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Live from Apple's 2016 MacBook Pro Introduction

Join us as we join Apple in Cupertino for the highly anticipated launch of the company's next-generation 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros, which are expected to feature a dynamic OLED touch bar, Touch ID sensor, and redesigned enclosure akin to the 12" MacBook.

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"it's a testament to everything we do and everything we create at Apple. It's important to us, and to the world"

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:27:40 PM
It's had a profound impact in design, business, education...

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:27:49 PM
"We continue to push the Mac experience forward with MacOS." Tim covers Sierra features including iCloud drive.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:28:21 PM
by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:28:50 PM
You can do detailed file searches by asking Siri. "We're excited by all the things you can do with macOS Sierra. The Mac experience just keeps getting better and better."

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:29:28 PM
This week is a huge week in the history of the Mac, and in the history of Apple. this week marks the 25th anniversary of our first notebook. It was on Oct 25th of 1991 that Apple unveiled the first PowerBook. The PowerBook defined the modern notebook for its time, changing the category and changing Apple forever. This was the first portable that featured the keyboard forward design, with the pointing device integrated into the palmrest. It was also the first laptop with an active matrix display. Every generation of Mac notesbooks had innovation that pushed the industry forward."

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:30:52 PM
"For 25 years, we've been defining and redefining what a notebook is, and what a notebook can do. And today, we're going to do it again."

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:31:27 PM
Tim plays an intro video.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:31:31 PM
by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:31:48 PM
There it is. We have an Oled touch row above the number keys. the Video shows emoji, timelines, and other widgets.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:32:34 PM
"This is the new MacBook Pro, and it is absolutely incredible."

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:32:45 PM
Phil comes out

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:32:47 PM
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"It enables innovations not possible before"

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:33:35 PM
13" and 15" in silver and space gray. It's the thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro ever made.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:33:47 PM
14.9mm instead of 18mm thin of the previous generation.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:34:14 PM
23% less volume in size on the 13" MBP. It weighs a half a pound less than the previous version.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:34:31 PM
The 15" MBP was 18mm, the new one is 15.5mm thin, or 14% thinner. and 20% smaller by volume. It weighs 4 pounds, a half pound savings.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:35:15 PM
by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:35:24 PM
The trackpad is a force touch trackpad, twice as large as the previous generation. The keyboard is all new as well. It uses the butterfly switch mechanism from the 12" MacBook, using a 2nd generation butterfly for better feel and travel.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:36:17 PM
"I could talk all day about the keyboard, but I think you're looking at that area above it"

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:36:29 PM
Log in with your fingerprint, integrated into the power button. Sapphire crystal, and supported by a brand new chip, the Apple T1, with secure enclave.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:40:07 PM
This is how you get secure purchases right from your MacBook Pro.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:40:23 PM
Craig Federighi comes out.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:40:28 PM
by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:40:39 PM
Siri gets a dedicated key on the Touch Bar when you're using system controls.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:41:27 PM
Hair Force One references the 3270 emulators again.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:41:39 PM
If you hold down the Fn key, all the function keys come back.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:41:47 PM
The Touch Bar is transformed by ControlStrip. You can see that buttons come up based on context. In Mail, it can predict where you might want to file a message based on past filings.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:42:52 PM
by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:43:03 PM
It also presents formatting controls for Bold, Color, etc., and can also predict who you might want to add to an email message.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:43:20 PM
Craig demos Messages. the Touch Bar suggests emoji text replacement, and you can browse or slide through emoji.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:43:53 PM
Messages response icons are also available from Touch Bar.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:44:22 PM
Craig opens Safari, and you can get previews of websites on the Touch Bar and slide between them. If you open a new tab, it shows your favorites.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:44:54 PM
By the way, Etsy is bringing ApplePay to their checkout page, so you can buy from Mac using TouchID on the Touch Bar.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:45:17 PM
by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:45:35 PM
Craig is now demonstrating scrubbing video timelines in Touch Bar, or rotating images with a tap.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:46:14 PM
In Finder, you can customize the Touch Bar so that you can have a button you drag to Touch Bar in order to connect to a server. You can customize every single part of the Touch Bar including system functions.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:48:13 PM
If you share a machine, and have enrolled Touch ID, you can fast user switch between user accounts
using Touch ID.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:48:44 PM
by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:49:10 PM
You can search in Maps with Touch Bar, answer FaceTime calling, complete support across all of iWork applications, awesome when editing videos in iMovie, controlling instruments in Garageband, and even in Terminal. TouchBar in XCode is useful as well.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:50:01 PM
And you get USB-C shaped Thunderbolt 3 ports. Four of them.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:53:50 PM
Any one of the four ports is a charging port.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:54:04 PM
it's power, thunderbolt, usb, displayport, hdmi, or VGA.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:54:16 PM
Phil says Apple worked with LG to make the LG ultrafine 5k display. It's 5k, wide color, has 3 usb-c ports, and cameras, and connects to your Mac over a single cable. And it charges your Mac over that cable. You can use 2 of them at the same time, 35 million pixels driven by the graphics of the 15" MacBook Pro.

by victormarks 10/27/2016 5:55:31 PM


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AppleInsider Live Blog

Live from Apple's 2016 MacBook Pro Introduction

Join us as we join Apple in Cupertino for the highly anticipated launch of the company's next-generation 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros, which are expected to feature a dynamic OLED touch bar, Touch ID sensor, and redesigned enclosure akin to the 12" MacBook.

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