Laptop computers are becoming synonymous with business productivity, college education, and even gaming. Due to their portable nature, we are seeing laptops in more and more places as people find ways to take their business on the road. To accommodate this behavior, many large companies are constantly developing new applications and tools to help us interact with our computers.
Most recently, we are seeing a trend toward more powerful and useful touchscreen inputs. As more and more gadgets have somehow integrated touchscreen technology, consumers are beginning to expect it in other places. A touchscreen laptop is not necessarily a new idea, but there hasn't been anything like the new technology that is coming out now.
The biggest reason why many of the large companies are making a touchscreen laptop is because the new Windows 7 operating system that is on the horizon will have built in support for touchscreen technology. Until now, companies have had to go out of their way to make sure the hardware and software lined up properly, but now the basic operating system will be compatible with the technology.
Both Dell and HP have already made headway in this area and released some two-finger touchscreens, and both continue to advance their technologies. There is another company, Lenova, which also announced a new screen that will use multi-touch, or four-finger, touchscreens.
In other words, many of the touchscreens that are already on the market allow users to easily interface with various programs. They can manipulate images, zoom in on maps, and scroll through documents with just a couple finger movements. They can also let you press buttons or turn pages on certain applications. With the new four-finger, multi-touch interface users will have a lot more control over the objects.
This will be particularly useful for designers or engineers who have to work with a lot more images and objects than other computer users. Anyone that requires a very high level of precision as they interact with the computer will be able to appreciate this level of control.
A laptop computer can be a big part of our modern lifestyle, and the big companies continue to develop new ways for use to use them. Some users, however, have felt that laptops still lack in some areas, and use a rage of different peripherals to interact with it (full keyboards, mice, etc.). These companies are hoping to eliminate that need with this new touchscreen technology.
Tablet and laptop computers are going to benefit the most from these new developments in technology, but there will likely be a big trend toward touchscreen applications in other areas as well. Our phones have laid some groundwork for casual touchscreen use, and now full computers will be able to take it to the next step.
