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13-Inch MacBook Pro Said to Remain in Apple's Lineup With New Model Planned
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I think Apple will rebrand the MacBook Air to MacBook regardless because most laptops are already very thin. But from a pure specs point of view, the entry MacBook Pro has no reason to exist. I know a very small minority of people like the Touch Bar, but if apple listened to what everyone want, Macs would still have Flash and OpenDoc
Long live the Touch Bar. I have the M1 MBP and it does about everything I need from a modern Mac laptop. I am not even bothered by the 2 USB C ports it has. Rarely do I connect any external devices although I did have an external monitor connected for a while, but got tired. I just use it primarily as a laptop. Apple must have spit it out quite a number of the Touchbar chassis for M1 expecting to be a lot of purchases so they are trying to deplete over different generations Apple Silicon. Maybe by M4 it will finally be phased out. Its even more validation for my M1.
Have you actually used one? The notched space with the camera allows the menubar to move up the take up what was the large bezel, and since the middle of the menubar is dead space anyway in the UI you lose nothing and gain a nice chunk of screen real estate when normally working.
When you full screen an app the menubar space fades to black, the notch isnt super visible, and you’ve lost no space relative to the previous gen.
It’s a pretty nice design that gives me a bit more work area, try it before you knock it
Like the Mac mini and 9th-generation iPad, it's likely that this form factor is here to stay due to it being a popular choice for institutional purchases. I suspect that this model will go the same way as the Mac mini, which hasn't had a significant design change (in terms of dimensions and general form factor) since 2010.
An alternative explanation is that Apple wants to keep the Touch Bar around in some form because they have plans to revive it.
An alternative explanation is that Apple wants to keep the Touch Bar around in some form because they have plans to revive it.
Using M2 MBP and what I only miss is the 120hz display from my iPad Pro 11" and bit thinner bezel without any notch.
Touchbar is a nice addon because I don't like the shortcuts (search, microphone, no disturb) of Apples current MacBook and external Keyboard.
Also I like the M2 non-pro CPU because I don't need this power and have instead a longer runtime on battery, which is really great on M2 MBP.
Touchbar is a nice addon because I don't like the shortcuts (search, microphone, no disturb) of Apples current MacBook and external Keyboard.
Also I like the M2 non-pro CPU because I don't need this power and have instead a longer runtime on battery, which is really great on M2 MBP.
I don’t know where to begin with this so I will just say HDMI and SD are far from dead.
Shades of the mid-2012 MacBook Pro - except at least they’re still updating this one. The 2012 they just kept in the line unchanged until, what…. 2016? 2017?
Not from my experience, the 2016 line up is the worst I have ever seen from keyboard to battery. Touch Bar is okay to me.
With a hub, USB-C supports all of that retro-tech, plus serial, parallel, and half-duplex 300 baud acoustic modem. 😎
They must have an extraordinary amount of spare parts for this thing laying around, or the existing assembly lines to create this must be dirt cheap at this point.
Talk about milking it for all its worth!
There is no other reason for this 7 year old machine to still exist.
This - I had the 2015 and the 2016/2017...the battery on the 2015 was still operating far longer than the 2016.
But it doesn't look any better than the MacBook Air, which is superior to this machine and thinner/lighter....so that is the head scratcher.
There is some legacy reason that is still making Apple money somehow for this to exist. Selling just enough to government or corporate entities from various corners of the planet.
I suggest everyone look at Apple's refurbished site. You can get a sweet deal on M1 MacBook Pros and Apple refurbished have the same warranty and return policy like buying it brand new.
And better than the new MacBook Pro Design that I was given by my employer. It is bulky, heavy and the keyboard feels cheap. But Display is fantastic I must say.