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John Ternus says the Mac is "first and foremost an indirect input device", but touch is "comfortable and handy" sometimes; Apple long resisted touchscreen Macs (Steven Levy/Wired)
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Steven Levy / Wired: John Ternus says the Mac is “first and foremost an indirect input device”, but touch is “comfortable and handy” sometimes; Apple long resisted touchscreen Macs — An exclusive early look at Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro—the computer Apple said would never happen.
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