A few days ago Apple unveiled the new MacBook Pro for 2016, a much awaited upgrade that everyone was waiting for. The new MacBook Pro is thinner, lighter and obviously faster than the previous generation MacBook Pros. Design wise the new MacBook looks almost identical to the previous models with thinner display and Keyboard bezels and an extra-large Touch Pad. The 15 inch model features new 67% brighter Retina display, Intel’s new generation 2.6GHz core -i7 processor, 16GB of RAM and Radeon Pro 450 graphics card, and four USB Type-C connectors. According to Apple the new MacBooks performs 130% faster in gaming than the previous models. But the spot light of the event was the new Touch Bar that Apple introduces with the Mid-range 13’ model and 15’ model.

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Apple did another courageous thing with the new MacBooks by removing the function Keys and replacing it with the touch sensitive retina display strip, Apple is calling it the Touch Bar. The Touch Bar not only replaces the function keys but it also give you control over screen brightness, media controls and some native app controls. Apple demonstrated it by showing how you can use it to scrub through videos, navigate through entire time line in Final Cut, and use it as a toolbar shortcut for Microsoft office or to send Emojis via iMessage. The Touch Bar can also provides you some quick type suggestions while using the keyboard. Touch Bar was Apple’s take on bringing the touch controls to the MacBook without adding the touchscreen. The Touch Bar does look interesting and a cool feature to have but Apple selling it as a flagship feature and we are not yet sure how many people are actually going to use it.

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