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Are You Still Happy With Your MBP M1 Even Though A New 2021 MacBook Pro is Rumored To Come With No Touch Bar
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I bought the Air because I didn’t want Touch Bar.
I am still happy with my M1 MBP(my first with Touch Bar), not sure why TB is considered to be an issue.
Running ffmpeg through Rosetta is not very good for encoding video though. It took twice as long as my 13" 2016 MBP(with Function Keys) for a 15 min 4K file.
Running ffmpeg through Rosetta is not very good for encoding video though. It took twice as long as my 13" 2016 MBP(with Function Keys) for a 15 min 4K file.
I actually like the touch bar. It's nice and responsive, I don't get all the fuss about it.
I bought the M1 MBP over the Air BECAUSE it has the touchbar. If the Air had a touchbar, I would have bought that.
I also got MBP... and like the Touchbar...
Fact that it CAN be "turned off" to work as a function keys permanently...
OR...
You can place favorite shortcuts or let apps decide which shortcuts they place there...
Not life changing, but cool...
Fact that it CAN be "turned off" to work as a function keys permanently...
OR...
You can place favorite shortcuts or let apps decide which shortcuts they place there...
Not life changing, but cool...
Very happy.
I really don't care what's coming. Chasing tech advances is a fool’s errand. Computers are a tool, not a lifestyle.
I really don't care what's coming. Chasing tech advances is a fool’s errand. Computers are a tool, not a lifestyle.
I still see plenty of people using Macbook models that have the glowy Apple logo on the lid, and I believe they stopped making those around 2014, right? The typical MacRumors forum reader definitely upgrades way more often than non-enthusiast users, that's for sure.
Yeah, I would agree with that. I know a lot of people who basically buy every new phone, watch, tablet, or computer when it comes out. I think I said this in another forum, but Apple products are the 21st-century version of a Corvette, polyester shirt unbuttoned to the waist, and gold chains around the neck. And we all know what that means... ?I still see plenty of people using Macbook models that have the glowy Apple logo on the lid, and I believe they stopped making those around 2014, right? The typical MacRumors forum reader definitely upgrades way more often than non-enthusiast users, that's for sure.
I just upgraded my iPhone to a 12 from an 8. Now that I finally brought myself up to date with my MacBook and my phone, I'll be set for several years at a minimum I suspect.
The MR regular is definitely a different strain of Mac user. lolI still see plenty of people using Macbook models that have the glowy Apple logo on the lid, and I believe they stopped making those around 2014, right? The typical MacRumors forum reader definitely upgrades way more often than non-enthusiast users, that's for sure.
I will keep mine.
It is excellent albeit I'm waiting Apple to solve the choppy scrolling in browser issue.
Except this annoyance I'm a happy camper.
It is excellent albeit I'm waiting Apple to solve the choppy scrolling in browser issue.
Except this annoyance I'm a happy camper.
No. I’ll rephrase. i don’t need to look at keyboard to use it. I map some (fn) keys in .vimrc to do certain things. In SQL Developer I use to do certain things. In my Text Editor yet other things. The function keys are quite useful And my fingers know where they are relative to other keys without looking.
I don’t want a cute display bar messing up my keyboard. this is Apple‘s “New Coke” mistake. They’ll take it off.
New Coke - Wikipedia
It is a feature available to only a fraction of its users. It isn’t liked by all of of those, and it isn’t very useable for those that have difficulty with vision.
Sort of a strange question. If you really needed the things the new MBP will provide, the MBA was never a good choice, even with an M1.
That said, I have an M1 MBA, and will definitely also be buying the M-MBP when it comes out, regardless of the new design.
That said, I have an M1 MBA, and will definitely also be buying the M-MBP when it comes out, regardless of the new design.
I still see plenty of people using Macbook models that have the glowy Apple logo on the lid, and I believe they stopped making those around 2014, right? The typical MacRumors forum reader definitely upgrades way more often than non-enthusiast users, that's for sure.
Are you all happy with the 400 nit screen brightness?
Do any of you use an external monitor?
i want magsafe
i dont want TB
::never gonna happen::
"apple announces it will bring back magsafe and have TB-less options"
well **** me huh?
i dont want TB
::never gonna happen::
"apple announces it will bring back magsafe and have TB-less options"
well **** me huh?
I'm 100% happy with the screen brightness--I'm not an ultra bright screen person, and I seldom take a notebook outside to work, so I would rarely be using it out in the sun.
I don't use it with an external monitor, because I usually have to have my work Mac attached to my two external monitors.
as a M1 air user for my usage this is more than enough and I don't see myself upgrading for a few years at least. likely to the redesigned air I imagine.