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I do a fair amount at a desk with external monitor/keyboard/trackpad. So, yes, it will be interesting to see how the absence of the touch bar in that context wi
by jaredcwhite 10y ago
I do a fair amount at a desk with external monitor/keyboard/trackpad. So, yes, it will be interesting to see how the absence of the touch bar in that context will feel after getting used to it on the MBP directly. I have a feeling I'll want to get away from my desk more often. :)
However, I have no doubt Apple is working on a external version of this, though after hearing about the complexity of this solution inside the machine (using a variant of watchOS, ARM chips, etc.), I suspect this is a ways off.
- majewsky 10y agoPutting whole operating systems into peripheral devices is not particularly outlandish. The external keyboard on which I'm typing this has its own ARM chip and memory to drive its programmable backlight. The engineers at Apple will surely have designed the T1 chip and appendices to be easily transplantable from an MBP into an external keyboard.