One-and-a-half years later, the Touch Bar is almost universally regarded as nothing more than a flashy gimmick that actually gets in the way of even the most basic tasks. When Apple first introduced the Touch Bar in 2016, the reception was split. Still, I would've given Apple a pass here if the Touch Bar was actually useful.
This means that customers are forced to spend almost $1000 more for the Touch Bar model just so they can have a CPU that has become standard fare for a 2018 notebook. When Apple finally refreshed its Macbook Pros earlier this month, instead of updating the entire line it decided to upgrade only the Touch Bar models with the new chips. The performance jump was so significant over the previous generation that the PC industry adopted the chips almost immediately. Intel introduced its eighth generation of CPUs known as 'Coffee Lake' designed for notebooks all the way back in November.
