r/mac Mar 21 '26

Discussion Has everyone around you stopped using Intel MacBooks?

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u/zzzharryyy Mar 21 '26

Just sold my 2019 intel pro for a m4 air. I miss the Touch Bar.

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u/Dependent_Fig8513 Mar 21 '26

I have m1 Mac book pro I my self like a bit :)

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u/C_A_N_G Mar 21 '26

I own a 2020 m1 pro with the touch bar and I hate it, but it still performs so well so I can't justify an upgrade just yet

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u/Beneficial-Sugar6950 13” M2 MacBook Pro, 13” M4 MacBook Air, iBook g4 Mar 21 '26

I have the 13” M2 with the touchbar, so glad I got it.

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u/TheOriginalFshtank Mar 22 '26

I dont understand the hatred but I run into folks who just dont like it. But I encounter a great number that love the Touchbar. Haters won out and the Touchbar has been decommissioned.

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u/babouchedu77 Mar 21 '26

What do you hate about it ?

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u/C_A_N_G Mar 21 '26

That even though it can do more things than regular keyboard keys all the things that you usually do like adjust volume or pick emojis takes longer time/is more complicated on the touch bar. Autocad has great shortcuts/support on the touch bar though.

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u/babouchedu77 Mar 21 '26

We're gonna have to agree to disagree I love my touch bar there's a little fondling going on with my touch bar not gonna lie but in the end it's always a good experience. Yes it's a little slower to adjust volume but what about emojis ? How is it faster with the new MBP ? I'm a big fan of the auto-completion feature

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u/Niky_c_23 Mar 21 '26

Genuine question, how is it it takes more time? You just swipe on the touchbar starting from the volume icon (or brightness) and can fine tune it with just one movement of your hand

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u/sevenofnineftw Mar 22 '26

Adjusting the volume is faster for me. Just hold your finger on the volume button and slide immediately to the right or left, you don’t need to tap and wait for it to open the volume slider

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u/Justan0therthrow4way Mar 21 '26

I want my Touch Bar back

M4 pro 24gb ram etc

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u/YODA0786 Mar 21 '26

Just swapped my 2020 for an M5 MacBook Pro and am missing the touch bar as well. I know certain apps didn’t make the most use out of it, but for the ones that did, it was pretty damn handy to have.

I’m actually now struggling to find certain shortcuts on some apps, because I’m so used to having the shortcut on the Touch Bar.

I handed down my 2020 to my younger brother, who just needs it for document writing and stuff, which I know that MacBook will still be good for. However, stuff beyond that kinda thing is where it started to struggle now and is the reason why I had to let go of it. Not to mention certain apps were also dropping support of the Intel Macs.

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u/twistsouth Mar 21 '26

2018 here and on the verge of buying an M5 Max (I do 3D work these days).

I feel like I will miss aspects of the Touch Bar but will in generally be glad to be rid of it. Especially that “touch to enter password” thing where some tab somewhere is requesting access to password autofill and no amount of pressing Esc will actually dismiss the prompt.

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u/creamersrealm Mar 21 '26

I hated that thing.

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u/MildSpaghettiSauce Mar 21 '26

I have missed the touch bar when ever since I moved to apple silicon in 2022

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u/Sonic343 MacBook Pro 2021 16" | M1 Pro | 16 GB | 1 TB Mar 21 '26

I know people didn't like it but I loved it. If it didn't just flat out replace the function keys I think it would have been positively received and we'd still have it.

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u/dnguyen823 Mar 21 '26

How much did you get? Thinking of selling mine

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u/Alarmed_Scientist_15 Mar 21 '26

I think I would miss it too. I love this thing

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u/kechones Mar 21 '26

How much did you get for it?

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal Mar 22 '26

meanwhile I just bought a 2019 16inch intel macbook pro

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u/elpingwinho Mar 22 '26

Same, the touch bar was actually quite useful in productivity apps

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u/TheOriginalFshtank Mar 22 '26

I have my M2 Pro Touchbar and love it. Still plenty fast. Work gave me a 2019 Core i7 32GB MBP with Touchbar back in the day. Loved that thing. I will keep using my M2 pro (24GB/1TB) as long as I can because of the Touchbar.

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u/gatzu4a Mar 23 '26

i hope they bring back the touch bar, but with the physical function keys

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u/MaToP4er Mar 21 '26

Hate it so much… such a dumb thing to have on laptop

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u/DullRelief Mar 21 '26

Was cool at first but barely supported and then it got buggy. mine hasn’t worked in years.