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MacBook Pro announced with M2 chip, Touch Bar, USB-C ports
- jpgvm 4y agoWhy touchbar, why. :( Please die already. I will never understand why they introduced it on a professional product in the first place, let alone at the cost of the physical F-keys. Now that I think about it I probably never would have cared about it's existence if they could have fit it in above the F-keys and left the keyboard completely alone.
- arthurcolle 4y agoIt's more modular and has decent integrations with a wide variety of apps
- phabricator 4y agoMake it opt-in! I'm happy for users that like it but it would lower the sticker price and make it more useful for those who don't. I know Apple isn't known for offering LOTS of differing models of products but ffs we've been screaming this since 2016.
- wmil 4y agoWell the marketing materials for the 2016 MBP would have been awkward without it. - Better performance. - Slightly thinner. - Worse keyboard.
- matthewmacleod 4y agoSurely you opt in by buying the single fucking device that Apple sells with this feature instead of any of the others which don’t?
- phabricator 4y agoThe problem is that the entire "Pro" line is reduced to a single fucking device
- kjs3 4y agoF-keys don't have decent integration with apps since...forever?
- frosted-flakes 4y agoA lot of programs have great F-key support. Adobe InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop/etc. in particular made full use of them with the default shortcuts.
- systemvoltage 4y agoI hope it is optional. Touch Bar has to be one of the worst inventions in user interfaces.
- yieldcrv 4y agothis is the only macbook pro model with a touchbar the 14 and 16 inch M1 models do not have it the 13 inch just got the refresh and is the only one still with it
- mattl 4y agoI wonder if in two years this model will get an M3?
- jonnycomputer 4y agoHow exciting. I ordered my M1 Mac Book Pro in January. I think its supposed to ship on the 13th of June. We'll see. Maybe they'll send me the M2 instead? har har. That's ok. I don't want a touch bar. In fact, this seems like a step backwards, apart from the M2 itself.
- rvz 4y agoThe touch bar is an instant no deal. Might as well skip it all together, until the Touch Bar is totally removed from the MacBook Pro line-up.