The next step was to configure it to look like regular function keys, but that was a regression as well. There were none, and I missed having direct access to the function keys. I gave it a try for a few weeks, trying to see if there were any cases where I preferred using the Touch Bar controls. The Touch Bar is more annoying than I expected, and I plan not to buy another Mac that includes one. This seems to be triggered by my other palm touching the trackpad but persists after I lift up that hand. I can open contextual menus but can’t drag and drop. Also, the trackpad sometimes gets stuck in a mode where the button is down or left-clicks are misinterpreted as right-clicks. the insertion point jumps to a random location while I’m typing. The palm rejection doesn’t work consistently, so I frequently get accidental input, i.e. I’m not able to type without sometimes touching the trackpad with my hands. It’s huge, and after almost six months I’m still not used to it. Most of the rest of the changes are drawbacks for me:
On the other hand, plugging in the USB-C connector is much less pleasant, and I miss the protection of MagSafe. It’s sometimes nice to be able to charge from either side, and I like being able to travel with a compact power adapter. There is, alas, a similar amount of glare. (The other surprising thing is that the color of the case is much darker, even though it was described as “silver.”) Unlike the 2012 display, there doesn’t seem to be any image retention. Putting the two Macs side-by-side, the difference is striking. The new display also has much better color and brightness. It’s not, alas, anywhere close to the old 17-inch models, but it is a definite improvement over the 15.4-inch displays, without making the computer any bigger. The * is because macOS 10.15.3 included a change that increased the time to 67s.Īnd the display is larger. Here’s how long it takes to build SpamSieve on my different Macs: Mac All I really wanted was an updated version of my 2012 Retina MacBook Pro that was faster and had a larger display (preferably matte).
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