Posted on 05/19/2015 7:53:15 AM PDT by Loud Mime
Apple on Tuesday issued an update to its 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, adding faster Intel processors, as well as the new pressure-sensitive Force Touch trackpad.
The new trackpad, previously available on the 13-inch MacBook Pro and 12-inch MacBook, has built-in force sensors and a Taptic Engine that delivers haptic feedback. It allows users to click anywhere with a uniform feel, and users can even customize the amount of pressure needed to register each click.
Force Touch opens up a range of new gestures, including the new force click. Developers can tap into these expanded capabilities with new APIs available in the latest builds of OS X Yosemite.
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ping
Been that way since long before the car replaced the horse and buggy!
Still satisfied with my 2011 with 16gb and 512 ssd
My next stop is Win10 + skylake. Bye bye apple.
A taptic engine that delivers haptic feedback? I feel titillated!
Awesome, but I will not buy a MB pro until they make it lose some weight. I know it will never weight as much as the new MacBook, but I want it to get lighter.
I’ll have to go try this out. I haven’t bought in to touch screens on a laptop; my current ASUS has that feature, and I almost never use it. Apple seems to have the trackpad technology nailed, so I am interested to see if this is an improvement.
BTW, how is the keyboard on the 13” MBP? That is a most important feature, and on my ASus laptop, the keyboard is abysmal.
Will you get a Surface Pro 4?
Whatever that is...
There will be lots of options in December. I need an array of ports and a 15” display.
The hajib feedback blows you fingers off.
Too many fingerprints.
Tickles your nutsack.
It’s actually quite a little development. Basically, it generates force feedback that gives the user the impression that a rigid surface like a trackpad actually has “give” and provides tactile sensation - you can even feel the “click” made by pressing on the trackpad.
They use the same tech in the watch to provide subtle taps on the wrist as part of its notifications.
A small step perhaps to advancing toward true “holodeck” functionality.
On mine (early 2014 retina model), it's pretty much identical to a full-size Mac keyboard.
I found this one locally. What about these specs?
Z0QN-MF8405Z0QN-MF8405 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7 (Broadwell) 16GB of Onboard 1866 MHz LPDDR3 RAM 256GB PCIe-Based Flash Storage Integrated Intel Iris Graphics 6100
Any other things I should be looking to have in this Macbook?
as does Obama to Chris Matthews' leg
I refuse to swap Mavericks for Yosemite. I have heard terrible things about Yosemite.
Go with Yellowstone : )
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