Only the Pro has the Touch Bar as of right now. There are 13- and 15-inch variants of the Pro, though, and a somewhat less powerful Pro with no Touch Bar and two less USB ports.
As to the Touch Bar itself, it’s usable. A few things can be nice, like an actual volume slider instead of the volume moving in set increments when using key commands. I also like having my tabs in Safari and, for the rare times I use it, the emoji picker. Overall, though, I use so many keyboard commands that having the same items available on the Touch Bar doesn’t improve my experience. I don’t dislike the Bar, but neither do I like it enough to consider it an important feature were I searching for a new Mac. Also, if you run Windows, you’re going to have a harder time of things with the Touch Bar. All that said, if you’re after a Pro, you will almost certainly end up with the Touch Bar. The Retina MacBook, MacBook Air, and low-end 13-inch MacBook Pro lack the Bar, but all the other Pros have it. It’s possible that Apple will update things this year, but they just refreshed the hardware in the Pros, so I kind of doubt it. Still, if you can hold on a few more months, it might not hurt to see what they have in store in September or October. > On Jul 15, 2018, at 13:11, Sarai Bucciarelli <sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi all: > > My 2010 MBP is getting long in the tooth, so It is time for a Mac hunt. > So, all you MBP touch bar, and Macbook touch bar users, why do you like the > devices you chose? Any real advantage with touchbar and VO? > To the regular MB users, how is the speed with such a mobile processor, and > how are the speakers? > > Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli> > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
