The idea of a touch screen laptop is not something new, nor revolutionary. It’s easy to add a touch screen layer to a normal laptop. You don’t even need special software as support is already provided by Windows 7, but what’s the purpose if there’s no option to rotate the screen? This is one simple feature that makes all the difference. At least that’s what I believe. Most of the charm touch tablets cast upon consumers comes from the convertible shape which makes it a transformers dream: laptop or paper like notebook.

    That’s why I don’t see the point of products like Dell Studio 1558, a regular notebook with just a touch layer applied to the touchscreen, albeit a multitouch one. I have to admit it’s pretty cheap at 999$, offers the performance of a regular laptop (Core i5 CPU and Windows 7 Home Premium) but almost none of the advantages of a touch tablet, and don’t tell me it’s easy to carry around a 15.6 inch laptop like you do with a 10 inch tablet like the Asus T101MT. Oh, and it gets better: there’s a 17 inch version: Dell Studio 1749 Touch. Can you imagine yourself bending your arm to reach the screen in front of you 1.5 feet away just to scroll a web page when you have Page Up/Page Down keys at your fingertips. I don’t.

    Dell Studio 1558 Touch: no sense at all

    Dell Studio 1558 Touch: no sense at all

    Source: Engadget