Apple’s new line of notebooks, the MacBook Pro, has been resonating with the consumers in a massive way. Even though the new laptops have been censured from all angles for being overpriced and under-powered than its Windows and Ubuntu powered systems, Apple’s Phil Schiller stated a few weeks back that initial MacBook Pro orders saw it setting new sales records.
In an interview with The Independent about the new MacBook Pro, Schiller said, “The new MacBook Pro is more rigid. Some changes are transparent to the user, they just think it’s a beautiful product but the level of engineering it takes to make this the way it is, is a tremendous technical challenge compared to the past.
The TouchBar
Speaking about the latest addition to the laptops, The TouchBar which is a color screen on the keyboard which offers multiple functionalities for various apps on the macOS and a larger and more featuristic trackpad, Schiller said, “The team came up with this idea that you can create a multi-touch surface that is coplanar with the keyboard and the trackpad but brings a whole new experience into it, one that’s more interactive, with multi-touch.”
MacOS or iOS
“We are steadfast in our belief that there are fundamentally two different products to make for customers and they are both important,” said Philler. The difference in experience is because iPhones and iPads are both direct-manipulation, multi-touch and tend towards full-screen applications.
The Mac experience is different — indirect manipulation and cursors and menus. The Mac from the very start has had a menu bar fixed at the top, but the iOS doesn’t have a menu at the top all because of usage experience.
The response
Since the MacBook Pro has been launched, there has been a lot of enthusiastic discourse and discussion about the device. The audience has a love-hate relationship with the Pro. Some have loved it, while others have pointed out various other Microsoft variants. Phil says, “I hope everyone gets to try it for themselves and see how great the MacBook Pro is. We love the Mac and are committed to it, in both desktops and notebooks, as we ever have been.”
But in the end, it is all about the experience.
