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New MacBook Pro Reviews Mixed as Touch Bar Called Everything From 'Useful' to 'Gimmick'
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If a product/feature is too soon to review then it's too soon to buy as well.
15 Verison without the Touchbar would really have been nice, and like 300$ cheaper, cause let be honest, half of us will find it gimmicky, and the other half useful.
1/2" touchbar or a 28" touch screen... 
yeah I'll take the 28" touch screen.
yeah I'll take the 28" touch screen.
I'm perfectly happy with my 15-inch Retina MBP (Late 2013) !!
I am really happy with my post-keynote purchase decision. A Late 2015 iMac 27" 5K
Agree. This touch bar is the oddest in-between idea. Why they didn't just go for touchscreen is beyond me.
You weren't able to handle 4K? How is that possible? My Mid 2015 15" maxed out MBP handles 4K just fine. I know you said you were working in Premier, is that the reason? I've edited 4K 30fps in Premier and FCPX on mine and, while it won't win any speed competitions, it is smooth and very manageable.
Apple's advantage is that it makes both the hardware and the OS. Developers weren't rushing to support Lenovo's niche feature because comparatively, very few people had one. What Apple did was make this a mainstream feature that developers can expect most pro users to have. We're already seeing that reflected in the increasingly widespread support from important apps like Adobe's suite and Microsoft Office.
Because MacOS is not designed for Touchscreen, and that will take some time. The touchbar is nothing more then a compromise till MacOS is ready imo.
Programmable keyboard display. So 1980's
The Xen/Xen-i keyboard (around 1987/8 if I recall)
The Xen/Xen-i keyboard (around 1987/8 if I recall)
I honestly think they're not too prideful. Have you used a touchscreen for professional work? I have and it's horrible. You have to clean it everyday and the smudges get in the way of my color grading and overlay work.
I watched a few of the old iBook and iMac keynotes over the weekend to remind myself what it was like when Apple lead the industry and could innovate.
They just had an annual revenue decline. A little late there...
Wow, this guy sounds like a real whiner....
Nobody forced him to buy the Touch Bar version of the MacBook Pro... Apple still offers one with a standard Function Key row, and he can always use an external keyboard.
And as for this...
I think Apple really needs to address this market by offering a "Mac mini Pro". Small, affordable desktop computer with a the flexibility of a laptop in terms of portability, when needed. I think it's wasteful to complain about the design of a laptop when it's being used as a desktop.
Nobody forced him to buy the Touch Bar version of the MacBook Pro... Apple still offers one with a standard Function Key row, and he can always use an external keyboard.
And as for this...
I think Apple really needs to address this market by offering a "Mac mini Pro". Small, affordable desktop computer with a the flexibility of a laptop in terms of portability, when needed. I think it's wasteful to complain about the design of a laptop when it's being used as a desktop.
It's probably going to depend on the software and how it uses the Touchbar. But for me, I don't see it being beneficial. I don't want to have to keep moving my eyes from the screen down to the bar and back to the screen. A touch screen laptop is more beneficial for what I do. Take Photoshop for instance. It's much easier to be able to use a touchscreen for masking and doing fine touch ups or selecting areas than messing with a Touchbar. I used an HP Spectre x360 for awhile and found the touchscreen very helpful. What I couldn't get used to was the crummy Trackpad that I could never get adjusted to my liking. But for the Trackpad I might have gone over to the other side.
To my knowledge Lenovo's implementation wasn't open to third-party developers. Also, Apple's implementation is much better but will be a dead-end nonetheless once Apple finally gives in and adds touch support to their notebooks/OS. Developers are pretty shrewd and know this as well.
Eh, there will always be debate, obviously you have a point of view, someone else has another, that's where debate comes from. As far as the touchbar goes, I'd say too early to give it a full review and it is definitely better than a full touchscreen, which would most likely make Apple backtrack on their progress of amazing displays.
And there are more coming on iOS 10.2! Because who needs useful stuff like a Mobile Data toggle in Control Centre?