Apple adds touchscreen to MacBook Pro with no new interaction model, sparking unease
Scobleizer · x · 2026-10-29
Quoting Apple exec John Ternus's MacBook Pro announcement, commentator @signulll argues Apple has introduced a new input modality — touch — on the Mac without any compelling new interaction model or meaningful UI changes, something unprecedented in the company's history. He also notes the absence of Face ID, cellular connectivity, and any notable redesign, calling Apple's current direction baffling.
Related event: Apple Launches First Touchscreen MacBook Pro with Tandem OLED(21 posts)→
More from Companies & People
- Microsoft's 4,800-person layoffs save what its AI data center spend burns in two days — aakashgupta · 2026-10-29
- Dev questions Anthropic ops: Claude Code source leaked to prod, backbone outages 'routine' — cuenca · 2026-10-29
- Thiel Fellowship's wild ROI: 40 under-20 fellows founded 13 unicorns, 4 are billionaires — FinanceYF5 · 2026-10-29
- KUKA CEO on physical AI: how 600,000 deployed robots learn new tricks — lukas_m_ziegler · 2026-10-29
- 7 free resources for engineers moving into AI, from an illustrated LLM repo to 40+ hours of courses — Arindam_1729 · 2026-10-29
- Apple hiring PhD interns to fix grounded video reasoning in Video LLMs — HildeKuehne · 2026-10-29