The touch screen is such a silly idea here. It even looks ridiculous in their own marketing photos. [1] The keyboard and track pad are already a great combo for getting things done.

I don't get why they're doing this other than making another step towards unifying iOS and macOS (and visionOS?).

[1] https://mastodon.social/@allenu/117519656286195439

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qingcharles 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Here's the official launch video, where it looks silly to me, but I know very casual users who love their touchscreen laptops:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnZI5uUSdEo

	▲	hbn 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Casual users should not be buying the most expensive MacBook Pro unless they have so much money that $3000 (or more) means little to them.

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ajay-b 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I could see it with tablet but reaching out to touch my laptop, or worse desktop, screen would get very tiring, very quickly.

	▲	allenu 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I agree. The ergonomics of using a touch screen on a laptop screen aren't great. It only really works if you convert it to a tablet so that the screen is closer to you and angled up a bit for comfort, but it's no longer a laptop, so why bother?
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SirMaster 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean it seems like a good idea to me for mobile app development, being able to touchscreen the simulator.

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giwook 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That seems like a great use case for it.

How many Macbook Pro owners are mobile app developers though?

	▲	whynotminot 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They sell other equally capable MacBook pros if this isn’t your use case?
	▲	SirMaster 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Not sure, but I bet most mobile app developers are MacBook users haha. I mean it's a $400 up-charge over the same model without touchscreen. Not that unreasonable if you are a heavy app developer IMO.

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Kwpolska 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is it really that useful if you need to test on real hardware anyway?

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hirvi74 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Simulation is already great, and one can (and should) test their app on device.