[DonaldPShimoda]

When the TouchBar was unveiled, I thought it seemed kind of gimmicky.

Last summer, I got a MacBook Pro with TouchBar, and I've used it almost every day since then. The TouchBar is less gimmicky than I had initially thought... but I still don't think it's that useful. Certain aspects are nifty (anything with a slider; emojis), certain things are "meh" (mute; extra functionality), and some things I very much dislike (the escape key not being a key at all anymore).

I remember before the TouchBar was actually unveiled there had been some rumors that Apple might show off a new keyboard where the keys had e-ink displays, such that you could change every key of the keyboard instantly but it would still be a physical keyboard (not a touchscreen). I would have preferred that, and I still would. I guess we'll see what the future has in store!