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PRICE 13in non-Touch Bar, £1,208 (£1,449 inc VAT); 13in Touch Bar, £1,458 (£1,749 inc VAT); 15in Touch Bar, £1,958 (£2,349 inc VAT) from apple.com/uk
Neophobia – the fear of the new, or the fear of change – is an increasingly common affliction among Apple fans. The company is infamous for gleefully tossing past-it tech on the scrap heap, often long before many users have had the chance to properly say goodbye. First, Apple came for your serial port, then your parallel port, and in 2016 it took your phone’s headphone socket, too. Now, the new MacBook Pro family has come for your Function keys and USB ports.
If you want old-school Function keys, then you can…
