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

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

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Post by ChuckNorris89 »

dylan604 wrote: post #204
invalidusernam3 wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My main gripe with the trackpad is not being able to customise the size of the right click area. It's so small compared to the size of the trackpad.

Mac user: what's a right click area? Non-Apple laptop user: "It's that ridiculous concept of only being able to enter a right click in a specific area of a track pad. Also, can only scroll by swiping on certain parts of the track pad as well" Mac User: You accept that?

2005 called, they want their jokes about PCs back.

Dedicated touchpad areas for right clicking and scrolling haven't been a thing since Windows introduced precision drivers and gestures. IIRC even most linux DEe have the same features.

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

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Post by wlesieutre »

ravenstine wrote: post #216

I'll believe it when I see it. I could believe them getting rid of the touchbar, but bringing back magsafe? I'm sticking with my 2015 MacBook until it's irreparable, and I do like the magsafe port, but is there really any point in going back after moving to USB-C? I think I just like magsafe because it's cool more than that it actually has some sort of superiority over USB-C. I've tripped over the USB-C cable to my w…

My favorite part of my touchbar MBP is that it uses USB-C charging. MagSafe is neat, but I don't miss the $80 proprietary charger with a cable that's fixed to the brick and will probably fail if you do anything other than leave it sitting at a desk.

Could this be talking about an iPhone 12 style magsafe with a large pad? Not sure how that would work, you'd have to set your computer on top of it to have enough contact area. Couldn't go on the back of the screen (too thick), so I'm not sure where else it would be. And can it do a high enough wattage? A thin connection like the pencil charging along the side of the computer perhaps, but I'm even more skeptical of wattage with that approach, and it'd mean yet another special cable.

It's certainly true that Apple has been on a big magnets kick lately. MagSafe for iPhones, Pencil charging on the iPad, the Magic Keyboard mounting, and the Apple Watch charger all come to mind.

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Post by yayr »

What about a touch screen? Anything that might have been good about the old touch bar could then be just an app blending in at the bottom / top / side. Aside from obviously needing it once running most iOS apps on the device.

Plus: there is no 16" touch display in the lineup yet, this would be something adding value also to touch apps.

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Post by rubyist5eva »

zackbloom wrote: post #245
rubyist5eva wrote: post #243

I absolutely love the touchbar, especially with the new physical escape key. Shame to see it go. Hopefully we can still get an option that has it.

Honest question: what do you use it for?

Volume and brightness control sliders are nicer than the keyboard keys IMO. For plenty of applications I use the contextual shortcuts from the touchbar instead of memorizing keyboard shortcuts which is very convenient. I don't even really think about what I use it for now...I just use it, as if it was a regular extension of the muscle memory from my keyboard. It took a bit to acclimate but I've been using it for over a year now and I don't even think about it now.

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Post by platty »

I've been holding out upgrading for the last 2-3 years because I really don't want the Touch Bar. I have one with my work laptop and I only ever accidentally hit it. Having the physical music and volume control buttons on my current laptop is a significant usability improvement for me.

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Post by mgkimsal »

toomanybeersies wrote: post #164
skocznymroczny wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The main issue of this is just like with touchbar and similar solutions - power users don't look at the keyboard, so the usefulness will be minimal.

I think HN is a bit unfairly biased against the touchbar, since it serves almost zero purpose for programming work. However, it's quite handy when doing multimedia work with applications that integrate with the touchbar (Logic Pro, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop)

apple was never consistent - had they brought Touch Bar (and Touch ID) to external keyboard, I would have had more reason to adjust to it.

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Post by shaolinspirit »

pdimitar wrote: post #223

And THAT will make me finally replace my MacBook Pro 2015. No touch bar, MagSafe, good amount of ports. The iPhone 12-esque design is a good bonus too (I like it more than all others before it). Only took 5-6 years but I am again excited about MacBooks.

lol, I was thinking I'm the only one sitting with my 2015 macpro ^_^ love this laptop, however it got super slow and the battery life is almost zero, which is fine after almost 4 years of serving.
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