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A comment on Apple's service program for butterfly keyboard MacBooks, even out of warranty.

Re:Apple's service program for butterfly keyboard MacBooks, ... by rohug on Friday July 05, 2019 @01:03PM (#20364022)
In the list of eligible models:

"MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)"

I'm certain they previously would have specified that model with "Touchbar" rather than the number of thunderbolt ports...

RIP Touchbar!

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Re:Apple's service program for butterfly keyboard MacBooks, ... by bradknowles on Friday July 05, 2019 @04:49PM (#20365781)
Of course, that also means that they are killing at least one or two of the Thunderbolt 3 ports.

Because there's no way they'd add one or more T3 ports on top of already having four of them.

So, maybe you don't want to be so glad to see that designation.....

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Re:Apple's service program for butterfly keyboard MacBooks, ... by mstibbard on Friday July 05, 2019 @01:03PM (#20364027)
I hope you are right, that would be fantastic! So long and thanks for nothing, Touchbar!
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