Since the Touch Bar is OLED, do you expect burn in?

[aevan]

It's in the same place in that it's on the right edge of the Touch Bar. But when you switch applications, the buttons lengthen and shorten based on the context. Burn in occurs when each pixel is constantly displaying the same thing. In this case, even though the panel as a whole is displaying the same buttons, the pixels themselves are not displaying the same thing.

No, if you set it up to have App Controls with Control Strip, the shortened Control Strip part to the right never moves and stays exactly in the same place unless you switch to the Fn keys, extended Control Strip or the TB turns off.

Still, I don't think it's a problem.

 

[x-evil-x]

Do oled even have REAL burn in? From what i gathered is that oled can have slight image retention but it is not real burn in.

 

[Ries]

OLED don't burn in, they slowy die from use / over time. Thats why there is a practical chance of image retention. If you run on max brightness 24/7 you may get image retention by using some color pixel more than others. If you look at high quality screens, like the first galaxy from 2009, they are almost all still fine (except display models). OLED screens have improved since that time, so in the lifetime of the product, you properly won't have any noticable issues unless you look really hard for it after 5 years.

 

[spiffy05]

I have begun making the touch bar my own - something I couldn't do with the redundant buttons (for me) on the keyboard of my old MBP or the new nTB MBP.

I have removed Siri, brought in Screen Capture. Expanding the touch bar, I brought in Screen Lock, and can now quickly use the screen lock button when I am at the office and wish to move around from my desk for something. Coming back, a short and sweet smooch between my fingertip and the Mac brings the Mac alive.

There are good customisation possibilities with the touch bar and I recognised this when I saw the context-sensitive nature of the TB, and hence purchased this. The only buttons I ever touched on my old MBP were display brightness and sound apart from Escape. Having the touch bar means I will now have relevant stuff literally on tap.

Touch bar is a step forward in making the Mac and the general computing experience better, if only one can see it with open eyes instead of dismissing it as a gimmick.

Call me stupid, but how did you add screen capture? That sounds awesome, but I can't figure it out!

Thanks in advance!

 

[macintoshmac]

Call me stupid, but how did you add screen capture? That sounds awesome, but I can't figure it out!

Thanks in advance!

System Preferences > Keyboard > Customise Control Strip. After that, good old fashioned drag and drop.

 

[bizack]

I have begun making the touch bar my own - something I couldn't do with the redundant buttons (for me) on the keyboard of my old MBP or the new nTB MBP.

I have removed Siri, brought in Screen Capture. Expanding the touch bar, I brought in Screen Lock, and can now quickly use the screen lock button when I am at the office and wish to move around from my desk for something. Coming back, a short and sweet smooch between my fingertip and the Mac brings the Mac alive.

There are good customisation possibilities with the touch bar and I recognised this when I saw the context-sensitive nature of the TB, and hence purchased this. The only buttons I ever touched on my old MBP were display brightness and sound apart from Escape. Having the touch bar means I will now have relevant stuff literally on tap.

Touch bar is a step forward in making the Mac and the general computing experience better, if only one can see it with open eyes instead of dismissing it as a gimmick.

Except that if you're programming and use an IDE that relies on fn keys (which most do), you now have to press fn and then press the TouchBar. It's ridiculous that there's no option to keep the TouchBar as fn keys when using certain applications.

 

[macintoshmac]

Except that if you're programming and use and IDE that relies on fn keys (which most do), you now have to press fn and then press the TouchBar. It's ridiculous that there's no option to keep the TouchBar as fn keys when using certain applications.

But then the MacBook Pro would have become a real Pro machine!

 

[PineAppleMac]

Except that if you're programming and use an IDE that relies on fn keys (which most do), you now have to press fn and then press the TouchBar. It's ridiculous that there's no option to keep the TouchBar as fn keys when using certain applications.

Actually you can
Go to system preferences, keyboard, go to shortcuts tab, select function keys from the sidebar, click the add (+) button and select the application you want to have the fn keys as the default shown.

 

[aevan]

Actually you can
Go to system preferences, keyboard, go to shortcuts tab, select function keys from the sidebar, click the add (+) button and select the application you want to have the fn keys as the default shown.

Great tip, thanks!

@macintoshmac - does this make MBP "a real pro machine" now?

 

[macintoshmac]

Great tip, thanks!

@macintoshmac - does this make MBP "a real pro machine" now?

For my use, it was in 2011 and it is in 2016. Loved using it then, love using it in its latest version.

 

[aevan]

For my use, it was in 2011 and it is in 2016. Loved using it then, love using it in its latest version.

Just joking Me too - glad you're enjoying yours.

 

[macintoshmac]

Just joking Me too - glad you're enjoying yours.

The only thing I miss is the weight of the rMB. This additional 400g is definitely very apparent, but I knew this tradeoff and knew I will live with it considering the multiple positives. The presence of more than 1 port itself is a huge thing, I need two every evening, when the charger goes in one and a 2TB external disk goes in another.