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MacBook 12" + Touchbar
- Thread starter rhyzome
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I'd be down if they move the dock onto the touch bar. Maybe some 3rd party plugin can make that happen.
It'll probably come when they can get it cheap enough to not effect the price. I think ideally Apple wants the MacBook to take the place of the Air as the entry point, but its going to take a while to get the price down.
Why don't you set the dock to stay hidden. Thats what I do and so can utilise the whole screen. It only appears when you hover the mouse over it.
You don't need an expensive touch bar to add that feature.
Why don't you set the dock to stay hidden. Thats what I do and so can utilise the whole screen. It only appears when you hover the mouse over it.
You don't need an expensive touch bar to add that feature.
ha. i haven't used the dock in a decade (i used to hide it with 'dock gone', now just a terminal entry). i open apps with launchpad, go thru open apps with the app switcher (command-tab)... and have Mail Satellite in my menubar for email notification). always thought the dock was a bad idea (at least, on the 12" powerbook thru to my new 12" macbook)...
I think the Touch Bar is too expensive to include, but I bet they'll include Touch ID for Apple Pay and security.
I think the next move is to drop the price so they can kill off the air. I expect the 2017 to be the same but with kaby lake and a lower price, more like $1100 starting. I wouldn't expect their newest and flashiest feature at the same time. Maybe 2018.
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Not right away, but if they want the touchbar software to take off its going to eventually have to be on every computer they sell, si not only do i expect it to eventually come to the MacBook, but it will also have to be available to desktop users too. Si expect a new Apple keyboard with touch bar un the near future too.
+1 on this.
Didn't they say the new MBP don't need a power button because it powers on when the lid is opened? So just keep the function keys and replace the power button with the Touch ID. Man, my girlfriend can't even remember her 1password master password....