2017 MacBook Pro Models With Touch Bar Added to Apple's Vintage Products List

[MacRumors]

Apple today added 2017 models of the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar to its vintage products list worldwide.

Apple classifies a device as vintage five years after it was last distributed for sale. Vintage products are no longer guaranteed to be eligible for repairs at Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers, with service subject to parts availability.

Apple also added the Mid 2015 model of the 15-inch MacBook Pro without the Touch Bar to the vintage products list. This model remained sold until 2018.

The upcoming macOS Sonoma update is compatible with 2018 and newer MacBook Pro models.

Apple first introduced the Touch Bar in 2016. Nowadays, the 13-inch MacBook Pro is the only model that remains available with the Touch Bar. Apple reverted to physical function keys with the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro in 2021.

Article Link: 2017 MacBook Pro Models With Touch Bar Added to Apple's Vintage Products List

 

[abatabia]

Wild how time flies. The 2015 remains the best MBP ever made. Have a 13 and a 15” and they’re indestructible.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Dang! At times I miss the Touch bar. It's too bad It didn't last in prime time for too long.

 

[fel10]

Me reading this like

 

[Andronicus]

A short lived gimmick. 🙏 RIP 🪦

 

[adamhale_]

Surprised they've not included the 2017 non Touch Bar model in this....

 

[Havalo]

Touch Bar + Apple's Butterfly Keyboard was a recipe for disaster...

 

[ricketysquire]

Apple: The nightmare is over!

 

[Shirasaki]

So, 4-6 more years, and macOS will drop Touch Bar support.
Wonder if those folks will keep using their “vintage“ fully functional MacBook Pro.

 

[rotvaldi]

Opencore Legacy Patcher 🙏🏻❤️

 

[thadoggfather]

Absurd. 6 years of support.

That's great for the environment too 🤡

 

[arkitect]

Touch Bar = One of Apple's worst "innovations".

 

[dragoon2745]

If you maintained annual AppleCare and they don't have the parts to fix your device, do they upgrade you for free to a newer device?

 

[dandeco]

Well, it probably won't be long now before we start getting these at my workplace for me to wipe and reset for resell, or recycle if they won't work.

 

[erikkfi]

And just as we were promised at the time, the computing world has been totally revolutionized by the Touch Bar.

 

[winxmac]

 

[definitive]

and they're probably as capable as they were at their original release, but apple has to keep their investors' pockets full somehow, so into the memory hole they go.

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

And nothing of value was lost. Good riddance. What an awful laptop

 

[Crowbot]

I always wondered why the Touch Bar failed. It seemed like a neat feature and I'm sure I would have found a use for it. What were the issues?

 

[Cristim74]

The 2017 15" MacBook Pro is my previous laptop and I still have it. It's vintage now ...

Battery is almost dead and it has some keyboard issues.
I was considering at some point replacing the battery with top keyboard just to revive it.
Apple was asking me 625 EUR + VAT for this repair ...
It looks like I may not be able to do it anymore.

 

[bookcase]

I always loved the Touch Bar on my work MacBook Pro -- I don't understand the hate.

 

[coffeemilktea]

I know ol' Tim Apple has to not-so-subtly encourage people to upgrade to new Macs, but the upcoming version of Mac OS is cutting off support for a lot of really good and still-capable devices.

 

[Mr. Dee]

This was the first MacBook Pro I bought for my sibling when I started making good money. I was so proud to give them a powerful laptop upgrade from their old 2006 Dell Inspiron. They have taken good care of it. Will likely upgrade them to the 15 inch MacBook Air after Ventura stops getting security updates.

 

[ccraig13]

Wild how time flies. The 2015 remains the best MBP ever made. Have a 13 and a 15” and they’re indestructible.

Still rocking my 2013 15”. Besides the battery, this thing can still hang!

 

[GMShadow]

I always wondered why the Touch Bar failed. It seemed like a neat feature and I'm sure I would have found a use for it. What were the issues?

Wasn't across the whole lineup, not even the whole laptop lineup, people complained over no physical Escape key, devs barely supported it.

I know ol' Tim Apple has to not-so-subtly encourage people to upgrade to new Macs, but the upcoming version of Mac OS is cutting off support for a lot of really good and still-capable devices.

'really good' is a term that doesn't belong in the same sentence as the 2016-2019 MacBook Pros (16" excepted).