A couple of the main takeaways below: Pro users are justified in questioning for whom the Touch Bar was designed. It's not designed for touch typists.

A couple of the main takeaways below: Pro users are justified in questioning for whom the Touch Bar was designed. It's not designed for touch typists. It's of marginal value for fast hunt-and-peck typists. Even the emoji browser isn't as efficient as pressing Ctrl-⌘-Space and searching for the emoji you want (for Pro-level emoji users ), so it's not better for those who love Emoji... More on the Touch Bar: For the Touch Bar, it's as if a manager told a cash-and- time-strapped team: "People are nervous about the Mac. We have to design something new, for the sake of being new, and make it pretty." And they did just that. Made a pretty hardware device that offers little benefit over the boring old function keys it replaced, and jacks up the per-device cost. And reduces battery life. I've been primarily using a Mac for years, but even the most die-hard Mac users have to admit it's a second-tier product in Apple's portfolio, judging by the last few years. Some things have improved, but the Mac Pro and Mac mini are just sitting out there rotting right now. It's beyond ridiculous.