The Life and Death of the Touch Bar: Revisiting the MacBook Pro

Re:The Life and Death of the Touch Bar: Revisiting the MacBo... by pentae on Saturday August 26, 2017 @08:48PM (#15108358)

The whole world was screaming for a new Apple laptop with better performance. Imagine how many more sales they would have made if Apple had not had the touch bar, kept one legacy USB A port and hdmi port, better battery life, updated specs and priced it lower than the older models. It would have sold even better.

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Re:The Life and Death of the Touch Bar: Revisiting the MacBo... by graeme on Saturday August 26, 2017 @09:00PM (#15108413)

Indeed. I bought a 2015 pro. I needed it then, but was prepared to upgrade as soon as a new one came out.

Kept the 2015 version. Am waiting to see what comes next. I don't want a touch bar, and I don't relish getting a half/dozen dongles for all my peripherals.

So I'm an invisible sale they should have had, but didn't.

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Re:The Life and Death of the Touch Bar: Revisiting the MacBo... by Corrado on Saturday August 26, 2017 @09:52PM (#15108619)

I'm in the same boat. For the first time in a long time I don't want to upgrade my MBP. For as long as I can remember I've always lusted after the next big thing; now I'm just hoping my laptop doesn't have any problems and I won't be forced to purchase a new one. :/

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Re:The Life and Death of the Touch Bar: Revisiting the MacBo... by andoma on Sunday August 27, 2017 @12:44AM (#15109161)

Exactly this. Expanded the SSD in my late 2014 MBP recently. At least that's still possible. Just praying now that it won't break down.

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