In case you were wondering, yes, Apple announced a schmick new MacBook Pro this morning and while it’s still reminiscent of the last generation, it comes with a huge new feature that’ll have your wallet pissing hundred dollar bills all over Tim Cook‘s smug little face.
It’s called the Touch Bar and true to its name, you touch it to do stuff. Far from just a couple of new buttons, the bar across the top of the keyboard is actually a small retina display that shows application specific information you can interact with.
The slick new bar replaces the function buttons, which were pretty boring anyway. You’ll find all of those functions – volume, music and brightness controls – available in the tiny screen anyway. Here’s 5 lit things it can do.
1. Pay for shit with ya fingerprint. Far from a new feature for the tech company, it’s the first time they’ve introduced it onto the MacBook. You’ll also be able to use the touch sensor to unlock it and switch between users.
3. In Safari, it’ll bring up all ya fave websites. You’ll probably wanna keep on top of your browsing history, lest a stray PornHub pops up while you’re showing mum photos from your Europe trip.
3. Swipe through photos in Preview, as well as use tools for small edits and video controls.
4. Common email actions such as binning shitty emails and some other boring functions. However, you can also access an entire fucking scrollbar of emojis for iMessage ‘cos in 2016, everybody has EMOJI MADNESS.
5. Applications will have specific Touch Bar functionality. Final Cut Pro for example will let you scroll through your SICK VIDDY with a simple swipe. There are also specific functions available for Photoshop, DJ Pro and other programs.
Far from an exhaustive list, other functions include predictive text, swiping through applications and full customisation of app specific functions. The new MacBook comes in 13 and 15-inch models and as you’d expect, they’re pricey as shit. The 13-inch base model without the Touch Bar will slug you $2,199. For the Touch Bar and 256GB of storage, it’ll cost ya $2,699. If you want 15-inches of glory with a 2.6GHz i7 processor and 256GB of storage, you’ll pay $3,599. For the 2.7GHz i7 and 512GB of storage, say goodbye to a whopping $4,249.
Source: Apple.
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