Apple brings touch to the Mac, reversing years-old stance

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorApple has announced a touchscreen MacBook Pro, the company's third major launch under chief executive John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook on the first of September.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTernus said, quote, yes, for the very first time, we are bringing touch to the Mac.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe fourteen-inch model starts at two thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars, and the sixteen-inch at three thousand three hundred ninety-nine, according to TechCrunch.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe display hits two thousand nits of peak brightness and holds up to sixteen terabytes of storage.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPreorders open October thirtieth, and it goes on sale November sixth.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe reversal is notable. TechCrunch reports Steve Jobs once called a touchscreen Mac ergonomically terrible, and the Touch Bar, Apple's earlier attempt, was later removed.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the company spent years insisting you must not touch the screen, and now it wants you to touch the screen. Fingerprints, Kenji.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOn a three thousand dollar laptop.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBro, the teaser was just a logo on a wall with music building. That's the whole trailer, and it worked.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWipe it down. Carry a cloth. That is real advice from a woman who has handled many surfaces.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentClip it.