My Dell Mini Forum

holmes4 · 11-27-2009, 12:03 AM

OS X has not generally worked well with touchscreens, since Apple doesn't (yet) make any touchscreen Macs.

chewy · 11-27-2009, 12:19 AM

the hoda screen does have os X drivers, and it's been fine on my mini 9.

nevon · 11-27-2009, 04:42 AM

wow, I wish I was able to buy one of these. I just got my resistive touch screen in, and while it's OK, it's certainly nowhere near my iphone.

chewy · 11-27-2009, 05:41 AM

I would really like to compare the two, as I find that my dry fingers (wash my hands a lot working in a hospital), don't activate capacitive touch very well (same thing on some microwave ovens).

I'm guessing that the resistive TS is better for me, as I can touch it with a finger nail or stylus.

is there such a thing as a capacitive TS stylus? it would have to ground somehow?

gowtham · 11-27-2009, 03:25 PM

You can buy the capacitive touch stylus. I ordered from here. 2x CAPACITIVE TOUCH STYLUS PEN APPLE IPHONE S 2G 3G 3GS - eBay, Other Mobile Accessories, Mobile Accessories, Phones. (end time 16-Dec-09 20:05:08 AEDST) . Hopefully i can take notes on my tablet.

chewy · 11-27-2009, 04:09 PM

good to know. I figured someone was making them by now. there are gloves, too, with metallic thread in the fingertips, for using your iPhone, etc, in the cold...

redamaleki · **Part number for capacitive screen -** 12-09-2009, 09:46 PM

I realize that you may not be able to verify, but was the part number for your capacitive overlay 17-8741-117-01? I have not been able to find anything on Ebay, and on only one other site with that part # for $109 and as that is a discontinued part number from 3M, it might be hard to find.

gowtham · **Get in touch with the ebay seller -** 12-23-2009, 03:52 PM

I think its better to get in touch with the ebay seller, as he had more of these touch screen glass. They are a lot cheaper too at $50.

rock99rock · 12-23-2009, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gowtham

I think its better to get in touch with the ebay seller, as he had more of these touch screen glass. They are a lot cheaper too at $50.

I contacted the 3M seller right after this thread was created, and they had no more left.

invaderchimp · 01-31-2010, 08:55 PM

has anyone found any more capacitive touch screens? They're nearly impossible to find..
I just emailed 3M and am awaiting a reply.

rock99rock, I have seen your completed mod and I want to do the same, but hopefully with a capacitive screen.

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holmes4 Super Moderator Posts: 5,686 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New Hampshire	11-27-2009, 12:03 AM OS X has not generally worked well with touchscreens, since Apple doesn't (yet) make any touchscreen Macs. Steve Mini 9\|2GB RAM\|64GB RunCore\|Intel 5300\|Windows 8

chewy Senior Member Posts: 108 Join Date: Mar 2009	11-27-2009, 12:19 AM the hoda screen does have os X drivers, and it's been fine on my mini 9.

nevon Junior Member Posts: 22 Join Date: Oct 2009	11-27-2009, 04:42 AM wow, I wish I was able to buy one of these. I just got my resistive touch screen in, and while it's OK, it's certainly nowhere near my iphone.

gowtham Junior Member Posts: 6 Join Date: Mar 2009	11-27-2009, 03:25 PM You can buy the capacitive touch stylus. I ordered from here. 2x CAPACITIVE TOUCH STYLUS PEN APPLE IPHONE S 2G 3G 3GS - eBay, Other Mobile Accessories, Mobile Accessories, Phones. (end time 16-Dec-09 20:05:08 AEDST) . Hopefully i can take notes on my tablet.

chewy Senior Member Posts: 108 Join Date: Mar 2009	11-27-2009, 04:09 PM good to know. I figured someone was making them by now. there are gloves, too, with metallic thread in the fingertips, for using your iPhone, etc, in the cold...

redamaleki Junior Member Posts: 1 Join Date: Dec 2009	Part number for capacitive screen - 12-09-2009, 09:46 PM I realize that you may not be able to verify, but was the part number for your capacitive overlay 17-8741-117-01? I have not been able to find anything on Ebay, and on only one other site with that part # for $109 and as that is a discontinued part number from 3M, it might be hard to find.

gowtham Junior Member Posts: 6 Join Date: Mar 2009	Get in touch with the ebay seller - 12-23-2009, 03:52 PM I think its better to get in touch with the ebay seller, as he had more of these touch screen glass. They are a lot cheaper too at $50.

invaderchimp Junior Member Posts: 3 Join Date: Jan 2010	01-31-2010, 08:55 PM has anyone found any more capacitive touch screens? They're nearly impossible to find.. I just emailed 3M and am awaiting a reply. rock99rock, I have seen your completed mod and I want to do the same, but hopefully with a capacitive screen.

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