New MacBook Pro models to feature magsafe, no touch bar and more ports: analyst

Re:New MacBook Pro models to feature magsafe, no touch bar a... by kristiandupont on Friday January 15, 2021 @06:26AM (#25789593)

Is this your experience or your assumption?

I was personally very excited when they announced the touchbar but having lived with it for 5 years now, I hate it. And I do a lot of media work, mostly in Ableton Live but also Adobe Lightroom and others.

I just bought a new Macbook Air and I was very happy that the feature of not having the bar was cheaper as it was something I would have gladly paid money for.

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Re:New MacBook Pro models to feature magsafe, no touch bar a... by toomanybeersies on Friday January 15, 2021 @06:43AM (#25789716)

For photoshop, which I'll admit I use infrequently, it's very handy.

I also use Ableton and Lightroom a reasonable amount (neither are my day job though), and am constantly left wishing that they integrated with the touchbar. I have a midi controller that I use for sliding controls in both when at my desk, but I don't take it when I'm out and about, which is where having the ability to adjust analog controls (sliders/dials) with the touchbar would be incredibly useful.

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Re:New MacBook Pro models to feature magsafe, no touch bar a... by revscat on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:10PM (#25793186)

I don’t hate it, I just ignore it. Most of the time my laptop is closed and attached to my monitor, so it’s unavailable. On the rare occasions I use it as a laptop, I might use the Touch Bar to adjust the volume, but not much else, if anything.

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