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Bye-bye, function keys, hello Touch Bar! Apple unveiled its new MacBook Pro on Thursday, with a built-in touch strip at the top of the keyboard where the F-Keys, media controls and escape button used to be. It’s the most noticeable change to tech giant’s laptops in recent years. We discuss if it’ll set the standard …

Now playing: Watch this: The new MacBook Pro: How Apple added touch without a… 2:16 The new MacBook Pro is here, available for preorder today, and in many ways it’s a very different machine. It might look similar, but it’s thinner and lighter, with far more power under the hood, a radically redesigned keyboard and a tiny, potentially amazing touchscreen. …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple debuts MacBook Pro 2:05 Apple on Thursday revealed its newest MacBook Pro laptop, which includes a new interactive, customizable touch strip above the keyboard called Touch Bar. “The Mac is more than a product to us,” CEO Tim Cook told the crowd at the Town Hall auditorium at the company’s Cupertino, California, headquarters. “It’s a …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s Touch Bar or Microsoft’s Dial? One outshines… 2:01 It seems like only yesterday that Apple hosted its iPhone 7 circus, and now we’re back for the company’s MacBook 2016 launch, a much smaller event at the company’s headquarters. The event started with a video highlighting the accessibility features of Apple’s products, and announced a new …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple debuts MacBook Pro 2:05 Sure, Apple could make software that powers both Macs and iPads. Yes, it could put touchscreens in its laptops. And yeah, it could make a hybrid device that’s both a tablet and a notebook. But that would be taking the easy route. At least that’s according to Jony Ive, Apple’s longtime …

Now playing: Watch this: Test driving Apple’s Force Touch trackpad 2:49 Apple’s new Macbooks include a wider, more spacious trackpad, giving you more room than ever to use Force Touch. Force Touch, originally introduced on Apple’s 2015 MacBook and 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, is like 3D Touch for your Mac. When you push into your trackpad — with force — …

If you were looking for a new MacBook Air, well, you didn’t get one, exactly. The 13-inch Air remains. It’s right there on Apple’s website, same as always, after Apple’s October Mac event. But there’s a successor Apple wants you to buy: another laptop, the 13-inch MacBook Pro, that’s thinner and smaller — a model without a fancy new Touch …

Apple has a lot of laptops for sale lately. In addition to the 12-inch MacBook, the new 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pros and the older MacBook Air, last year’s 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro models remain on sale on Apple’s website. It’s a bit surprising, since they’re inferior choices. And they’re also being offered at the same price as before, …

It’s Mac time. Apple will host an event today at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, to show off its latest computers. The biggest updates are expected to come to the MacBook Pro, Apple’s workhorse laptop beloved by creative professionals. The computer hasn’t seen a major design update since Apple added the Retina Display in 2012. CNET will be in Cupertino …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple debuts MacBook Pro 2:05 If you really want a MacBook Pro, you’ll buy a new MacBook Pro. But maybe you’re on the fence. How does the new Mac compare to the Windows competition? Truth be told, there aren’t as many direct competitors as you’d think. The recently upgraded Microsoft Surface Book, the 14-inch Razer Blade …