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I would buy this if the freakin' keyboard is backlit for once... 
Apple working on Magic Keyboard with MacOS built in
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I was hoping this was going to be about Apple bringing the touch strip of the MPB to their external keyboard. In the spirit of full disclosure I have never actually used it on the MBP because I don't have one with it, but as somebody who works with music and video production software I think it would be great to have quick access to graphic based shortcuts that you can program the layout and which ones.
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Thank god they will never do that. The touch strip makes the keyboard worse as an actual keyboard. It’s terrible, and I am super glad it is gone. If apple wants to bring it back, I would gladly pay more to not have it.
If you want similar functionality, but done well, you may want to look into something like the Stream Deck.
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it was awful. 10% useful, 90% annoying
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The only thing I became accustomed to doing on the Touch Bar was pressing Shut Down or Empty Trash. Even now I sometimes reach toward the top of the keyboard when shutting down my MBP before I’m like “oh, right, that’s gone”.
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A keyboard/processor/ssd unit could be big enough to have an F-row and a touchbar, perhaps put together in a more ergonomic way that makes the bar not s spurious-touch magnet. They would have a little more room to work with there, since it would not be meant to be portable in the manner of a notebook.
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Looks like some are not waiting for Apple to implement this.
