At its “Scary Fast” event on October 31, Apple unveiled a new lineup of Macs powered by the M3 chip, including a new 14-inch MacBook Pro and a 16-inch MacBook Pro. However, Apple also quietly discontinued the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar.
Farewell, Touch Bar
The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar was launched in 2020 and featured the Apple M2 chip with up to 10 GPU cores. It also featured the Touch Bar, which Apple introduced in 2016 as a dynamic and more intuitive way to interact with macOS.
The Touch Bar is a thin, OLED strip that replaces the traditional function keys on the MacBook Pro keyboard. It can be used to display a variety of contextual controls, such as shortcuts for specific apps or tasks. However, the Touch Bar never really caught on with users. Many people found it difficult to use and less efficient than the traditional function keys.
Thus, Apple began to phase out the Touch Bar in 2021. It removed it from the new MacBook Air and the redesigned MacBook Pro. The discontinuation of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar now means that the Touch Bar is officially dead.
While its discontinuation is a bit sad, it is clear that the Touch Bar was never really a popular feature. It was a bold experiment, but it ultimately failed to gain traction with users.
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