The new MacBook Pros from 2021, presented a week ago and on the market since yesterday, offer interesting news with respect to their predecessors. However, there is an element that the ‘Pro’ models from 2016 to 2020 do have and that this year’s models no longer have: the Touch Bar . Apple decided to eliminate it in this generation, but why has it eliminated it? Will they put it back on?
The Touch Bar died for lack of affection
That the Touch Bar would say goodbye sooner or later and more specifically this year was an open secret that, although it lacked the confirmation of the last Apple Event, we already took it for granted. The reasons can be several, but as we already anticipated in the heading, the lack of affection on the part of Apple and the developers could play an important role in it.
It seemed a very interesting differential element for the ‘Pro’ laptops that could have given a lot of play. There are those who love it and those who hate it, but in general terms the majority of users did not end up being satisfied with it. The fact that it removed some function keys, including the ‘Esc’ key that later had to be implemented aside, did not end up convincing many.
Beyond the fact that sporadically there could be certain failures with the Touch Bar of the MacBook, the truth is that it feels like a lost opportunity to offer more differential elements that, although they imply changing the way of working in certain areas, can compensate by offering a higher productivity.
And all this is something that is demonstrated by observing the null promotion that was given to the Touch Bar beyond when the first computers were presented with it. Launching external keyboards with Touch Bar for the iMac would have been a hoot to show that there really was faith in this element. But … none of that happened.
The precedent of the illuminated apple
It should be noted that the Touch Bar is not the only one that has suffered a sudden removal from MacBooks without official cause. Precisely in 2016 when this element was incorporated, Apple said goodbye to one of the most characteristic symbols of its laptops such as the backlit apple of the MacBook.
On that occasion, as we already said, Apple did not wield any reason when presenting its new generations of laptops without this illuminated apple. Although in the end we knew that the main reason was to be able to reduce the thickness of the screen . Considering that at that time Apple was trying hard to reduce its computers as much as possible, why can’t this element return?
If you look at the 2021 MacBook Pro, the thickness has increased, being a clear indication that the company prefers to sacrifice design in favor of better ventilation and greater comfort with the return of ports such as the card reader or HDMI. Precisely the fact that these ports have returned, including the MagSafe, opens the prohibition for the illuminated apple to return. It is more desire than rumor, but that by dreaming, let’s dream.