RIP Touch Bar: Apple is getting rid of MacBooks with the controversial touch screen at the top of keyboards

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 16:38

MacBook Pro Touch Bar — Apple is discontinuing the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, a feature that has been controversial since it was introduced in 2016.
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Apple has given its controversial Touch Bar the ax.
The company will stop selling new MacBook Pro laptops with the touch screen above the keyboard.
While some users liked the feature, others thought it useless or missed the tactile buttons it replaced.

Apple is doing away with one of its most controversial MacBook features after seven years. The company is discontinuing the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and with it, the love-it-or-hate-it Touch Bar.