Apple Is Working on Adding Touch Screens to Macs in Major Turnabout
- Steve Jobs famously decried idea of touch displays for laptops
- MacBook Pro with OLED poised to be the first touch-screen Mac
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Apple Inc. is working on adding touch screens to its Mac computers, a move that would defy long-held company orthodoxy and embrace an approach that co-founder Steve Jobs once called “ergonomically terrible.”
Apple engineers are actively engaged in the project, indicating that the company is seriously considering producing touch-screen Macs for the first time, according to people familiar with the efforts. Still, a launch hasn’t been finalized and the plans could change.