I'm going to wait for the first impressions to come out and make decision then. If the keyboard is the same as the MacBook I might consider getting the MacBook instead. If Apple are going to impose that awful keyboard across the entire line in might as well go as portable as possible.
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WHY APPLE, why didn't you give me this!
Its gonna cost me a finger, so I added some realism.
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Instead of this GIANT UNIBROW!
See the resemblance for yourself!
Lol! Love the term Unibrow for the new magic toolbar! Apple should be consulting you for their new line of products! I mean we have man buns, it's only a matter of time before hipsters adopt the Unibrow! Apple... always knowing what we need before we do.
You can do all those things perfectly with the trackpad (which is even larger now). So what was the need for an OLED Bar. Touch ID is seperate, so I guess they could have embedded into the power button without the OLED Bar.
Contextual bar for applications isnt something that I'll pay extra for if I dont use applications that require that. So far till now, all of the uses we've all collectively thought of on MacRumors have not convinced for me this OLED Bar,. But Im still giving Apple a chance till the keynote.
Lol! Love the term Unibrow for the new magic toolbar! Apple should be consulting you for their new line of products! I mean we have man buns, it's only a matter of time before hipsters adopt the Unibrow! Apple... always knowing what we need before we do.
I see you liking/unliking my post. You indecisive bruh!
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What function keys were you using? As far as I know there are only a couple that work and they have cmd alternatives that are much easier to reach. Not criticising, just intrigued.
My point is that there is almost 0 downsides to the new oled touchbar and potentially lots of upsides.
Think iTunes miniplayer, gestures to navigate the oled bar, notifications, shortcuts, contextual menus,
can someone explain what the bezel is for?
Its where you stare at when you get bored from looking at the OLED Display. Most innovative feature.
With the new trackpad, is it not possible they would just add extra multitouch controls for things like volume? I've never used the F keys on a Mac, only remember F1 being of any use on Windows... I'm guessing there will be some simple solution to have it laid out like whatever you want.
I welcome it. The top row is such a useless set of keys these days for the vast majority of people. It's really just the volume keys that are used and it'd be nice to have custom keys set there app dependant.
I welcome it. The top row is such a useless set of keys these days for the vast majority of people. It's really just the volume keys that are used and it'd be nice to have custom keys set there app dependant.
so 4 black bars on the screen and one on the keyboard area .... too many if you ask me.
Honestly I'm not upset with the look. It's the butterfly keyboard I'm worried about. ( if that's what it is)
can someone explain what the bezel is for?
Wider the screen the wider your keyboard area which gives you more capacity to make the laptop thin and still fit in all the components. Having an edge to edge keyboard isn't super comfortable either. I quite like a bezel as well.
I don't mind, honestly I don't expect it to be particularly useful anyway. It will have mostly support in Apples own apps Pages, Final Cut etc. I don't use them anyway. I'll be surprised if the big third party applications like the Abode Creative Suite have support for it any time soon.
Its all dependent on Apple actually implementing it well anyway, on recent form there are no guarantees. The Watch to unlock feature in Sierra almost never works!
TO ALL OF YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT THE KEYBOARD:
These redesigned rMBPs won't have the rMB keyboard with minimal travel.
INSTEAD, they will utilise the keyboard found on the new Apple Magic keyboard, without the function keys obviously.
Go and try one of those out, I'm using one now, a rMB and the KB on the 15" rMBP and the magic wireless keyboard is the best. Correct balance in terms of key travel and size of individual key.
These redesigned rMBPs won't have the rMB keyboard with minimal travel.
INSTEAD, they will utilise the keyboard found on the new Apple Magic keyboard, without the function keys obviously.
Go and try one of those out, I'm using one now, a rMB and the KB on the 15" rMBP and the magic wireless keyboard is the best. Correct balance in terms of key travel and size of individual key.
I feel tim cook will do a "I want to show you a macbook pro with 2015 specs" and expect everyone to buy one immediately.
Reminds me of this:
I mean I'm pretty positive about the touch bar thing but one negative I see that I might not get over is that there is no tactile feedback. meaning I can't change volume with little to no looking away from the display. I can feel that I'm pressing the button and I know exactly where it is and that it will do what I want it to. hopefully there will be a solution to this problem of mine
Here's your escape button, folks.
(I'll judge after the keynote but, as now.... meh.)
Here's your escape button, folks.
(I'll judge after the keynote but, as now.... meh.)
Let me guess. It's $35 for that thing...
The cancel button alignment is annoying me...
How Tim and Apple are reacting to the negativity surrounding the leaks
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