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Re:Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines by KillerRAK on Thursday April 05, 2018 @08:23AM (#16764120)
I refuse to buy the new MBPs for corporate use. Just keep buying the older model. The new one is an unmitigated, overreaching, disaster. Oh and BTW, if Apple discontinues the older MBP, I will NEVER buy a MBP with a Touch Bar. Utterly ridiculous. I look forward to reading about what a stupid technology blunder this was years from now in a listicle of tech mistakes.
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Re:Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines by KillerRAK on Thursday April 05, 2018 @08:25AM (#16764136)
And don't get me started about removing the glowing apple logo on the back of the screen. No reason for it -- now the back of the MBP looks just as shitty and cheap as every other craptop on the market.
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Re:Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines by whywhywhywhy on Thursday April 05, 2018 @08:34AM (#16764213)
Found the choice of mirror material awful, looks like the surface of a child's plastic play mirror you'd find in a dollar store.
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Re:Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines by dpkonofa on Thursday April 05, 2018 @11:19PM (#16770654)
>No reason for it

Not true. The new MacBook screens are LED backlit. The shining Apple would show through the display if they kept it and it literally offers nothing of value except a visual and a battery drain.

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Re:Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines by ValentineC on Thursday April 05, 2018 @02:21PM (#16767527)
> Oh and BTW, if Apple discontinues the older MBP, I will NEVER buy a MBP with a Touch Bar.

Aren't they already discontinued? I can't find them except (very rarely) in the refurbished store.

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Re:Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines by cloverich on Thursday April 05, 2018 @03:18PM (#16768070)
They are on the main page, you just have to scroll down. Its not obvious its a non-touch bar variant: https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MJLQ2...
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Re:Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines by ValentineC on Saturday April 07, 2018 @03:21PM (#16782307)
Ah ok, it seems like the option's only available for the 15-inch model though. I'm sadly not used to that form factor.
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Re:Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines by roboyoshi on Saturday April 07, 2018 @03:19PM (#16782293)
No thank god they still offer it - I just got one for my new workplace.
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