Sony Vaio to go touchscreen

Erica Ogg | Jul 24, 2009

Might Sony add a touchscreen to one of its notebooks, like the Vaio P?

A Sony Vaio notebook with a touchscreen interface is on its way, a company executive said.

In an interview with Laptop Mag, Sony executive Mike Abary confirmed that an upcoming notebook will have a touchscreen that will take advantage of that feature in the upcoming Windows 7 release in October.

Here's what Abary said when asked about the possibility of a touchscreen notebook before the end of 2009:

There are certain things that will be native on Windows 7 that we are certainly going to take advantage of. Without giving too much away, we think touch on Windows 7 is something we find compelling and we will certainly introduce touch into some of our products at the launch of Win 7. You will see touch capabilities introduced on Vaio products that take advantage of Windows 7.

Whether this will come on a Sony Vaio notebook like the Vaio P model or the Vaio W Netbook remains to be seen.

Sony will likely have competition in the touchscreen notebook category once Windows 7 is released in late October. Though there are some on the market already, they tend to be convertible notebooks, like the kind from Hewlett-Packard and Asus. And these tend to be favored by business customers.

Do you see yourself using a traditional notebook or Netbook with a touchscreen? Would it add that much more to ease of use or productivity for you? Chime in below.

Via CNET Crave

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aweysham

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aweysham says...
Not sure, I would have to try it. What I see is moving my hand from normal position- hand on mouse, hand on keyboard to a third position. Both my hands are usually on keyboard. To navigate I will move my right hand to mouse (left stays on keyboard possibly to work the shift or control key). Forgot to mention I hate anyone to touch my screen trying to point something out!!!

I'm not knocking the touch screen and maybe I could be more productive with it. I would have to try it before buying notebook with touch capability. The touchpad I never use. I am strictly mouse and keyboard. Guess I'm an old die hard!!

Jul 26, 2009 14:21

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gsr5867 says...
Yeah I agree I gotta try it first although i believe it wont hurt to have that extra feature although it will surely add to the cost. So its up to the end user to assess if its worth it.

Jul 26, 2009 17:58

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