| I have the 13" Touch Bar model. I have no end of problems with the ESC key. The touch bar ESC key has no tactile feedback. It has no haptic feedback. I can't tell if I hit it or not. Literally, what used to be a completely unconscious use of a heavily used key (vim, Command-Tab change mind, drag & change mind, etc.) now is literally a 2-3 second mental interrupt every time I want to use it, because now I have to make sure I hit it, and that the hit registers. The rest of the touch bar is similarly problematic. Using interactive debugging? I used to rest my fingers on F5-6-7 for step-over, step-into and continue, then I could just wiggle one finger to keep stepping. Well, no longer. I can't rest my fingers, I have no tactile feedback when I hit one of these things, and I have to look at the keyboard to make sure I'm doing the right thing. I haven't looked at a keyboard since 1982, and probably earlier. (Well, maybe except when I was learning my way around my Symbolics keyboard.) Use WINE? Too bad - you can't force the touch bar to always be F1-12 in System Preferences. Sucks for huge numbers of games. Which, even if you hit Fn-F-key, still suffers from the problem that it does a 2-3 second mental interrupt and glance at the keyboard. Essentially the Mac is no longer suitable for keyboard gaming. My wife generally goes to sleep an hour or two before me. I very often will take my laptop and do some recreational coding at night as she likes it when I'm there with her while she falls asleep. Well, not anymore. This keyboard is so loud that several nights a week she tells me to leave. I finally gave up and bought an Alienware 13R3 so at least I can play some games while in bed. (That OLED display is the most amazing display I've ever had, parenthetically.) On top of this, several keys have started to "squeak." I don't know how better to describe it, but several of the keys definitely make odd high pitched sounds when you hit them. Not all the time, but if you hit them off center. Absolute disaster. I will never buy another Apple computer until they get rid of this. Please give me a non-Touch-Bar model ASAP! The track pad, however, is excellent. I don't use the Touch ID. I really don't want the police getting into my stuff without my authorization. |