Everything Apple Announced at Today's 'Hello Again' Mac Event in Under Four Minutes

[MacRumors]

Apple hosted its "Hello Again" Mac event this morning, where it debuted a newly redesigned MacBook Pro with an integrated "Touch Bar" panel that supports multi-touch and a range of gestures to unlock new capabilities in apps.

Much of the event was actually spent covering existing features, demoing the Touch Bar, and highlighting Apple TV capabilities, allowing us to condense the full 82 minute presentation into four minutes. If you missed Apple's keynote, our recap is a great way to get caught up without having to invest an hour and a half.

Apple's new MacBook Pro models feature a thinner, lighter body, better battery life, upgraded processors, improved displays, and the aforementioned Touch Bar, but all that innovation comes at a price, which has many customers disappointed. Apple is charging $1,799 in the United States for the entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro model with a Touch Bar, and the 15-inch MacBook Pro models start at $2,399.

While the MacBook Pro was the main highlight of the event, Apple also introduced a new Accessibility site, 4K and 5K monitors from LG, a new Apple TV app that serves as a TV guide to help users find what to watch. For a more in-depth look at everything that's new today, make sure to check our full event recap post.

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[gim]

One word: sad.

 

[BootsWalking]

Here's my recap in under 10 seconds: Amazing, Interesting, Unbelievable, Great, Fantastic, Amazing, Interesting, Unbelievable, Great, [...repeats 50 times...]

 

[TechGuy1530]

Surprised there was even 4 minutes of reputable content.

 

[ghost187]

Even the 4 minute version was boring...

 

[Lesser Evets]

The slope has steeped, the slide will worsen. Well done, Apple--billions of dollars and little to show.

 

[realeric]

Everything in a line: "Here is a new Macbook pro with touch bar. No mac pro, no mac mini, no macbook air, no new macbook, no iMac, sorry"

 

[jerry16]

I'll sum it up in seven words: price gouging, regressive, form over function, dongles

 

[Altis]

Summary:

- Prices are way up
- Needs dongles/adapters for iPhones (even the 7) and camera cards
- Big trackpad
- TouchID
- Cumbersome little touchbar so you have to enter menus to adjust volume, brightness, etc

 

[ayokkay]

hurgle haga ma furgle la shtankee wathee.
Makes about as much sense as todays products from apple.

 

[Aldaris]

4 minutes seems a little heavy. How about 4 seconds.

 

[prezasti]

So no Mac Pro or Mac Mini Announcements?

 

[joshuaadunn]

Everything in a line: "Here is a new Macbook pro with touch bar. No mac pro, no mac mini, no macbook air, no new macbook, no iMac, sorry"

Such ridiculous but true BS

 

[ls1dreams]

So, just to clarify, Apple did a huge price spike, but also:

1. Didn't get kaby lake in for this release (which I really wanted for vp9/hevc decoding), and
2. No optane memory? (unclear what the new SSD is).

Not a fan of the small macbook keyboard - if it feels anything like that it may be a big dealbreaker for me.

The new screen and touchpad look nice, but the loss of magsafe is huge to me.
This is one of the most disappointing macbook releases I've seen in a while, especially given the time to release and price bump.

 

[joshuaadunn]

So no Mac Pro or Mac Mini Announcements?

Yes, they have the courage to sell old tech still for the same price.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

I have to remember at each of the dog-and-pony shows not to get too excited because each and every time it is just a big disappointment.

 

[Sandstorm]

My personal summary - pro/desktop users received (another) spit in our faces.

I'm switching back to real computers. It was an expensive 10 year experiment.

 

[greatness]

another press/media event that could've been an email...

 

[blessed.soul]

Summary:

- Prices are way up
- Needs dongles/adapters for iPhones (even the 7) and camera cards
- Big trackpad
- TouchID
- Cumbersome little touchbar so you have to enter menus to adjust volume, brightness, etc

No Esc-Button, no SD Card-Slot...
But you have emojis in the fancy touch bar. A true pro feature.

 

[mryingster]

Everything in a line: "Here is a new Macbook pro with touch bar. No mac pro, no mac mini, no macbook air, no new macbook, no iMac, sorry"

Unfortunately accurate... However, I don't believe I heard them apologize...

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Here's my recap in under 10 seconds: Amazing, Interesting, Unbelievable, Great, Fantastic, Amazing, Interesting, Unbelievable, Great, [...repeats 50 times...]

I assume those are not your words, but a summary of most of the words used during the event? Otherwise, I'd say it takes very little to impress you!

 

[Tsaksonakis]

The 15" with a mere 256gb SSD and they cost £2,349?

This is an absolute disgrace!

 

[zombierunner]

Is it me or the prices don't seem right. Way too expensive. Also the iMacs are more expensive now even though they have not been updated.

 

[hogo]

So disappointed in this company right now.

 

[Larry-K]

Was this supposed to "Make the Mac Great Again?"