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Originally Posted by chucker
(It's also a weird sign that the iMac Pro keyboard doesn't have a Touch Bar. Maybe they had a hard time getting that to sync wirelessly, but either way, that doesn't bode well to spreading the Touch Bar to all Macs. Which in turn will hamper adoption.)
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The touchbar is a solution in search of a problem from my experience.
Maybe they'll figure out what the real underlying problem is for it to solve, but aside from the fingerprint scanner for my password, I found the touchbar to be a wash at best, and often times annoying in that it would register a finger barely passing over the bar as a touch. (and typically my stupid left pinky/esc key would be the culprit.) I'm sure I'd have eventually learned to position my hands so that wouldn't be a problem, but in 9 out of 10 situations, I'd have been just as happy, if not happier with physical function keys.
I think the fingerprint scanner isn't even really part of the touchbar, but rather is a stand alone piece. Give me a laptop with function keys and the fingerprint scanner and that would be the perfect combo.