New 13-inch MacBook Pro

Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by dreamcompiler on Monday May 04, 2020 @03:46PM (#23072466)

The Touch Bar feels to me like a stopgap measure from Apple because they don't yet have touch-sensitive screens on their laptops. Eventually Apple will have to put touch-sensitive screens on their laptops -- just like everybody else does -- and on that day the Touch Bar will be history.

I know Apple doesn't think touch-sensitive screens on laptops are a good idea. I would have agreed with them 5 years ago. But every time I have to show my MBP screen to a colleague who's not an Apple user, they try to scroll the window by touching the screen with their finger. Every time. Apple is out of step with the world on this issue.

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Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by hittaruki on Monday May 04, 2020 @04:28PM (#23072876)

I dont think that is a good enough reason to add touch screen. Do you have a better reason for adding one?

One of the reasons for me to keep using a Mac has been not having a touch screen. It has become very difficult to find non-Mac laptops without a touch screen now. I for one hope they never add it.

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Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by dreamcompiler on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:57PM (#23073818)

Personally I don't care. I already have a Dell XPS running Ubuntu and I never use the touch screen even though it has one. I just think the non-hacker marketplace has come to expect all screens to be touchable.

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