Looking closer, I'm pretty sure that the non-TouchBar model is just the previous model.
It has the 4th gen processors where the TouchBar models have 6th gen processors. The non-TouchBar model also still has the "smaller" touchpad and the same ports & layout as the previous models. The body itself even has the same finish as the older model. So yeah, I'm pretty sure it's just the previous model.
Re:Macbook Pro Touch Bar runs watchOS
by wlesieutre on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:04AM
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Not sure where you're looking, the non-touchbar model is physically identical to the touchbar except that it has a function key row and two less ports. Definitely the new model, it's the same thickness, same screen, same trackpad. See the tech specs if you want to confirm: http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/
Pardon. I was looking at the 15", which doesn't offer a non-Touch Bar model:
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MJLQ2L...
At the time, I wasn't aware that there was a new 13" non-touchbar model.
You can configure it up to a 2.4 GHz i7 for $300, bringing it to the same price as the 2.9 GHz i5 and touch bar. I don't know how those two processors compare.