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Re:Microsoft now has the best hardware lineup in the industry by smrtinsert on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @12:42PM (#18132056)
Sorry this doesn't pass the sniff test. The touchbar is unadulterated garbage.
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Re:Microsoft now has the best hardware lineup in the industry by stephenr on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @12:49PM (#18132148)
Right. Because you personally don't find the touchbar useful/find it actively worse than the physical keys it replaces, and the comment you replied to only detailed a dozen or more things that they personally find better, the entire account must be dismissed.

Sure, that makes sense.

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Re:Microsoft now has the best hardware lineup in the industry by rad_gruchalski on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @12:48PM (#18132139)
This is personal preference. I just bought a 13” mbp with the touchbar and I’m not complaining at all. Whenever I was to use the standard F keys on the mid-2015 mbp, I had to look at them before pressing anyway. No change in workflow.
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Re:Microsoft now has the best hardware lineup in the industry by darzu on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @01:15PM (#18132421)
The most common tasks I used the fn keys for was adjusting brightness and volume. TouchBar is better at that. I suppose it depends on your use cases.
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Re:Microsoft now has the best hardware lineup in the industry by filleduchaos on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @01:03PM (#18132318)
How is it unadulterated garbage? I've had an MBP with one since the beginning of this year and I really don't see the big deal.
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