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  • fastEddie

    Feb. 21, 2011 11:37 a.m. fastEddie SuperDork

    Anyone tried adding one of these to a laptop or desktop lcd monitor?

    For an application I'm considering I would like to put one of these on top of a piece of glass with the screen on the other side - there shouldn't be any problem doing that should there (assuming I can figure a way to mount it)?

  • Grtechguy

    Feb. 21, 2011 11:44 a.m. Grtechguy SuperDork

    they suck.

    seriously.

    just buy an actual touchscreen designed as one.

  • GameboyRMH

    Feb. 21, 2011 12:02 p.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork

    +1 just get a real touchscreen.

  • fastEddie

    Feb. 22, 2011 10:34 a.m. fastEddie SuperDork

    Wow, that bad huh? I'm trying to repurpose a laptop and not spend $200-300 on a touchscreen.

  • Grtechguy

    Feb. 22, 2011 10:40 a.m. Grtechguy SuperDork

    If you only want to hit 4 giant icons...it will work. those "overlays" are for very low resolution Point of Sale programs. Think McD's

  • foxtrapper

    Feb. 23, 2011 6:35 a.m. foxtrapper SuperDork

    Even with the real ones, try it for a bit.

    I keep wanting to want this, but each time I spend just 5 minutes with it at the store, I don't like it.

    Smudges all over the screen and it just doesn't work all that usefully. I do a faster more accurate job with the mouse.

 
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