Hope this happens soon 
Windows laptops have had touch for well over a decade. Apple leading the way again…
Yep – in the Apple world, it has also been around for 17 years – originally called an iPhone, later called an iPad 
The thing is, while Windows has had touch for some time, it has always been a bit of a hack, i.e, they tried to make Windows OS work with touch but the reality is that you need a very different kind of user interface for touch to work properly.
iOS did a very good job building a system specifically designed for touch screens.
Whatever one could think about Apple or Steve Job, they reinvented the touch screen (and I am PC user).
I just find it amusing that Apple is FINALLY bringing touch to its laptop. I use touch extensively with GP on both of my Windows laptops and I couldn’t live without it for live performance.
Yes the Apple vision of what is an iPad and what is a MacBook, is not really clear. At a time they wanted to sale us the idea that the iPad is more powerful than a MacBook, then no more, and now they go on again with the iPad Pro which could be our « next computer ». I have got a multivtouch sensitive screen on my GP rig too, it is probably thanks to Apple which has none on the MacBook until now… funny 
I was thinking Mac Mini controlled by an iPad using this
With Catalina this is possible without any 3rd party Hard- or Software.
Note that with Catalina‘s Sidecar, you‘ll need an Apple Pencil for any interaction with programs on your Mac (aside from the emulated touchbar etc.)
As far as I understand, with Sidecar your host mac still needs a monitor. I was thinking mac mini without keyboard, mouse or monitor. Completely ran with an iPad as the wireless touch screen
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as long as your in landscape 
Meh, Pocket PCs with touch support (Windows Pocket PC, later Windows Mobile) were available 25 years ago (Don’t forget Symbian touch devices, as well, that were available before iPhone) 
While first iPhone versions were very limited, Pocket PCs had a GPS chip included, Office, and (really) lots of apps. I remember installing Garmin and European maps via Active Sync and having Word, Excel, …on my Pocket PC device, back then.
I loved that era.
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