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Apple kills the non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro

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Re: Apple kills the non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro

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Post by ravenstine »

Kronopath wrote: post #74
ravenstine wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why on earth do I need to tap twice to adjust the screen brightness? I couldn't find a way to just have two increase/decrease buttons. Why can't I adjust how long the touchbar stays active for? Why does it disappear at all? I can't imagine the touchbar would exist in its current form if Steve were alive.

Turns out if you do a small rightwards/leftwards swipe on the brightness or volume buttons, then you can increase or decrease them by one notch without opening the slider. It’s not an intuitive or discoverable command.

Yeah, but that's still two gestures instead of one.

Re: Apple kills the non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro

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Post by ravenstine »

wlesieutre wrote: post #36
ravenstine wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why on earth do I need to tap twice to adjust the screen brightness? I couldn't find a way to just have two increase/decrease buttons. Why can't I adjust how long the touchbar stays active for? Why does it disappear at all? I can't imagine the touchbar would exist in its current form if Steve were alive.

FYI you can press and drag on the brightness/volume buttons to make adjustments immediately, no need for a second touch

I'm not complaining about the drag. I'm complaining that I have to tap once to open the slider and then drag it. Whereas it was easier just to have two buttons, one for increment, and one for decrement, that I could just tap or hold down.

Re: Apple kills the non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro

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Post by AJ007 »

basch wrote: post #150
lloeki wrote: post #61

I am a developer. The Touch Bar is useless to me. I remapped Caps lock to Esc expecting to be annoyed, but still hit Esc nonetheless because it works. And I deftly adjust volume using the Touch Bar slider using press-and-slide (not tap then pick-and-slide), relying on the += key for tactile positioning (but the position itself is largely muscle memory by now) I am also a musician. The Touch Bar is fantastic to adjust…

> I am a developer. Ill bet you 99% of mac sales are NOT to developers. Despite them arguably wanting to court developers to write swift programs, their hardware sales team doesnt seem to care about developer prosumers.

Yeah but 99% of Apple hardware sales are dependent on Mac developers.

Re: Apple kills the non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro

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Post by ravenstine »

whenlambo wrote: post #43
ravenstine wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why on earth do I need to tap twice to adjust the screen brightness? I couldn't find a way to just have two increase/decrease buttons. Why can't I adjust how long the touchbar stays active for? Why does it disappear at all? I can't imagine the touchbar would exist in its current form if Steve were alive.

You can touch and slide the finger to adjust brightness and volume.

I don't want to touch and then slide. I want to touch or hold once and either increment or decrement those properties. That was possible with the old keys. Now I have to tap and then perform an action, even though my touchbar has plenty of real-estate.

Re: Apple kills the non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro

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Post by kd913 »

jimmy_f wrote: post #14

Is the baseline MacBook Air sufficient for a CS major? I don’t want to spend extra for the pro.

I would say a surface pro would be more useful. Or dev edition xps 13 if I were to choose.

Surface pro with the surface pen is a killer feature for note taking.

Re: Apple kills the non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro

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Post by redisman »

ngngngng wrote: post #6

Disclaimer: I like the touchbar. I swapped escape and caps lock, installed Pock, and never looked back. This is my last MacBook. Xubuntu on a Thinkpad x1 carbon works great for everything I do, at a fraction of the price, with a keyboard the doesn't stop working with dust, and with more than just USB-C.

Do people use Hackintoshes on other laptops or is that still an exercise in frustration? The main reason at this point I still use MBP's (apart from employers buying them) is macOS.

Re: Apple kills the non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro

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Post by danielhlockard »

manojlds wrote: post #84
retrac98 wrote: post #10

99%+ of my usage of the touchbar is pressing escape, adjusting screen brightness, speaker volume, or accessing music controls. All of these worked flawlessly when I had physical keys, but now it's hard to know what I'm pressing without looking, and sometimes the controls become unresponsive to touches or drags. I'm a programmer/business owner, so perhaps it's useful for other sorts of creative professionals, but it f…

Touchbar has been used effectively by Zoom. Only app that I use and love using touchbar with right now.

Probably don't want to advertise using Zoom right now LOL

Re: Apple kills the non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro

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Post by microtherion »

iscrewyou wrote: post #42
hu3 wrote: post #22

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I'm still salty about the magsafe.

Same. When I bought the MacBook, that was one of those things I noticed as “of course it makes sense. Why doesn’t everybody do this?” Then Apple went ahead and took an axe to it. This was truly an idiotic move. Don’t add usbc if you can’t find a way to make it MagSafe!

I liked the Magsafe connector. But with USB-C, I like being able to connect the power cable from either side.
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