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It Looks Like Apple is Killing the Physical Esc and Power Keys On New MacBook Pro

Curious minds on the internet have uncovered an image file on their Mac, which was added by Apple in the latest macOS update. The image reveals a new laptop that fully fits the description of rumored MacBook Pro, which Apple is expected to launch on October 27. The laptop in the picture has what seems like a "contextual" OLED display (some are calling it Magic Toolbar display) on the top. What's interesting from that picture is that there's no physical Escape key or Power key to be found anywhere.

Editor's note: We usually tend to avoid covering leaks and rumors, but several readers pitched the story to us, and media outlets are also covering it now, which adds some credibility to the matter.

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  1. Re:The end of computing by Zak3056 · · Score: 5, Informative

    FYI, Dorothy's slippers were ruby.

    If you're going to be pedantic and point out that the slippers were "ruby" instead of "red" then I'll point out that they were only "ruby" slippers because it looked good in Technicolor. The shoes in the book are silver.

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  2. Re:How is everyone supposed to use Emacs? by Joce640k · · Score: 4, Informative

    You have a problem with CTRL+[? Works on everything I've used so far, except for the blasted TVI-950, which always sends CTRL+].

    You must live in a country which has a nice '[' key on the keyboard. Most keyboards in the world access those symbols with Alt-Gr.

    (Sucks to be them, I know...but this will make it suck even worse)

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  3. Re:Simplicity can only go so far by vux984 · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Been able to right click for decades.... Why do you guys that have zero experience with a MAC keep trying to bring that fake piece of info Up?"

    Decades? Sure, you've been able to right click in OSX for as long as I can remember.

    Sure. Just not with the mice apple sold you.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    From 1983 to 2005 all apple sold was one button mice. The 2005 mighty mouse was the first one that actually had a 'right click'.

    That said the mighty mouse/magic mouse being multitouch devices with capacitive touch continued to make right clicking far less discoverable to users than a typical PC mouse which clearly had 2 clickable surfaces, one on the left, and one on the right.

    And that continues even to today. And frankly the apple might/magic mice are utter garbage; designed for people who spend more time admiring their mouse then using it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...