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Apple Highlights Mac Apps Updated With Support for MacBook Pro Touch Bar
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If you get a chance watch the keynote introducing the new MBP. It is explained there. Good news is the function row is available for apps that require it or people that don't like icons.
No it is more than just because of the brand.
It is due to all of these
- stagnation of computer updates from Apple
- use of outdated processors
- limiting ram on a "Pro" machine
- taking away ports that professionals use for the sake of simplicity
- removing a beloved magsafe standard
- selling a machine that is overpriced for what you get
Well the great thing is you have to go through a menu to control volume or brightness.
Has it occurred to Apple (or potential users) of the disconnect between the computer being used as a stand-alone laptop (where the touch bar "might" be useful) vs. the amount of time it's serving as a desktop computer connected to a monitor (in which case the touch bar is completely useless)? We just ordered 11 of these new Macbook Pros for our office, and my usage pattern is 95% monitor tethered.
In 2019 it will be the MacPad Pro with proprietary keyboard dongle, 8GB of RAM and thin enough to slice bread...
Can't wait for Logic Pro touchbar support! 
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Just the opposite for me. 5% monitor tethered.
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Just the opposite for me. 5% monitor tethered.
Oh, and MacPad Pro will be an app in appleOS, able to run on any Apple device! Connect to a monitor and keyboard... instant workstation and your Apple device is the trackpad!
The elegant solution for dongle madness is that every device will use USB-C at an ever more frequent rate.
Mac OS's 6-7% market share is totally going to be the impetus for companies and dev's to utilize this gimmick. Especially with pro's leaving Apple for greener pastures.
The emojis are gonna be killer.
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But don't you know the Magic Bar is 'the future' while Surface Studio is 'the past'.
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But don't you know the Magic Bar is 'the future' while Surface Studio is 'the past'.
Why keep the existing function row? The only purpose they serve are to control brightness, play music, change volume, etc. Beyond that, it's just taking up keyboard space, so it makes sense to expand the capabilities of the function row.
That's probably the most minor complaint about this macbook, matey.
But thanks for your input. lol
Hilarious.
lol, their 'picks' (or entire list) is massively underwhelming and quite worrying... I half expected them to work with developers before release to bring it to major apps and really show it off.
Have the only just opened the SDK or do developers really not care about it?
You win this thread. In fact, every thread about this generation of MacBook (Pro).
People are total mugs if they but this machine - both from a technical standpoint but more than anything, a value one.
That was Steve Job's dream: no buttons, no ports, no keyboard, no screen! Just a magical ingot of aluminium that costs $10,000! BONUS: It's waterproof!
that's definitely the pro demographic apple is chasing right nowHilarious.
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The negativity on here is incredible. I think it's turned into "gate" (antennagate, mapgate etc..) and hardly anyone's used the damn thing!
Let's be honest. Apple have been historically right more than 95% of the commentators here. They have a track record of proving people wrong time and time again. It's almost become a sport where forum posters try to portray outrage at whatever change Apple make. Each change is meant to be just so damaging, so destructive to their "pro" workflow honed over the years. Really?
It seems to never occur to them that Apple have the data and research to suggest that most users do not use their machines the way these "pro's" say they do. It never occurs to them that they actually test ideas out and see if they do improve things.
They know that most of their users don't need 16gb or rarely use the function keys. They have the data. These are not guesses, they are informed opinion.
But we have a whole load of people who know better. Who's edge cases I'm meant to take on board over a company that has consistently hit home runs far more often than not.
I think I'll stick with apples judgement for now thanks...
Let's be honest. Apple have been historically right more than 95% of the commentators here. They have a track record of proving people wrong time and time again. It's almost become a sport where forum posters try to portray outrage at whatever change Apple make. Each change is meant to be just so damaging, so destructive to their "pro" workflow honed over the years. Really?
It seems to never occur to them that Apple have the data and research to suggest that most users do not use their machines the way these "pro's" say they do. It never occurs to them that they actually test ideas out and see if they do improve things.
They know that most of their users don't need 16gb or rarely use the function keys. They have the data. These are not guesses, they are informed opinion.
But we have a whole load of people who know better. Who's edge cases I'm meant to take on board over a company that has consistently hit home runs far more often than not.
I think I'll stick with apples judgement for now thanks...
I can potentially see the Touch bar help introduce touch screen Macs. With the toucher taking control of menu and toolbars.
Full screen apps would be nicer with the dock moving to the touchbar and be able to swipe between different Touch Bar states , one swipe is the dock, next is the additional tools for the focused Application, etc.
Full screen apps would be nicer with the dock moving to the touchbar and be able to swipe between different Touch Bar states , one swipe is the dock, next is the additional tools for the focused Application, etc.