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I am sitting here typing with my Lenovo x220 Tablet Laptop - a laptop with a touch screen and stylus.

I hate it. HATE it. the touch screen on a laptop is out of place without any way to disable the touch when I want, it overlays the touch technology on the screen which is visible to me in the sun - as well as the screen medium makes the screen more dim than I would like. Especially in the sun/brightly lit areas.

It really needs to be done right in order to make a great experience. Thus far I haven't seen one.

One of the frustrating things about a touch-screen laptop is that I have a very curious toddler. She likes to touch what daddy is touching, so she will come and grab the screen to bend it down so she can see what I am doing and in doing so clicks on things, scrolls and closes windows.

I never use the touch screen on this machine for anything and so it is simply an annoyance.




Just curious, did you buy the Lenovo thinking the touch screen would be a plus? I'm not sure a saleperson at Best Buy would be able to sell me a touch screen computer. The mere idea seems unwieldly, like someone desperately trying to make innovation in consistently wrong directions.


This is a work provided machine, not my choice :)


Ah, sorry to hear that :)


Regarding your "touch what daddy is touching" comment, why is that not true for a keyboard or touch pad?


Well it's pretty easy to defend the keyboard, and I certainly don't want to prevent her from being curious about what I am doing and computers in general - it's just that her tiny hands an fingers appear to be magically attracted to the little red X in the corner of the screen as that is typically where she grabs the screen to bend it toward her so she can see.

I just would like the ability to disable the touch functionality when I want.




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