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I have a new Macbook Pro on order, I'm excited to try out TouchBar, I hope it hangs around and isn't just a gimmick that falls by the way side. The price is hi

I have a new Macbook Pro on order, I'm excited to try out TouchBar, I hope it hangs around and isn't just a gimmick that falls by the way side. The price is high and I'm surprised they pushed it that far (being in the UK it's even worse since at the same time they corrected for the USD > GBP exchange rate changes) but I'm also not hugely price sensitive. I just like a robust, light, laptop that works. I use Windows, macOS, and Linux daily and while I'm comfortable with all of them I'd never choose anything else for a laptop (equally I never use macOS in a desktop setup). macOS feels, to me, like an operating system designed for laptops. The power management is excellent, the hibernation is robust, the screen (on the Macbook Pro line at least) is high quality and crucially the OS is well optimised for a high DPI display. I get the feeling there is some sort of internet/blog drama war going on here, it just doesn't seem to warrant the response it's getting.

Someone1234 10y ago
Legitimate question: How much time right now do you spend staring down at your keyboard as opposed to up at the screen? How do you think looking down at the TouchBar will impact your productivity?
- whiskers 10y ago
  Perfectly fair question! I touch type, so basically never. But I'm open to seeing what possibilities it brings. :-) I mostly use Sublime Text, Slack, Google Docs, and the terminal. That pretty much covers everything I need to achieve. I appreciate I'm a special snowflake and other people have other requirements. Disclaimer: I only ever use the function keys for display brightness, volume, etc. They are just not part of my routine keyboard usage.
- WayneBro 10y ago
  I've seen these questions asked the couple times now so here is one last question that I think needs to be addressed – Do you think that you will always need to look at the TouchBar in order to use it? I am of the opinion that you will not. Especially for large dynamic control such as sliders.

Someone1234 10y ago

Legitimate question: How much time right now do you spend staring down at your keyboard as opposed to up at the screen? How do you think looking down at the TouchBar will impact your productivity?

whiskers 10y ago
Perfectly fair question! I touch type, so basically never. But I'm open to seeing what possibilities it brings. :-) I mostly use Sublime Text, Slack, Google Docs, and the terminal. That pretty much covers everything I need to achieve. I appreciate I'm a special snowflake and other people have other requirements. Disclaimer: I only ever use the function keys for display brightness, volume, etc. They are just not part of my routine keyboard usage.
WayneBro 10y ago
I've seen these questions asked the couple times now so here is one last question that I think needs to be addressed – Do you think that you will always need to look at the TouchBar in order to use it? I am of the opinion that you will not. Especially for large dynamic control such as sliders.