Is the Touchscreen a Big Deal? – DTNS 5385
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Is the Touchscreen a Big Deal? – DTNS 5385

B1IntermediateOctober 30, 20261 hr 2 min
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This week Apple released the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display, a touchscreen laptop. Something Steve Jobs called a “ergonomically terrible” idea. Will this move to other MacBook models? Will it cannibalize iPad sales? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Nate Lanxon, Roger Chang, Joe To read the show notes click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

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Welcome to the Daily Tech News Show, Big Tech Question. We look at the tech news this week and ask, what does that mean? I'm Tom Arrot. This week the big questions are, would Steve Jobs have approved the MacBook with a touchscreen

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or would he have continued to talk about Gorilla Arm? Did Rob keep his Google Book? There's a lot of Google book reviews coming out and Rob Dunwood had two of them. What did he think?

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Plus we're going to finish up with a little Halloween flavor. What tech scares us first though. Let's get to today's tech news. Here's Sarah Lane and Jason Howell.

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