Touch Screen Laptops

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I am looking to get a laptop for college this year and I am debating on if I should go for a touch screen or not. At this point, I feel it would be a good idea to go with touch. I was not about it at first because I believe the idea hasn't developed to a point where it is useful to use on laptops/desktops. However as I am going into computer science, I might be working with touch technology and could be developing whatever for it, so I believe it may be in my best interest to use one. Now, I am posting because I want everyone's views on a couple things.

What are your feelings about the current state of touch laptops and your feelings on their future?

Would it be possible to connect a non-touch monitor to a touch laptop and have it be functional as a regular monitor (without touch), or would I need to get a separate touch monitor if I were to use another monitor with the laptop?

[BARRY MANILOW]

I study computer science and don't have a laptop at all, so don't feel like you need to buy these things. Although, if you intend to develop for touch devices it's obviously useful to have hardware to test it on. I personally don't see the point of touch in laptops, unless you really enjoy having a filthy screen all the time.

If you're going to get a laptop with Windows 8 you should be safe to get a touch screen. You'll be able to connect it to a regular monitor and use it with a mouse and keyboard, as W8 is designed to work with a range of input devices and runs on standard desktops with these peripherals all the time. You could probably pilot it with a joystick if you really wanted.

[Sawslig Steve. And William.]

I didn't even know touch screen laptops were a thing.

[Sawslig Steve. And William.]

Stephen said that. I did know.

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