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by hnbad 1730 days ago
Meanwhile here I am on Windows 11 (via the dev channel) living the best life with my touch laptop that I use both for work and leisure.

Can you explain what makes you think Windows 11 "pretends desktops don't exist anymore"? If it's the product line-up revealed at this Surface event: the Surface line is explicitly a line of touch devices, so the focus on mobility seems on par.
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mike_d 1730 days ago
You actually hit the nail on the head. Touch devices do not make up the majority of existing Windows devices. My 43" monitor is never going to be touch.

It is like if Apple decided that a third of all interactions on the next iPad OS would require you to plug in a mouse.

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hnbad 1728 days ago
FWIW I very rarely use touch and certainly not for interacting with the OS on a daily basis.

Most of the time I use the touch support for sketching or highlighting with the pen. My pairs of external monitors at home and in the office are also non-touch.

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