Re:Apple’s 2016 in review
by simonh on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @09:42AM
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If so, why did they bother designing and engineering in an entirely new touch-based interface in the form of the touch bar, using a watch-OS based subsystem, and update all the integrated apps to support it? That seems like a lot of trouble to go to for a sideline product. If that were the case surely they'd just have upped the specs on the existing designs.
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But the Touch Bar feels like a bolt-on "innovation", i.e. something Apple did to prove that they are still innovating and driving sales, rather than refinements to the MBP experience (the "P" in MBP) and more power.
My point is that Apple knows that laptops are a declining market. Still, the professionals who use MBPs drive adoption of other Apple products.