AirBar gives your MacBook a touchscreen for $99 Comments
- Anonymous
- KAI
Anonymous, 04 Jan 2017Then go do it yourself smartass.every body's a smartass in words or theory.....
- Gilda
- 8jm
w1nko, 07 Jan 2017Still. You know the next iteration of Macbooks will come with touchscreen capabilities and you... moreWrong again! I'm very happy with my mid 2014 MacBook Pro and will not be getting the latest model just to show off. Only fools do that.
- w1nko
- Iax
Gilda, 07 Jan 2017You obviously have NO idea what you're talking about. Using touch (with fingers) is nowhere as... moreStill. You know the next iteration of Macbooks will come with touchscreen capabilities and you are going to buy it anyway.
- Gilda
- 3iJ
Celluloid, 05 Jan 2017Sounds like you've never used a touchscreen. Is there a gesture that lets you tap any area of... moreYou obviously have NO idea what you're talking about. Using touch (with fingers) is nowhere as accurate as using the mouse pointer. And also, no trackpad comes remotely close with what Apple offers so its obvious that other companies come up with other stuff to compete.
- Celluloid
- 6EV
Gilda, 04 Jan 2017I don't see why Macbooks would need a touchscreen when their trackpad and gestures are pretty... moreSounds like you've never used a touchscreen. Is there a gesture that lets you tap any area of the screen without having to swipe a cursor over to it first? The mouse was invented because we couldn't touch the screen back then. The touchpad is a crippled replacement - except for the gestures benefit. But again, gestures is not what touchscreen is about. Being able to tap to close a window, or drag your windows around WITH DIRECT ACCESS (so that you're not navigating a cursor first) is the benefit I see the most. Same for editing documents. I can touch where I want to begin typing rather than move a cursor there and then click. That's why the Surface is so successful. Microsoft gets it.
- Gilda
- 3iJ
Eske Rahn, 04 Jan 2017A true fan speaking. Rephrased: "Since aPple does not supply it there are no need for it" ... moreWrong. Who the hell wants fingerprints all over their gorgeous retina display??!! Not me! Only some sub standard neanderthal would like that just to show that he has a touchscreen. Lame.
- Anonymous
- ntJ
Why would anyone want fingerprints... all over the screen? I wish there were a Windows laptop with just as great trackpad as MacBooks have!
- Eske Rahn
- 3I{
Gilda, 04 Jan 2017I don't see why Macbooks would need a touchscreen when their trackpad and gestures are pretty... moreA true fan speaking. Rephrased:
"Since aPple does not supply it there are no need for it"
...And we all know that once aPple finally adds it, the fans will tout it as a revolution....
- Arengium
- IVN
Julliard, 04 Jan 2017And it didnt work well with Macbook. Work way better on laptop pc. Lol. That's because that one wasn't really made for macbook. But this one does
- Someone Else
- tZj
I already made a review of the AirBar in my website and I can say this. The AirBar is NOT for MacBooks, the AirBar is optimize for Windows PC.
1. The newest MacBook doesn't have USB-A, so you can't plug it in directly.
2. The AirBar is actually aims for older PC, and it will work best with Windows as it's is already optimize for touch input
3. The MacBook is just not optimize for touchscreen input. Yes, you CAN have touchscreen on your MacBook, but it will be really hard to use because there will be a delay in input and the touch will be inaccurate.
So, my advice is, don't get the AirBar for your MacBook. It's not worth it. Get it for your old Windows PC instead.
- Gilda
- 8jm
I don't see why Macbooks would need a touchscreen when their trackpad and gestures are pretty much near perfect.
- Anonymous
- 3SL
Useless, just as notebooks with touch screen
- AnonD-572248
- PxA
Seriously, Apple can not make a touchscreen Macbook so somebody does this. And this ridiculously sneaking behind Windows.
Windows is ready for years about touchscreen notebook.
- Julliard
- RIE
Arengium, 04 Jan 2017Unbox therapy already did a video on thisAnd it didnt work well with Macbook. Work way better on laptop pc. Lol.
- Anonymous
- pVN
Why though? The OS is not optimized for touch. Touch is not a good idea for unoptimized OSes. See the Surface Pro series. So much more capable yet still failing to surpass iPad Pros in sales because one is built from the ground up for touch and the other isn't.
Nobdy likes unoptimized interfaces... better drop to clown act and stop selling this product.
- Anonymous
- t7X
Looks like a solid failure, mac users arent udually of the gimmicky type but at $100 its cheap enough that many will order one just for fun and not expecting much from.
The maker knows this and thats why they are aiming for win10 on the other side, more people with a blind thirst for gimmicky stuff there, driving old toyotas with racoon tails on the antenna, definitely a market there.
- Eske Rahn
- 3I{
Ha ha
"...one of your MacBook's USB ports,"
nice one.... Be sure to use on a model with more than one port then.....
- AnonD-558092
- 6Ba
Interesting... but seems overpriced (like the MacBooks it tries to enhance). Let's wait until more companies produce that kind of accessory to except a more reasonable price.
- AnonD-552536
- gML
added wire to an already closed circuit is stupid, it ll knock out critical stuff like motherboard and crucial software like native Karnel(MacOS).
- Anonymous
- wu4
Anonymous, 04 Jan 2017They seem to be charging quite a lot for a few sensors under the screen. It probably doesn't e... moreThen go do it yourself smartass.
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