“It gives great demo, but after a short period of time you start to fatigue, and after an extended period of time your arm wants to fall off.”<\/p>\n
Jobs also famously said<\/a> “nobody wants a stylus” when he unveiled the first iPhone in 2007. <\/p>\n Technology analyst Benedict Evans seemed bemused by Apple’s announcement of touchscreen MacBook Pros, as well as the company’s new foldable iPhone Duo<\/a> becoming compatible with its USB-C Apple Pencil stylus.<\/p>\n Writing on LinkedIn<\/a>, Evans said, “Apple is now selling a phone with a stylus and a touchscreen Mac. Steve [Jobs] is rolling in his grave.”<\/p>\n The new MacBook Pro does not support Apple Pencil input, and the company has not confirmed if this functionality will be added at a later date.<\/p>\n Former Apple CEO Tim Cook dismissed Microsoft’s focus on touch inputs and hybrid laptops for Windows 8 in 2012, telling an earnings call at the time, “You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those aren’t going to be pleasing to the user.”<\/p>\n Speaking to Wired<\/a> about the new MacBook Pros, Apple’s marketing chief Greg Joswiak reportedly said touch capabilities were overdue for professional Mac users, including younger ones who have grown up using multitouch displays on their phones and tablets.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a generation of young creators and young people using our MacBook Pros that expect to touch,” he reportedly said.<\/p>\n Apple’s chief hardware officer, Johny Srouji, allegedly said “many things have changed” to enable touchscreen Macs which “met our bar”, including improvements in display technologies and Apple’s custom chips.<\/p>\n
\nThe touchscreen feature of Apple’s new MacBook Pro can be disabled by users. Image: Apple \/ Supplied<\/p>\n