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M6 MacBook Pro could have four innovations new to the Mac

20 points by blacktulip 7mo ago

marssaxman 7mo ago
I sure hope there's a way to disable the touchscreen. My ThinkPad has one, and I hate it. I never want to touch the screen on purpose, so its only function is to unexpectedly move my cursor when my sleeve or something brushes too close.
- znpy 7mo ago
  I first had the touchscreen on my current x13 gen1 amd, which is overall a shitty laptop with crappy linux support. It’s… okay-ish. I occasionally use it as it’s comfortable to scroll with my finger when I’m using my laptop on the couch. HOWEVER: i rarely do that but the touchscreen is drawing power all the time. I’d have preferred a non-touch display…
- alwillis 7mo ago
  > I sure hope there's a way to disable the touchscreen Apple is usually good at letting users turn off most features. The article suggests the touchscreen will be a secondary input mode and the keyboard + trackpad (or mouse) will still be the primary mode of interaction.
  - xattt 7mo ago
    That’s adding a secondary feature to turn off to the BOM.
- mobilio 7mo ago
  I have Chromebook with touchscreen. It's great to mix trackpad and touchscreen. But after heavy use display became dirty because of human fat that remain on screen. I didn't notice similar things in iPhone/iPad however.
  - simonh 7mo ago
    I suspect it's that phone and iPad screens do get dirty that way, but they're very easy to regularly wipe clean compared to a laptop screen, to the extent that it's not as noticeable that we're doing it.
  - WalterGR 7mo ago
    iPhones and iPads have oleophobic coatings. Does your Chromebook?
- Archit3ch 7mo ago
  > I never want to touch the screen on purpose VCV modular would be fun with touch screen. :D
Sloppy 7mo ago
I have owned two high end OLED TVs both got horrible burn-in within a year. I'll never get another. This will only be worse on a computer screen with permanent areas like menu bars and docks to ruin the OLEDs. I've heard all the "we have fixed this..." and most of these are demonstrably marketers spouting, well dare I say, lies.
awakeasleep 7mo ago
In the past when Apple had really well designed software, this would’ve been such an exciting announcement. Now I feel confident that it will be half integrated, poor user experience nonsense.
karmakaze 7mo ago
Of all the features only the M6 processor and maybe C2 modem interest me. Because it's my 'dev machine' an OLED display only raises the price.
rayiner 7mo ago
A few people have been predicting touch screen macs every year forever and they’re always wrong. Apple won’t do a touch screen mac. You can’t look cool using a touch screen on a laptop.
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20 points by blacktulip 7mo ago

I sure hope there's a way to disable the touchscreen. My ThinkPad has one, and I hate it. I never want to touch the screen on purpose, so its only function is to unexpectedly move my cursor when my sleeve or something brushes too close.

znpy 7mo ago
I first had the touchscreen on my current x13 gen1 amd, which is overall a shitty laptop with crappy linux support. It’s… okay-ish. I occasionally use it as it’s comfortable to scroll with my finger when I’m using my laptop on the couch. HOWEVER: i rarely do that but the touchscreen is drawing power all the time. I’d have preferred a non-touch display…
alwillis 7mo ago
> I sure hope there's a way to disable the touchscreen Apple is usually good at letting users turn off most features. The article suggests the touchscreen will be a secondary input mode and the keyboard + trackpad (or mouse) will still be the primary mode of interaction.
- xattt 7mo ago
  That’s adding a secondary feature to turn off to the BOM.
mobilio 7mo ago
I have Chromebook with touchscreen. It's great to mix trackpad and touchscreen. But after heavy use display became dirty because of human fat that remain on screen. I didn't notice similar things in iPhone/iPad however.
- simonh 7mo ago
  I suspect it's that phone and iPad screens do get dirty that way, but they're very easy to regularly wipe clean compared to a laptop screen, to the extent that it's not as noticeable that we're doing it.
- WalterGR 7mo ago
  iPhones and iPads have oleophobic coatings. Does your Chromebook?
Archit3ch 7mo ago
> I never want to touch the screen on purpose VCV modular would be fun with touch screen. :D

Sloppy 7mo ago

I have owned two high end OLED TVs both got horrible burn-in within a year. I'll never get another. This will only be worse on a computer screen with permanent areas like menu bars and docks to ruin the OLEDs. I've heard all the "we have fixed this..." and most of these are demonstrably marketers spouting, well dare I say, lies.

awakeasleep 7mo ago

In the past when Apple had really well designed software, this would’ve been such an exciting announcement. Now I feel confident that it will be half integrated, poor user experience nonsense.

karmakaze 7mo ago

Of all the features only the M6 processor and maybe C2 modem interest me. Because it's my 'dev machine' an OLED display only raises the price.

rayiner 7mo ago

A few people have been predicting touch screen macs every year forever and they’re always wrong. Apple won’t do a touch screen mac. You can’t look cool using a touch screen on a laptop.

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