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Apple plans to equip its Mac computers with touchscreens, the Bloomberg news agency reported on Wednesday. This would be a major turning point for the company, as co-founder Steve Jobs once called the technology “ergonomically terrible”.
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Bloomberg has learned from a good source that the American company’s engineers are actively working on the project, a sign that touchscreen Macs are being seriously considered. However, this has not yet been confirmed.
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Apple declined to comment. Apple has been saying for over a decade that a touchscreen doesn’t lend itself to laptops and that an iPad is a better option for those who want this technology. An opinion that Apple’s competitors do not necessarily share, many of them having launched touch screen computers.
