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Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro

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Re: Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro

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> Apple introduces first 8-core MacBook Pro, the fastest Mac notebook ever You can use phrase "the fastest Mac notebook ever" each year when a new notebook released.

Oddly enough though, in 2014, they introduced Mac Minis that were slower than the previous generation.

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Wish there was an option to buy a 15 inch with no touch bar. I cannot find any suitable use for it on my current model, and I often hit items inadvertently due to the lack of tactile feedback

Not only does Apple offer no option to buy a 15 inch with a full keyboard, they’ve also failed to upgrade the 13 inch model with this refresh.

WTF, honestly.

Re: Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro

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post #7

Wish there was an option to buy a 15 inch with no touch bar. I cannot find any suitable use for it on my current model, and I often hit items inadvertently due to the lack of tactile feedback

while software driven, there is a program you can get called Haptic Touch Bar, which vibrates when you hit the touchbar buttons.

Not perfect, but at least sort of helpful.

The main point, let me have a nice version without the touchbar is shared.

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post #7

Wish there was an option to buy a 15 inch with no touch bar. I cannot find any suitable use for it on my current model, and I often hit items inadvertently due to the lack of tactile feedback

I never got why, if they really want the touch bar, they don't do both. F-keys and touch bar. I kinda would have welcomed this because the "fn" key is a horrible presence on any laptop keyboard anyway and I'd happily would have seen them delegate screen brightness and audio to the touch bar as a separate input.

Re: Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro

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The arrow keys and touchbar make that machine completely unsuitable for writing code, at least for me. My right hand needs to unconsciously lock on to the arrow keys, and that's just impossible with that layout. There's nothing to grab on to. My new iMac keyboard sits in a drawer collecting dust solely because of the arrow keys.

And the butterfly mechanism is unproven and untrustworthy, I don't care how many times they update it.

They need to go back to using the same keyboard mechanisms for both their desktops and laptops, and they need to go back to the old arrow key layout.

I will wait another year until 2020.

Re: Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro

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and looks like the same problematic keyboard :-/

They changed something in it and claim it’s fixed (yet again). We’ll see how it shakes out.

But if you don’t like butterfly keyboards... yep, still butterfly even if it’s reliable now.

Re: Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro

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These used to excite me because I've desperately needed 32gb and faster procs and used to upgrade every 2-3 years but now I just yawn at MBP releases. I'm so unexcited by everything about this form factor other than the fact that it has OSX. I'm guessing I'll be on my 2016 until I finally bite the bullet and quit using OSX if they don't make a more compelling package to spend my $3k on in the next few years. I don't…

I thought the same thing. Now I'm stuck with a $1500 Asus laptop that barely plays Netflix a year and a half later. despite an 7th gen i7 and 16gb of DDR4. Now I'm saving up for a Macbook Pro again, despite my hatred for the keyboard and touchbar.
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