The International Data Corporation's latest Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker shows that there were a mere 32.5 million touchscreen monitors shipped in Q2 2014, which accounts for 0.4% of the discrete monitors sold. This may have been a direct influence on the pitiful market penetration of Win 8 in SMB and Enterprise, as the much touted touchscreen support was meaningless to their users interaction with computers. The mobile side is a bit better but not much; DisplaySearch pegs the percentage of laptops with a touchscreen sold in 2013 was about 11% with a predicted 40% share by 2017 which still falls short of representing half of the market. You can pop by The Register for a link to some of the findings.
"Market monitor IDC's latest word on monitors goes some way to explaining limp enthusiasm for Windows 8: people just aren't buying touch-screen monitors.
Windows 8's user interface was designed to work on mouse-driven and poke-enabled devices. It's racked up plenty of sales, but not much love."
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A desktop touchscreen still
A desktop touchscreen still doesn’t make any sense to me. If it was a built in standard, I could see maybe using it every once in a while for whatever little reason, but simply taking my hands off the keyboard lifting them up, reaching across the desk to click a link, well that’s not a replacement for a mouse, it’s a unproductive and distracting burden.
So why exactly would any employer OR home user pay extra to lower productivity and increase arm strain.
On a laptop it makes more sense, the screen is closer and it seems more accurate than a trackpad without having to carry a mouse everywhere you go.
the same reason they are
the same reason they are trying to sell curved screen TVs.
BUY MORE!!! FOR NO REASON!! CAUSE WE WANT YOU TO!!!
There’s nothing like having
There’s nothing like having the booger you can see
That is a good point. Already
That is a good point. Already I’m cleaning my screen once a week just keeping off air born filth, how bad would it be covered in fingerprints too.
My rotator Cup/Cuff cannot
My rotator Cup/Cuff cannot take the constant lifting and touching of the screen. A small wireless mouse fits perfectly and allows me to rest my wrist on the table, so even Laptops/PCs with a touch screen should be able to disable any Touch centric functionality, in fact All touch screens need a driver switch than can be enabled from the device, so that the OS/software thinks it’s a regular non touch monitor. This is an accessibility concern, and even if the Laptop/PC has a touch enabled screen, there has to be a way to switch it off, so that any OS/software is tricked into thinking that the device is non touch enabled. It could become an ADA legal issue if this functionality is not included, on the Touch Screen equipped display device’s firmware/driver software. This should be a requirement on the ODMs of the Touch screen parts, and the OS/Software makers should enforce the Plug and Play system that supports a touch screen Monitor’s/display’s ability to tricks the OS/software into thinking that the device is a regular non-touch device.
Keep Pushing Touch-centric UIs/devices built-in to desktop/laptop users computers and monitors, and Expect the Cranky Old Geeks, and disabled to rise up, and AARP/ADA the legal issue! Those Grannies are a terror when they can not view their kitty videos, or see the screen through the grease smudges. The Legal Sharks with FRICKIN LASERS are just waiting to pounce, so expect a whole tornado of spinning legal white teeth, and sharp LASER focus on the legal issues of accessibility!
This shows were Microsoft
This shows were Microsoft went wrong, instead of allowing the customer to switch back and forth between keyboard/mouse and touch screen they tried to force everyone into touch screen.
Instead of pushing touch screen they should have pushed one system that worked across platforms, Servers, Desktops, Laptops, Surface, Tablets, Phones and let the customer decide how to control it.
It is really strange that they did not realize this when they were at the same time creating Surface which is perfect to allow shifting back and forth between touch and keyboard if only the original software would have supported it.
Good point. Almost as wrong
Good point. Almost as wrong as cloud.
For as long as touch screens
For as long as touch screens come with glare finish only, I shall not buy one because being able to easily decipher what’s on the screen takes precedence over an additional, gimmicky (on a PC) input method.