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The point of it is that the OLED panel will adjust to whichever program you're in. Most of the time, the ESC key will be present in the top left, just like normal!
I'm assuming they'll also build in some sort of customisation though, if they don't, it won't be a week before someone else has. Then you can have the entire top line be an ESC key if you want :)
Soul-
I know what the point is.
But this is like saying the point of Force Touch is to give you a contextual menu based on the application... just how many applications have really made this feature shine?
The Macbook isn't the first to replace the F5 with dynamic keys/displays, there are Toshiba's from 2003 that did it, and recently the Lenovo X1 Carbon. The issue has never been the implementation, but the support from software.
I know the argument, "this is Apple, software will support it", but every piece of software? No, not at all. Because a lot of things installed for devs from Homebrew will be written for Linux and have no idea of the bar.
Perhaps Apple will have sane defaults... ESC, F-keys, etc. But this is why I said I will wait a few days for actual information to be released and initial reviews to come in.
Velocio
Damn, was waiting for these and really considering finally buying an Apple device.
But... no ESC key!
How, how will that work with VIM? Or Emacs? Or... just anything?
Will I have to rebind CAPS LOCK as ESC and wipe out muscle memory of 20 years?
I'll wait a couple of days for the full details to arrive and the initial feedback... but I fear I may end up with a Dell and continue to run Linux.