topic Re: TOUCH SCREEN LAPTOP? in Electronics

TOUCH SCREEN LAPTOP?

Moonchilde — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 13:54:45 GMT

Am looking for a new laptop. At first I thought I would want a touch screen because I use my iPad so much, and it might be better with Win 10, and I'm also used to enlarging anything I want to by touch.

But - of course the touch screen laptops are more expensive, by $100+. And I have been reading that most touch pads now are multi-gesture and work like I'm used to on the iPad.

So - anyone who bought a touch screen laptop and finds they don't use it much? Anyone loving their touch screen laptop? Tell me why - thanks!

Re: TOUCH SCREEN LAPTOP?

nomless — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:14:16 GMT

My touch screen laptop was only ~$40 more than the non-touch. I'm running Win 8.1. Usually, I use the mouse, but there are times when the touch is much more convenient. I'm glad I have touch but am not sure I would have gone this route had it been $100 more.

Re: TOUCH SCREEN LAPTOP?

Moonchilde — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:24:48 GMT

@nomless wrote:
My touch screen laptop was only ~$40 more than the non-touch. I'm running Win 8.1. Usually, I use the mouse, but there are times when the touch is much more convenient. I'm glad I have touch but am not sure I would have gone this route had it been $100 more.

Thanks for your input. If I was buying Win 8 I would have definitely wanted a touchscreen!

Looking at the specs I want and depending on the mfg, the running price for Win 10 machines seems to be $100 minimum difference up to $150 between touch screen and non. I'm thinking I most likely won't appreciate it $100 worth :-)

I have the chance today to get a steal - $150 off what others are charging for the same specs - but w/o touch screen. But part of me wonders if I'd miss it.

Re: TOUCH SCREEN LAPTOP?

janmcd — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 16:48:49 GMT

I bought a touch screen laptop last Fall, but find I use the touch screen feature much less than I expected. I love my NOOK, so thought I'd use the touch screen on the laptop frequently. I don't like having to clean off the fingerprints on the bigger laptop screen before I watch a show or movie on-line! Would not spend the extra dollars on the laptop touch screen feature again.

Re: TOUCH SCREEN LAPTOP?

Moonchilde — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:02:33 GMT

@janmcd wrote:
I bought a touch screen laptop last Fall, but find I use the touch screen feature much less than I expected. I love my NOOK, so thought I'd use the touch screen on the laptop frequently. I don't like having to clean off the fingerprints on the bigger laptop screen before I watch a show or movie on-line! Would not spend the extra dollars on the laptop touch screen feature again.

Yep - I find cleaning the small screen a PITA, I had been thinking that cleaning a larger one wouldn not please me.

Thanks! I'm off later to see what I can get.

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GCR18 — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:11:03 GMT

I have it on my work computer and never use it. Or I should say, never intentionally use it. I tend to touch my screen and it always shocks me when it moves. My home computer doesn't have it, but my kindle does. I don't miss it on my home computer.

Re: TOUCH SCREEN LAPTOP?

nomless — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:21:28 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
@nomless wrote:
My touch screen laptop was only ~$40 more than the non-touch. I'm running Win 8.1. Usually, I use the mouse, but there are times when the touch is much more convenient. I'm glad I have touch but am not sure I would have gone this route had it been $100 more.

Thanks for your input. If I was buying Win 8 I would have definitely wanted a touchscreen!

Looking at the specs I want and depending on the mfg, the running price for Win 10 machines seems to be $100 minimum difference up to $150 between touch screen and non. I'm thinking I most likely won't appreciate it $100 worth :-)

I have the chance today to get a steal - $150 off what others are charging for the same specs - but w/o touch screen. But part of me wonders if I'd miss it.

For $150 less, no, I don't think you'd miss touch. It sounds like a great buy! Good luck.

Re: TOUCH SCREEN LAPTOP?

Moonchilde — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 20:41:23 GMT

@nomless wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
@nomless wrote:
My touch screen laptop was only ~$40 more than the non-touch. I'm running Win 8.1. Usually, I use the mouse, but there are times when the touch is much more convenient. I'm glad I have touch but am not sure I would have gone this route had it been $100 more.

Thanks for your input. If I was buying Win 8 I would have definitely wanted a touchscreen!

Looking at the specs I want and depending on the mfg, the running price for Win 10 machines seems to be $100 minimum difference up to $150 between touch screen and non. I'm thinking I most likely won't appreciate it $100 worth :-)

I have the chance today to get a steal - $150 off what others are charging for the same specs - but w/o touch screen. But part of me wonders if I'd miss it.

For $150 less, no, I don't think you'd miss touch. It sounds like a great buy! Good luck.

It was a toss-up between a couple of different machines. It's not my dream machine but it was cheeeap!

Bought a Dell 15.6" i7 with 6GB memory, 1 TB HD and DVD drive for $499, on sale at BB while they last. No backlit keyboard and no touch screen, and not the screen I wanted, but for as much as I will use it and what it will mostly be used for, it was too good to pass up. Typing on it now.

Re: TOUCH SCREEN LAPTOP?

nomless — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:38:46 GMT

Yay, @Moonchilde, it sounds great. Mine is a Dell from BB, too, and I, too, purchased it because it was inexpensive.

Have fun!

Re: TOUCH SCREEN LAPTOP?

Lilysmom — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 10:04:41 GMT

@Moonchilde, come back and tell us what you bought and what you think of it pls. LM

Re: TOUCH SCREEN LAPTOP?

Moonchilde — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 23:54:06 GMT

@Lilysmom wrote:
@Moonchilde, come back and tell us what you bought and what you think of it pls. LM

@Lilysmom, I had said in an earlier post, but it's a Dell i7 processor with 6GB of RAM and a 1TB hard drive, with a DVD as well. The setup was pretty simple (except for !$&;#%! Microsoft & their never-ending registrations). My wi-fi connected immediately and so did my printer. I downloaded a couple of programs and did a lot of configuring and settings stuff but will do more as I read more into Win 10 for Dummies ;-)

My old laptop gave me fits whenever I had to do an iTunes upgrade. The computer was just full of misc junk. So it would take a few false starts & aborts and anywhere from a half hour to an hour. I was utterly shocked that iTunes downloaded and installed on the new computer in less than 5 minutes!

My first laptop, like 15 years ago, had been a Dell and I thought it was just okay. I've had a Toshiba i3 for the past 6 years or so and it's been a goodie, no complaints. But Dells are always a bargain, price-wise, and this time around, money was a factor, so... Plus, things change and IT people are now happy with Dell builds again - go figure!

So far, so good. My model has no bells or whistles, but its basic specs are good.