Touch Bar Fans: Get the 13-Inch M2 MacBook Pro for $250 Off Before It's Gone

[MacRumors]

The 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro has been discontinued in the wake of the announcement of the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro. Because of this, we're tracking a few last-chance deals on the previous generation computer that should be enticing for anyone who wants to purchase the last MacBook Pro to get a Touch Bar before they're gone forever.

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Best Buy has the 256GB 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro for $1,049.00, down from $1,299.00. This $250 discount is available in both Space Gray and Silver. Amazon is matching this sale, but only in the Space Gray color.

13-inch MacBook Pro (256GB) for $1,049.00 ($250 OFF)​

You'll find the same $250 discount on the 512GB 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro at Best Buy. This model is on sale for $1,249.00 in both colors, down from $1,499.00. Amazon is not matching this sale.

13-inch MacBook Pro (512GB) for $1,249.00 ($250 OFF)​

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Article Link: Touch Bar Fans: Get the 13-Inch M2 MacBook Pro for $250 Off Before It's Gone

 

[STOCK411]

There are fans of the touch bar?

 

[metalsiren]

no thank you, die sucker die

 

[eropko]

Not that 13 MBP was selling like hot cakes, with or without TouchBar.

 

[klasma]

I wouldn’t touch bar fans, that’s dangerous.

 

[darthbane2k]

Cue a bunch of predictable posts with people unhealthily triggered and completely overreacting to the Touch Bar.

 

[dannyyankou]

If they had a 2tb option, I might've jumped on it

 

[GMShadow]

Not that 13 MBP was selling like hot cakes, with or without TouchBar.

It was the second best selling MacBook.

 

[milkrocket]

And here I am, on the hunt for a 2020 Intel MBP

 

[Windoes]

I´m still having it, and still hating it

 

[nutmac]

There are fans of the touch bar?

I've used MacBook Pros with Touch Bar from the very beginning to the end. I've also used BetterTouchTool.

I think Touch Bar would've received a better reception if Apple reduced the Touch Bar to just 8 keys (F5 to F12), leaving the rest with physical keys (F1 to F4), while incorporating Haptic Engine.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

There are fans of the touch bar?

Step back to right after Apple rolled it out. You'd think it was Dynamic Island or something.

We seem to LOVE the tangible, visible gimmick when rolled out but then turn on it when it is discontinued. Notch was proclaimed "iconic" while it ruled... then ridiculed once Dynamic Island arrived. And once Dynamic Island is retired, I suspect there will be plenty of "good riddance" to that one too.

Remember how big Animoji were? Stickers? Touch ID? 3D Touch? Etc. Every year or two there is this new, very visible/tangible "innovation" to make the new <products> stand out from the old ones. Buy now so a cat emoji can appear to be saying what you are sharing in a text. How did we ever get by without communicating with others while looking like a cat?

The one consistent is how generally collective opinion seems to move- and shift or outright flip:flop- to fit whatever Apple has for sale now. If next year, Apple rolls out Progressive Peninsula to replace Dynamic Island, I suspect we'll be flipping out to get some "P.P." on our new phone screens.

 

[bumblebritches5]

Watch all the people bitching about it being discontinued not buy it lol.

 

[DarthDon]

There are fans of the touch bar?

here

 

[ToxicBlue]

I loved Touch Bar, especially while using pages, it showed me the correct spelling like an iPhone keyboard. never got why was so hated.

 

[Mr. Dee]

People used these laptops from 2016 to 2023 mostly without complaint. If it’s one thing the touch bar MacBooks reminded is how rarely used function keys really are. The implementation was not the best, since the physical escape key turned to be an often used key by developers. But they fixed it on subsequent revs. I use my model without issue. No problem adjusting volume, brightness or using the occasional emoji. It’s just hypocritical most users are having issues with it now.

I hear the same rhetoric about Intel Macs. Most talk is how lousy Intel Macs were, yet, everyone happily used one for 15 years before the switch to Apple Silicon. It’s not until Skylake there was truly an issue.

Who knows, 15 years from now Apple might even end up switching back to Intel if they make a breakthrough.

 

[JoEw]

I loved Touch Bar, especially while using pages, it showed me the correct spelling like an iPhone keyboard. never got why was so hated.

Probably because we lost a very valuable set of function row keys in return.. had to always look down at the touch bar to see what I was clicking. The first generation didn't even have a physical esc key. Interesting concept but in practice? Not great. I'm sure Apple could see the telemetry on it's usage and concluded it was a dud.

 

[bob24]

Even for someone who actually likes the TouchBar, buying a hardware feature which requires significant software support and is about to be discontinued by the manufacturer seems like a horrible idea no matter what.

Clearly there will will be no investment whatsoever by Apple to make it useful in future versions of MacOS, and App developers won’t have any interest in supporting it in their Apps either. So it will basically become nothing more than a touchscreen version of the physical function keys pretty quickly.

 

[com.B]

Even for someone who actually likes the TouchBar, buying a hardware feature which requires significant software support and is about to be discontinued by the manufacturer seems like a horrible idea no matter what.

Clearly there will will be no investment whatsoever by Apple to make it useful in future versions of MacOS, and App developers won’t have any interest in supporting it in their Apps either. So it will basically become nothing more than a touchscreen version of the physical function keys pretty quickly.

It will continue to be useful for emoji input and precise brightness/volume adjustment.

 

[eropko]

It was the second best selling MacBook.

Source?

 

[rbramseyjr]

I've used MacBook Pros with Touch Bar from the very beginning to the end. I've also used BetterTouchTool.

I think Touch Bar would've received a better reception if Apple reduced the Touch Bar to just 8 keys (F5 to F12), leaving the rest with physical keys (F1 to F4), while incorporating Haptic Engine.

hell, with how big the base of the macbook pro is, they should have just included the touch bar on top of the full physical keyboard and it would have been a success.

 

[GMShadow]

Source?

Apple repeatedly said as much in keynotes, as recently as last year when they refreshed it with M2.

 

[blazerunner]

I wouldn't even want that laptop for free. The touch bar was hot garbage.... and that's me being very kind.

 

[bob24]

It will continue to be useful for emoji input and precise brightness/volume adjustment.

Even if someone just wanted it for those basic use-cases, I wouldn’t even be sure they will be supported long-term. For the next 2 years I’m pretty confident Apple will keep supporting them. But in whatever version of MacOS is released after that, no one can be sure Apple won’t revert to basic support whereby the TouchBar just displays the function keys.

 

[Nimrad]

I loved Touch Bar, especially while using pages, it showed me the correct spelling like an iPhone keyboard. never got why was so hated.

I think it's not the touch bar in itself, it's that it replaced the F-keys. I would love it if they brought it back, but as an addition to the F-keys, not a replacement.