Even the previous MacBook Pro with Retina display, which many are looking at with renewed fondness now, demanded I carry a Thunderbolt 2 ethernet adapter just-in-case. Would it be great to be able to plug everything in natively? Sure, though I think I thought something along the same lines back when floppy drives and CD drives and DVD drives rose and fell in popularity. Unplugged, the latter can be used to read USB drives, or connect to scanners or non-wireless printers. Most commonly, that's because I need to import photos and videos from the SD card in my camera I have a small card reader and Apple's USB Type-A to Type-C dongle in my bag. Along the way I've found some of the frustrations I expected to be less significant than I thought they'd be, and vice-versa.Īdapters have become a part of my daily life. I mention that to make it clear that I've been living the USB-C-only lifestyle for some time now, and with just a single port. It’s been a while, but these new machines certainly seem worth the wait.I'm a 12-inch MacBook user and have been since the first-gen model in early 2015. The non-Touch Bar 13-incher costs $1,499 and ships now.

The Touch Bar models will ship within three weeks. The new MacBook Pro will start at $1,799 for the 13-inch and $2,399 for the 15-inch, and are available for preorder Today. There's a 13-inch version of the new MacBook Pro that's spec'd a little lower but has traditional keyboard with function keys intact. If all of this sounds bonkers to you and you just want a new machine with real function keys, Apple has one of those too. No more entering your personal information or your credit card number, no more autofill and the attendant security risks. What makes Apple’s unique, though, is that it’s going to enable Apple Pay on the web with the touch of a finger. That alone isn’t anything special laptops have had fingerprint readers for years and years. Another key aspect of the Touch Bar? It comes with a TouchID fingerprint reader where the power button currently resides.

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