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Re:My search for a MacBook Pro alternative by macintux on Friday December 09, 2016 @08:03PM (#13143324)
> I think that the Touch Bar exists only and one-hundred-percent because Apple doesn't want to hurt the iPad.

That would be a radical departure for Apple. They're always cannibalizing their own product lines.

Apple is very open about why they don't think a touch screen makes sense for Mac. They absolutely could change direction but as many others have pointed out, the PC form factor is slowly dying, so why would they?

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Re:My search for a MacBook Pro alternative by eropple on Friday December 09, 2016 @08:28PM (#13143451)
Apple cannibalizes their product lines in favor of what they want to push, and it feels, given the steady disregard of the Mac over the last ~3 years, that they want to push iPads. A touchscreen doesn't make sense for a Mac because they make it not make sense for a Mac, yeah?

(I'm not even saying they should have one. I don't care either way. Just that the Touch Bar is not a good replacement.)

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