I got tired of waiting for a touchscreen iMac so I made one myself — here’s how I did it
I got tired of waiting for a touchscreen iMac so I made one myself — here’s how I did it
Publish Date: 2026-05-06 02:19:00
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My Lenovo IdeaCentre all-in-one PC has been the center of attention in my kitchen for nearly a decade with a vivid 27-inch touch screen, Nvidia graphics and – thanks to a recent Wi-Fi upgrade – great download speeds. Unfortunately, it gave up the ghost last month, leaving me to squint at my phone to check social media action, browse headlines and empty my inbox.
In need of a fast replacement, I wanted an iMac. Two things stopped me though: the iMac’s 24-inch display is too small for my eyes, and there’s no touch-screen available. Over the years, touch scrolling and tapping have become second nature for me, particularly while shopping online where my fingers do the buying. Apple limits finger friendly navigation to the iPad Pro, which at 13-inches would feel even more visually restrictive.
With Apple ignoring my two must-haves, I decided to make my own Mac-based touch-screen computer. I call it Brian’s Touch Mac or BTM. It starts with a five-year old Mac Mini paired with ALogic’s Aspekt Touch 32 or technically the Aspekt Touch 32” 4K UHD Docking Monitor with Touchscreen and 145W USB Charging 4K UHD Docking Monitor with Touchscreen and 145W USB Charging. Despite its long-winded name, it’s a screen gem that’s only slightly wider than my dearly departed Lenovo AIO.
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The display is about as flexible as it gets with HDMI and DisplayPort inputs, an audio jack as well as a USB hub with three USB-C and two USB Type A ports. They can deliver up to 145 watts of power for quickly charging phones, tablets and external batteries – something my Lenovo AIO could only dream of.
Its 3840 x 2160 resolution is a step down from the iMac’s 4480 x 2520-pixel display, but the Aspekt 32 screen delivers 400 nits of brightness while covering 95 percent of the DCI-P3 color spectrum with a Delta E reading below 2. That means that you’ll be hard pressed to tell the difference between the…
