All my laptops have touchscreens. I want to get a FW but they don’t have a touchscreen option. I know it has the connection, so can anyone recommend a third party one for me?

  • C5-O@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    As there are currently no touch display panels available for the FW13, the best you could do is find a portable touch screen that fits within the display panel dimensions, somehow secure it there (either some redneck engineering or actually custom CNC/3d Print parts), and then use one of the expansion slots and a bit of custom wiring for the USB C connection.

    And no matter what you do, it’s probably gonna look like a prototype/engineering sample at best…

    If you don’t want that, there will hopefully™ be a touch option in the future, so you could always wait for that; either buy the laptop now and hope to be able to upgrade later, or buy if/when there’s a touch option.

    • ryanpetris@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      somehow secure it there (either some redneck engineering or actually custom CNC/3d Print parts)

      I’m going to let you in on a little industry secret here: display panels generally come as a bare rectangle, with no obvious mounting locations. The mounting locations you generally see/use are thin brackets that are double-sided taped on, including the Framework displays.

      All the OP would need to do is find a screen that is of the correct size, uses eDP, and has the connector in the appropriate spot, and the mounting brackets can be transferred (carefully) from the old display.