I'm not saying this to be mean, but I honestly stopped reading here. I instantly felt like this was about to come off as an immature rant against a company that just isn't giving you exciting tickles in your pants anymore.
Furthermore, if you didn't really want to say it, then you wouldn't have.
I do, with my wallet.
I do to, but mine was the only one that was not immature, things look different when you get to my age. You say it because it is long overdue, and for the common good. A child just considers their own good ussually.
This is another turning point for Apple, like in the 90's and 80's, not in the hands of deluded people. They are concentrating too much on the handheld and notebooks, as a money spinner, because it is a fashion item, that is aging. At the end of the day, if they don't keep the desktop, they can land up with at least two markets in decline suddenly. I guess you have not seen too much of this sort of thing, but the iPhone is the Atari of today. They are looking to TV etc, but two birds in the hand are at least with something compared to one potential one in the bush. If you play your cards right, you can have three birds.
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None of your "design sins" are an issue, at least for me. Touch screens on a desktop are a gimmick at best and a recipe for carpal tunnel at worst. The only place touch screens belong are tablets and the larger Surface (table) systems. The real cutting edge for the moment is this https://leapmotion.com/ and the kinect.
Hakuryuu, thanks for this, it is good to see somebody doing this. I had been planning on using a non touch display control system for my own products years ago, but nothing as sophisticated as this, just simple. I did not see where they say how it works. If it is suitable I will consider using it for my work.
As we can see you don't need to contact the tablet like table top iMac if you want it that way. The other thing people get wring is smudges. Even on my cheap phone you don't notice them when it is on, the light shines through very well. But the real issue is that there are screen coating technologies to reduce smudging and enhance display while being near diamond hard. At worst, have a version of a microfiber pad suited to the job, and quickly wipe it NW and again. I did come up with a self cleaning method, but apple dies nit have that.
Most of the opinions here were mistaken. There are ways around these various issues, but other factors are in play. It is alright to have a right opinion.