#headless macbook

The case for a Multi-Touch Mac

“Last weekend, I spent some time with a couple of friends who both have Windows laptops and I found myself experiencing a hitherto unfamiliar feeling while watching them use their computers: envy,” Dan Moren writes for Macworld.

“Look, I know. I know that touchscreen notebooks are supposed to be toaster-fridges, hybrids that aren’t as good as either a full-blown touch-based device like…

Would Apple ever make a convertible MacBook?

“Apple has steadfastly insisted that touchscreens don’t have a place on the Mac,” Jason Snell writes for Macworld. “Some of that comes from ergonomic arguments — as Craig Federighi told Wired, ‘We really feel that the ergonomics of using a Mac are that your hands are rested on a surface, and that lifting your arm up to poke a screen is a pretty fatiguing thing to do.’ (Of course, this…

On the future of Apple’s Macintosh

“At one time, it as felt that personal computers, in the twilight of the PC era, would serve the job as pickup trucks. Regular people would rely on “sedans,” tablets, to perform most computing functions. At least that’s what Steve Jobs told us,” Gene Steinberg writes for The Tech Night Owl. “I won’t compare this to the American auto industry, where people have begun to choose trucks, SUVs and…