Steve Jobs famously dismissed the idea of a touchscreen Mac back in 2010 when he said that it “gives great demo” but turns out to be “ergonomically terrible” in real-life use.

It was inevitable that eyebrows would be raised when the company did a U-turn on this by launching the first touchscreen Mac . But while I have no interest myself, I do think the company’s counterargument some 16 years later makes sense …

Steve Jobs had this to say back in 2010:

We thought about this years ago. We’ve done tons of user testing on this and it turns out it doesn’t work. Touch surfaces don’t want to be vertical. It gives great demo, but after a short period of time you start to fatigue – and after an extended period of time your arm wants to fall off. It doesn’t work, it’s ergonomically terrible. Touch surfaces want to be horizontal […] that’s why we’ve perfected our multi-touch trackpads over the years.

Current CEO John Ternus addressed this change of heart directly.…