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Re:Apple Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps by cercatrova on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @10:46PM (#27203958)
> They still made an M1 touch bar 13" MBP, they bothered to refresh it and keep it when swapping from butterfly back to scissor and the MBA only has touchID too.

That's because changing the chassis is too expensive, but when they redesign it, you'll see it most likely without a touchbar.

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Re:Apple Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps by salamandersauce on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @07:03AM (#27206960)
They already had a touch bar free 13" MBP in that chassis. In fact they put in extra effort to add the touch bar to the 2 port 13" MBP.
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Re:Apple Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps by matwood on Thursday May 20, 2021 @06:51AM (#27219562)
You made 2 great points. There's also a rumor Apple had to do things to hide the M1 from Intel. Could the added TB been a part of that? Hard to know.

I'm not a TB hater (more indifference), and I still think it's going away :)

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Re:Apple Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps by cercatrova on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @04:09PM (#27213823)
Ah you're right, I forgot about the 13" without touch bar.
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