else) that all they ever really needed was one button, anyways.
There is precedent...
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.