The results from last week's poll show that touchscreens do have a place on some laptops. It's mainly the ones with a 360° hinge or the ones where the screen can detach from the keyboard, the laptops that can be used as a tablet. According to commenters, a touchscreen enables quick and easy navigation, especially for people who don't like using a touchpad. It also has clear applications for artists, designers and developers.
The second-largest voting block has no need for a touchscreen on a laptop and is mainly concerned with not paying extra for a feature they won't use, a perfectly understandable position. Then there are those who do use the touchscreen on laptops that can't turn into a tablet. They represent nearly a quarter of voters, though most admit to using the touch function only occasionally. The group that uses touch constantly was the smallest, with just over 9% of the vote.
Focusing on Apple, the company was right to launch a touch-enabled MacBook, but it picked the wrong form factor. macOS can run iPadOS apps natively, so a MacBook with a 360° hinge would have had a wealth of apps to use. Using iPad apps when you have to reach your finger across your desk, however, is not going to be a popular use case.
As for non-Apple makers, Google recently launched the Googlebook project, Android-powered laptops. Android is touch-native, but from what we've seen so far, it doesn't make for a great laptop OS. Microsoft has been trying to make the Windows UI usable on a tablet since Windows 8 launched in 2012, and it is still a mess. Chances are that touch-enabled laptops will remain a niche product.
Source: GSMArena · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing