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> The problem for me is that my laptop is usually in "clamshell" mode. If I'm at the office, I have an external monitor. If I am at home, I have an external mon
by msbarnett 10y ago
> The problem for me is that my laptop is usually in "clamshell" mode. If I'm at the office, I have an external monitor. If I am at home, I have an external monitor. So the touch bar would be used for Starbucks and Planes?
I'm sincerely curious (this isn't some veiled criticism or w/e): what do you like about having it in clamshell mode with an external monitor? I use my MBP with an external at work every day, but I always keep it open for the extra screen.
- outworlder 10y agoUsually, desk space. At this very moment, I have 3 monitors in front of me (2 30", 1 27"). Space is at a premium, I don't gain much with the laptop screen. In clamshell, I can tuck it below the monitors. Sometimes I will have the laptop open. But then the screen is not properly positioned vs the other(s) monitor. And then I put it in a stand. Which means I no longer have easy access to the keyboard. This is why, in fact, I bought my first magic trackpad. I caught myself reaching for the laptop's trackpad to use gestures or scroll. Get me an external keyboard with a touch bar and I'm on board! I don't think that's going to happen though, because right now it is what makes the MBPs stand out.
- msbarnett 10y agoMakes sense. I use a magic trackpad myself, for the same reasons. Although I actually disagree -- I think a touchbar standalone keyboard is inevitable. They want people writing touchbar-aware apps, and the only way that's going to happen is to make the touchbar available to the broader installed base. Whether or not it happens right away is going to come down to how efficiently they can drive down the cost.