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Yeah, I thought the same thing (specially since 95% of the time I'm using my laptop, I actually have it closed, hooked up to a screen and with external keyboard
by manuelflara 10y ago
Yeah, I thought the same thing (specially since 95% of the time I'm using my laptop, I actually have it closed, hooked up to a screen and with external keyboard and mouse). But I guess this will be useful for most casual users, since they often look down to their keyboards (and to be honest, the keyboard and the screen aren't that far apart in a laptop) and who don't usually use/know hotkeys for common actions they perform, and which now they'll have access to through the touch bar. But for most developers, yeah this seems like a gimmick. And yes, Touch ID is sweet. That 3 second payment demo was great.
- jonknee 10y ago> But I guess this will be useful for most casual users, since they often look down to their keyboards Which is weird it's a feature exclusively on their "Pro" line of laptops.
- glassx 10y agoWell, there are many kinds of "professionals". Designers, photographers or people working with audio/video production don't really need touch-typing. And those are arguably the kind of "Pro" users Apple is targeting, not coders.
- jonknee 10y agoAnd those are almost all people who don't use a 13-15" screen for their work whenever they can help it. Which makes the touch bar useless.
- dsl 10y ago> since 95% of the time I'm using my laptop, I actually have it closed, hooked up to a screen and with external keyboard and mouse I can't believe they put a radio in my car since 95% of the time I just leave it in my driveway and take the bus.