IMAGE: ROMAN LOYOLA SEPTEMBER 2020 MACWORLD 15
T
he arrival of Macs running Apple
silicon (go.macworld.com/apsl)
isn’t just about faster, more-
power-efficient processors. It’s
also an opportunity for Apple to reinvent
Mac hardware (go.macworld.com/rinv)
using lessons learned from the iPhone
and iPad.
Apple can take this time to also
reconsider some Mac hardware decisions
of the past decade, most notably the
Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro. While
some users swear by it, the Touch Bar
generally seems to have been received
with indifference or scorn. Updates over
the years have done almost nothing toThe switch to Apple silicon:
Will the Touch Bar survive?
Transitions are opportunities for changes and endings.
BY JASON SNELL