Live Coverage of Apple's 'Hello Again' Mac Event

[Traverse]

Those tab previews are tiny!

 

[C. Cole]

Thank god for the emojis... they are so amazingly useful in the PROFESSIONAL Macbook.

 

[TheHorrorNerd]

Why not just go touch screen? Touch bar seems like a gimmicky patch in between non-touch and touch...
A touch screen would pretty much render this useless...

 

[stef06]

How can they present this new laptop as revolutionary after seeing what Microsoft showed yesterday? seriously??? MS talks about creativity andproductivity while these comedians adds only a bar with emojis???? Apple's heart is DEAD. Too full of greedy people. I am deeply sad.

 

[Barrierfreeman]

Porn tabs previewed on your keyboard confirmed.

 

[Renzatic]

The last thing I want is an icon for xvideos.com lit up on my keyboard!

Or it may be the first thing you want, depending on the circumstances.

 

[jjjoseph]

I hate to be a pessimist about all this, but The TOUCHBAR seemed greater an idea before the reveal. Now it seems cumbersome and awkward. Do I type on the TOUCHBAR or on the KEYBOARD, do I use the touchpad? Also not having the VOLUME UP and DOWN as a key is a big mistake. Thats something that should have not been hidden.

 

[H2SO4]

Let me just get this post in, before all of the "zzzzzzzz" and "we already knew that" posts - ignoring the fact that rumor sites (such as this) and annoying leaks are the reason we can't be surprised by anything Apple does anymore.

(See: iPhone 8 for reference)

If it annoys you why come here?

 

[shyam09]

So now to change volume, brightness, etc... I have to touch and slide rather than a single tap? Yup... we're moving backwards here.

The power of COUURRAAGEEEEE .

 

[b_scott]

OK I'm over it. Tell me the specs and show me the ports. I missed the body being shown.

 

[iThingsGurl]

Wow they introduce MacBook Pro(fessional) features with iMessage and emojis

 

[Che Castro]

New Apple keyboard with touchbar anyone ?

 

[Zeov]

Apple and their Emojis is getting out of hand.

 

[maflynn]

I hope there's an option to make everything monochrome like those f-keys. All those colors would be an eye-draw and distracting to me.

Good point, I can see that being distracting while working

 

[ethanwa79]

David S. Pumpkins!!!

 

[yaxomoxay]

Microsoft yesterday was talking about a 27" touch surface and a working tool (Dial).

Apple today is talking about a 0.5" touch surface that replaces function keys in order to show emoji and some functionalities.

 

[mdriftmeyer]

As an alum with Craig at NeXT and Apple, I know Steve's reaction, ``This is s***. Fix it.'' He'd shred it and pair it down to unusual key combinations only. In fact, he' want to integrate it into a backlit keyboard where the actual letters swap out with a custom control key combination.

 

[Ries]

Who looks at the keyboard??!?! I look at the screen while typing...

 

[mi7chy]

Apple just reinvented the 2004 Thinkpad T42 with fingerprint sensor.

Touch bar feels like a 2nd trackpad but longer, shorter and with microscopic display. Flawed substitute for touch screen.

 

[DevNull0]

Look how intently he has to stare at the touch bar to use it. The keyboard is eyes-free so you can keep looking at the screen.

 

[Janichsan]

Of course there had to be a segment about emoji... 😎

 

[jeff7117]

What would us pros do without Emojis!

Make an entire email of poop emojis and send it to Tim.

 

[dxmac99]

Tim loves emoji

 

[fynwine350z]

OLED bar sounded cool, but this demo is changing my mind. Does Apple think everyone looks at their keyboard while typing? How the hell is selecting emoticons for a text box easier on the OLED bar than a screen UI? Looking down to see suggested recipients in email is somehow easier than it already was?

Waiting to see how I can use the non-existing function keys in my IDE.

 

[Lizzie W.]

Wait, so if I'm on set and a client needs a graphic while i'm busy I cant have an intern go and boot up my computer to get it unless I cut off my finger and give it to them now?

I'm sure you could switch off Touch ID, like we can on the iPhone, and go back to using a passcode (or nothing).