I was away from home in a hotel the other day, and I could hear the radio streaming on the computer from the bathroom. It's a huge improvement, both in power and tone. Bullshit? No, it works really well, and doesn't just go beige at the closing of the day. Also, Mid 2018/ 2019/ 2020 models have 'True Tone technology' which adjusts the colour temperature according to ambient light. It is truly gorgeous, a high resolution retina affair which really is less tiring to work with than my old MBP. The below is a quick look at the good and the bad - it will vary between specific models, so take it as a general overview. Is it really that bad? In my recent experience, the short answer is a qualified 'no'. I was a little wary, though, as online is full of articles with titles like 'Apple's MacBook Pro Touch Bar is gone. I now have a shiny 2019 MBP with a Touch Bar, and although it takes a bit of getting used to, it works fine for me. All in all, you have to hand it to Apple for taking the plunge, but it proved to be a largely unpopular move - Apple have now ditched the Touch Bar in the latest M1 models and returned to the land of qwerty.įor those of us that are in the market for a refurbished MacBook Pro, the question is - what are the pros and cons of a Touch Bar model? I recently upgraded from my trusty 2015 MBP, as in my job I use so many 3rd party apps that I have to stay (relatively) current. Apple said that this much trumpeted innovation would unleash our creativity - on top of the function keys that it replaced, it would provide adaptive commands for supported apps as well as customisable emojis and quick access to many areas of the OS. In 2016, Apple released the first MacBook Pros with a Touch Bar, which replaced the familiar top row of Function keys on the traditional qwerty keyboard with a touch sensitive display.

Pros and cons of macs