Hyperbole? I Don't Think So -- Apple's New Touch Bar Is Revolutionary -- October 27, 2016

Updates

October 28, 2016: the notes below were just some random notes taken during the presentation yesterday.

Now that I've had some time to think about it and read comments from others:

• I will never be able to afford the 15-inch MacBook Pro, starting at $2,500
• most feel that the MacBook Pro is way over-priced
• the Touch Bar is very, very interesting; that's all I can say about it now 

Original Post

 

It looks like it was pretty much a presentation about MacBook Pro and the new Touch Bar. Nothing else except a bit about the new TV app. 

It will be interesting to hear what "critics" have to say about the new MacBook Pro and especially the Touch Bar. The live presentation, now into the second hour, is live on a Safari browser, at Apple.com. (The presentation ended about 1:20 p.m. Central Time.)

Comparing it with MacBook Air.

The new MacBook Pro is smaller than the MacBook Air.

Wow, the MacBook Pro is thinner than the MacBook Air. It's also smaller in volume; they both weigh the same.

13-inch in two versions, and one 15-inch version.

$1500 to $2500.

I could be wrong but it appears there is no hard drive, but rather solid state memory up to 256 GB. The only two things I did not like about the old MacBook Pro that I had: a) way too heavy; and, b) the hard drive, subject to failing.

Apple share price before the presentation: around $115.

Apple share price after the presentation: around $115.