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Roundup: Hands-On With Touch Bar on New MacBook Pros

mdntcallr said:
Touch Bar? sure looks great.

but, have you seen the touch screens on the windows pc's? its about time Apple steps up and offers touchscreen as well. not just on an bar
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Hands are in the way of the thing you're working on, you have to endure an OS that's designed for both keyboard and mouse and also touch, it's uncomfortable to use and it leaves fingerprints all over the screen you are using to edit photos and videos.

No thanks.
 
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heymonroe said:
WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE COMPARING THE SURFACE STUDIO TO A LAPTOP.

[sarcasm]What!? A 28-inch desktop replacement has more functionality than a laptop? CRAZY TALK.[/sarcasm]

You bringing that thing on the road with you? Buying an extra seat for it on the plane? There are legitimate complaints about this release but comparing it to the surface studio is idiocy at it's finest.
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Thank you for bringing the voice of reason back amid all the hand wringing and inane comparisons.
 
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Raist3001 said:
i don't think its a comparrison as in apples to apples as much as it is saying that the Studio and its inovation is more exciting than the touch bar.
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Why is it more exciting? That thing is great, if you are an artist. That's ABOUT it. If you are working in a 'studio' 8-10 hours a day, why do you need a laptop at all? The fact is the customization ability of the toolbar is EXTREMELY useful for people that use more than one or two applications for their job, and are constantly not in an office 10 hours a day.
 
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deany said:
Anyone think the 2010 placing of "MacBook Pro" on the bazel to be unnecessary.

It like putting iPhone on all iPhones or iPad on all iPads.

I think all owners will know what they are using when they open the clamshell.
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I think it's a branding thing, to remain resident in the psyche. But I get what you mean.
 
mozumder said:
It's worth it.

Just spend the money, buy it, and you'll never complain about it.

The only people that ever complain about tech products are the people that don't spend money to buy the expensive version.
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lol what? Every single Apple computer I've bought has been the 'maxed out' version. Did you just want to rant and speak for all people?
 
talkybear said:
Touch bar very much looks like Apple's last resistance to a full touch screen, and watching the demo is like watching people typing on physical keyboards and resisting on-screen keyboards from the days of the first iPhone...
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Touch screen laptops are awful. Apple will never mak a laptop with a touch display until your finger can be as precise as a mouse. This interface is the correct answer.
 
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Munky said:
Absolutely not. the ESC key is the cleanest key on my keyboard. Almost never use it. I know this doesn't apply to every user, but you can't say it's one of the most used keys.

Just re-map the tilde key to the ESC key. No one ever uses the tilde.
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Programmers use the tilde key and the ESC key all the time.
 
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jdelaune said:
It's a screen with no tactile feedback. You will never NOT be looking at it...

I find it SO ironic they started with an accessibility video. The Touch Bar is the least accessible thing they could introduce.
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You probably hated going from blackberries to a touch screen phone too at some point. "Oh man, I can't text people with the phone still in my pocket, like I'm Matt Damon in the Departed!."

You will learn to use it, so will everyone else, it will likely become the standard, or at least the first iteration of the standard to come, and nobody will remember what it was like before it was there.
 
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Lets go WWDC 2017 Kaby Lake Macbook Pro waiting camp ! *dreams about Apple slashing their prices just as they did on second gen RMBP*
 
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heymonroe said:
You probably hated going from blackberries to a touch screen phone too at some point. "Oh man, I can't text people with the phone still in my pocket, like I'm Matt Damon in the Departed!."

You will learn to use it, so will everyone else, it will likely become the standard, or at least the first iteration of the standard to come, and nobody will remember what it was like before it was there.
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I'll try and explain my simple point one last time. It's a screen you have to look at it to use it. Especially when they functionality and position of the buttons change or it's more complicated than a simple button like many of the demos showed.

A phone I don't care about because I am looking at it so it's fine and the keys all stay in the same place.

For anyone who touch types (pro users) they spend 0 minutes looking at their keyboard.

Apple are trying to merge two concepts which shouldn't be merged. Either you go the surface/iPad route and keep it all on the screen. Or you stick with a normal keyboard. You don't make the keyboard a second screen.
 
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prasand said:
I think it's a branding thing, to remain resident in the psyche. But I get what you mean.
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Hi
I prefer understated.
Although ironically I do like the illuminated apple logo.
But the MacBook Pro TEXT is just not needed, and actually cheapens the product, IMHO.
 
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