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Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by fastball on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:39PM (#23071655)
Price? I have no idea what the markup on the touchbar is, but I'd guess it's at least in the $50 range, no?

When you're buying a $1650-4000 machine, $50-100 probably isn't gonna make potential buyers balk.

When you're buying a $99 keyboard, $150 is a fairly big difference. And honestly given the $99 price tag on Magic Keyboard, I'd guess Magic Keyboard + Touch bar would be like $199 at least. How many people do you think would buy it at that price tag? You also have to consider that Magic Keyboard currently works with windows, linux, etc, so the potential users are much wider than a Touch bar enabled keyboard, which would only work as intended with macs.

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Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by gowld on Monday May 04, 2020 @03:05PM (#23071973)
I think a lot of people balk at the price of Macs because it includes useless expensive features.

Where's the iPod Touch of Mac OS?

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Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by arcticbull on Monday May 04, 2020 @03:22PM (#23072191)
The Air and the mini.
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