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Not having the Touch Bar is worth at least several hundred dollars.

• dr_dshiv 6y ago
  Yeah, so i don't accidentally trigger Siri all. the. time.
  • bzbarsky 6y ago
    You can solve that problem by going into keyboard settings and changing the "Touch Bar shows" setting to "Expanded Control Strip". Or "F1, F2, etc. keys" if you prefer. Whichever one you set, holding down the "fn" key will temporarily toggle to the other one. You still don't get the same feel as physical keys, but no Siri, no sliders to adjust volume or brightness, no stuff shifting around as you switch apps.
    • baggy_trough 6y ago
      You can do that, but keys on glass are still in every way inferior to physical keys.
      • bzbarsky 6y ago
        I didn't claim that this solves all issues someone might have with the touchbar. Just the specific "I keep triggering Siri" issue.
        • baggy_trough 6y ago
          Yes, it's just annoying that the best workaround involves replacing the touch bar functionality with an inferior replica of the physical keys it replaced.
  • aj_icracked 6y ago
    You can disable the siri in Touch Bar and configure it to have the buttons you want. We do that to every new laptop we give our team, it's great.
  • skohan 6y ago
    I don't understand how this didn't come up in usability testing
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• Jonovono 6y ago
  ya, would pay money to get rid of the touch bar for sure.
• beamatronic 6y ago
  At least it doesn't show ads, yet.