The Touch Bar came to satisfy a need that didn't exist

Apple launched the long-awaited revamp of the MacBook Pro range in 2016, a range that had two main attractions: the new butterfly mechanism keyboard layout (which was a complete disaster) and the Touch Bar (an OLED touch panel located on the back keyboard top).

Apple gave up on the butterfly mechanism and abandoned it last year. And, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, it will also abandon the Touch Bar in the next generation of the MacBook Pro range, a functionality that has not really been the revolution that Apple had thought when it introduced it to the market.

Instead of the Touch Bar, Apple will introduce the row of physical keys, the same ones that existed on the MacBook Pro range prior to the introduction of the Touch Bar, so it's like taking a step back in MacBook design. Pro. This new range, which would arrive in the third quarter of 2021, will be available in 14 and 16-inch versions, will include more ports, and will mean the return of the MagSafe charging port, in addition to, obviously, the new Apple Silicon processors.

Unlike other features, it is likely that very few users will lose sleep if Apple finally ditches the Touch Bar. The Touch Bar came to the MacBook Pro range as a replacement for the function keys and showing hotkeys. direct to the main functions of the applications that were updated to be compatible.

The disappearance of the physical Esc button has weighed heavily and users seem to have still not been able to get used to it. In addition, having to take a look at the bar to find the function we want to use was productivity, a productivity that was maintained with the physical keys that had already been assigned a specific function for many years.

In short: The Touch Bar came to MacBook Pros to solve a problem that did not exist, and instead of solving a problem, it became a problem in itself.