The new Microsoft Surface Book i7 also costs $2400, with Core i7, GTX 965M, 256GB SSD, and 8GB of RAM. Both are insanely overpriced.
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Apple Unveils New 13-Inch and 15-Inch MacBook Pros With Retina 'Touch Bar'
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Nah, man, I think you are underestimating the speed at which you can now find the right emoji.
Hmmm, the Touchbar thing has me wondering how useful it really is? Pull down menus would seem to be faster as you can see all of the possible selections without scrolling and re-scrolling with your finger. It is cool, but is it better than pull down menus, or window in a window?
Is there any indication that you could customize the order of the scroll bar icons?
Is there any indication that you could customize the order of the scroll bar icons?
They DON'T. They're a friggin' FASHION company at this point; the only things they understand are jacking up the price on useless junk, stiffing third-world countries for rare resources, and defining the entire culture with their warped BS.
A laptop that trades USB ports for an emoji toy isn't innovation, it's the final straw that will push me to PC!
I agree. Apple will have to develop it though because it's doubtful that PC manufacturers or Microsoft, for that matter, will want to integrate it into their ecosystem. I think it would have made more sense to integrate the virtual keyboard into the screen where it could be accessible without having to look down at the keyboard as gesturing is already available there.. But then a lot of us had similar opinions about Apple design decisions when Apple abandoned the floppy and then the CD. Time will tell whether this follows the Newton into the dust pan of history.
Nope Microsoft Surface Book (nearest competitor) has 16 hour life.
Nice new additions, but it's also a shame these were removed:
It would have been very un-Apple, but there could have been enough space just above the function keys for the touch bar, rather than instead of the function keys.
3rd party adoption is also a big question. Sure Final Cut Pro X works with it, but not Adobe Premiere. Sure Photos works with it, but not Photoshop, and so on...
One cool thing they could have tried doing is to have made the big new trackpad Apple Pencil compatible. Wacom users would appreciate that. Not sure if it would work ergonomically, but if it would, that could have been a game changer.
- SD Card Slot
- HDMI Port
- MagSafe
- Real tactile function keys
It would have been very un-Apple, but there could have been enough space just above the function keys for the touch bar, rather than instead of the function keys.
3rd party adoption is also a big question. Sure Final Cut Pro X works with it, but not Adobe Premiere. Sure Photos works with it, but not Photoshop, and so on...
One cool thing they could have tried doing is to have made the big new trackpad Apple Pencil compatible. Wacom users would appreciate that. Not sure if it would work ergonomically, but if it would, that could have been a game changer.
Great laptop but the prices have become astonishingly bad! UK prices are especially insane! I understand that Apple products carry a premium but still... Imagine in a year or so they are still going to peddling these models at these prices 
Oh now... It's the closest Apple can get to admitting everyone else was right with touch-screens - including the fecking iPad Pro - without actually having to add a touch screen..
Exactly. I can't just buy an iPhone and a Macbook and have them "just work" together. That's the problem. I have to buy all this extra crap to get my Apple products to work with each other.
Not true... tried Surface Pro 4 and changed the way I used to us
You've got to be kidding. A computer that makes all your USB peripherals obsolete or only connectable with a $49/each Thunderbolt to USB adaptor?
Hey guys, turns out there's a dongle for MagSafe too... https://griffintechnology.com/us/breaksafe-magnetic-usb-c-power-cable
Still have to figure out how to get the Apple logo to light up again...
Still have to figure out how to get the Apple logo to light up again...
Touch bar doesn't make too much sense to me. I wanted a 13" with a quad core CPU.
there is zero reason to update. that conference was 2hrs or talking about a freakin touch bar.
Loved this event. I was totally ready to upgrade my imac from 2012 and my wife's macbook Air. Because of this wonderful event I just saved $4k plus. very disappointed really.