Gadgetory

almost a year ago I spent $3,000 for a 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro laptop it's fast processor and beautiful screen are good for editing photos and it's durable chassis is great for travel but it's flashiest new feature the touch bar is a disaster for me this touch sensitive strip can be programmed to do all kinds of things but I sure miss the ho-hum row of function keys it replaces the first thing I noticed is that it takes longer to adjust speaker volume and screen brightness you have to look to see where you're putting your fingers and then there's a delay before the adjustment slider pops up this slows me down several times a day another problem the touch bars display sucks up precious battery power all the time and there's no tactile feedback there's no way to feel your way around the keyboard to find the volume or brightness keith and then there's the Escape key I used to hover my finger over it ready to pounce when dismissing a dialog box but with the touch bar I often dismiss it before I actually want to but one of my biggest gripes is that I hit the touch bar accidentally I'll be typing a file name to save a file or entering a date into a web forum and I'll hit a touch bar button that saves the file before I'm done or that reloads the webpage it drives me crazy last you can't get the higher end MacBook Pros without it if you want a fast processor or a big screen you have to pay for the touch bar - I'm a lot happier with touch sensitivity I find more useful like on an iPad or dare I say a touchscreen Windows laptop