As above you will see many people with the non touch bar MBP complaining about heat and fan noise. This is because the NTB only has one fan. The touch bar model has two. My TB MBP does not get hot or have loud fans, and I use plenty of pro apps including Logic, Photoshop etc. So regardless of the usefulness of the touch bar, it seems it is the better designed of the two models as far as cooling is concerned.
I have found the touch bar useful in several apps, and you can customise it for whatever buttons you like so if you can't make use of it, you're not trying hard enough.
And as for your obsolescence question, if resale value bothers you, I can 100% guarantee the TB models will be the more valuable in 3-5 years time.
Haha what a joke. You stating that you can, "100% guarantee the TB models will be more valuable in 3-5 years." is complete nonsense... This is the first iteration of the touchbar. It is grainy, and MANY people are already reporting problems. Check the threads. The complexity means its more likely to fail... and they are. Function/actual keys will not go out of style. Has anyone told you that the nTB gets an additional hour to two hours of battery life over the touchbar? it requires less energy and the battery is 10% larger. Probably not, cause a lot of people are clearly uniformed. Simple economics says you'll probably get a better return on your investment if you purchase the nTB.
I have the nTB and the "electric razor" sound has kicked in exactly 3 times in 3 months. I could have bought a nearly maxed out TB for the price I paid for a nTB but I value longevity, better battery life and don't purchase Apple's first iteration of anything. If you see yourself plugging in 3-4 items all at once then clearly you have to buy the TB. I look at the Touchbar as a gimmick, it's not a necessity to my workflow.
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The higher the initial cost, the higher the resale value later. The NTB is effectively the 'budget' model of the MBP. It's not just the touch bar, it also has two less USB-C ports and only one fan, hence all th over heating problems. You don't seriously think a $1299 MBP will be worth more than a $1799 MBP in 5 years do you?
Jesus you guys. But you paid $1799 for the device!!! Basic economics could go a long way here.
And secondly the $1299 computer comes with a smaller ssd so lets compare apples to apples please.
For this example we'll compare the $1499 nTB to the $1799 TB.
Both with 8gb of ram and 256 ssd.
Lets say in 3 years you get an 70% return on your devices.
1500 x .7 = $1050 resale value
1800 x .7 = $1260 resale value
1500 - 1050 = It will only cost you $450 dollars to run for 3 years
1800 - 1260 = Compared to $540 for 3 years
It's not a big difference so please buy the machine that meets YOUR NEEDS.
