Touch Bar pros and cons

[chengengaun (Eng Aun Cheng)]

It’s problematic; I had replied to a similar question earlier so I will quote myself:

So do you buy we'll see refreshed TouchBar 13" MacBook Pro with an M2?

This is the biggest problem I have with the Touch Bar. Since it is a continuous strip, it is almost impossible for me to develop muscle memory with it. Having to look away from the screen breaks my ‘flow state’ which is disruptive and takes a while to get back on track. When typing out lines of complicated loops and nested statements, this is quite a big deal. My finger hurts after hitting the Escape ‘key’ for too long (and sometimes, the key would disappear; and the key is slightly indented), …