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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by lukifer on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @04:51PM (#25052474)
I intentionally took a performance hit by moving from a Pro to an Air almost entirely for this reason (although the low power and light weight are pleasant benefits). I'm glad that the new Air still has F-keys with Touch ID; but I'm flabbergasted that they're still not making the Touchbar optional for the Pro series, given how polarizing it's been, and the underwhelming adoption of new Touchbar functionality by third-party developers.
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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by nsxwolf on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @07:12PM (#25053924)
They brought back the escape key which is what really matters.
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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by servercobra on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @05:07PM (#25052680)
Honestly, I think it's only polarizing here and among some developers.
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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by dham on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @06:20PM (#25053440)
I mean if you think about other professions that use Macbook Pro they don't need it either. Are video professionals using it to scrub through video? Nope. For any audio professional it's useless. No one who is serious about their profession would use it.
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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by girvo on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @08:48PM (#25054681)
I’m serious about my profession and I use it daily. Wonder what that says about me.
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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by dham on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @12:37PM (#25060567)
Please tell me what it can do that hot keys and just generally knowing a program can't do? I'm honestly interested.
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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by lukifer on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @05:46PM (#25053109)
I'd be curious to know what portion of their user base for the Pro series are developers. Anecdotally, quite a lot of devs seems to use Macs; but I have no idea what that fraction is, relative to the rest of their market.
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