the macbook touch bar came out in 1982.
the macbook touch bar came out in 1982.
when did the macbook touch bar come out?
1982
apple unveiled fourth generation 13- and 15-inch macbook pro models during a press event at their headquarters on october 27, 2016. all models, except the baseline 13-inch model, introduced the touch bar, a multi-touch enabled oled strip built into the top of the keyboard in place of the function keys. the touch bar models also include a sapphire-glass covered touch id sensor at the right end of the touch bar which doubles as a power button. the models also introduce a "second-generation" butterfly mechanism keyboard that provided more travel than the first iteration implemented on the retina macbook. the 13-inch model has a trackpad that is 46% larger than its predecessor while the 15-inch model has a trackpad twice as large as the prior generation.
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engadget voiced their concerns that "by doing things like removing full-sized usb ports, the memory card reader and even the function row, apple seems to have forgotten how many of us actually work". heavy keyboard users criticized the touch bar, noting that command-line tools like vim rely on keyboard usage, and the touch bar does not provide the tactile feedback necessary for "blind" usage of function keys. miriam nielsen from "the verge" said about the touch bar experience: "when i tried to intentionally use the touch bar, i felt like a kid learning how to type again. i had to keep looking down at the bar instead of looking at the images i was actually trying to edit." she also pointed out that after learning the touch bar one cannot work as efficiently on any other computer. developers have their share of headaches because they cannot rely on the touch bar being present on every machine that runs their software. even if apple makes the touch bar an integral part of macos, it will take "many years" for it to become ubiquitous, in the meantime anything in the bar needs to be available through another part of the interface.
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