Very intrigued! I was very disappointed when the 17" was discontinued and have not been all that impressed with what has come out after.
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16-Inch MacBook Pro With All-New Design Expected in 2019, 13-Inch Model May Gain 32GB RAM
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When your flagship laptop needs an app to stop the keys repeating, you know you've messed up.
https://github.com/aahung/Unshaky
This is a lifesaver for me, since I don't live in the US, and Applecare turnaround times for the rest of the world are measured in weeks.
https://github.com/aahung/Unshaky
This is a lifesaver for me, since I don't live in the US, and Applecare turnaround times for the rest of the world are measured in weeks.
yeah i always preferred it. Killed by retina.
I own one actually (my third iPad). And use it with an Apple Pencil to do some illustration work. I'd like Apple to do a 24 and/or 30" version to rival the Dell Canvas/Wacom Cintiq.
I bought one official Apple USB-C to USB-A adapter for those couple of items that have tethered USB-A cables that I do not want to have to re-purchase. I have bought a combination of Amazon Basics, Cable Creations and Plugable cables to give me what I needed to adapt the devices I needed/wanted to use with my 2016 15" MacBook Pro. It cost me about $62 all totaled together minus the Apple USB-C to USB-A and the TB3<-->TB2 adapter for my El Gato Thunderbolt 2 Dock that I use with my 2015 work MacBook Pro and my 2016 MacBook Pro. I bought more cables than I actually had to have to hook up my Time Machine drive, Zoom recorder and 4/3 camera, because I wanted to have actual cables instead of simply using the Apple dongle. I also have a CalDigit Thunderbolt 3 mini dock during an Amazon Lightning Deal, which was a complete steal versus the current cost I am seeing.
I have a Transcend Card Reader which works just fine with USB-A and USB-C, and cost me all of $23.80. Haven't timed it yet, but it's plenty quick. The Apple one is more compact for travel and would be my preference if I traveled and needed just SD Card capability.
There is an awful lot of smartassery about the actual cost of dongle, cables and such as opposed to people having genuine adult conversation on the costs of moving to USB-C. Honestly, I have never seen so many people whine about being asked to purchase an $8 cable to replace a USB-A cable. They would rather piss and moan about how Apple screwed them over by advancing technology, which they all seem to want and complain about, just as long as it doesn't require them to change how they do things. USB-C is by no means a Utopia, but it is not a dealbreaker.
All those ports are not coming back and that's just fine.
They actually were moving away from it well before Retina. The introduction of Retina just coincided with the last known matte screen, but products were already getting introduced without a matte option. I’d like a matte screen too.
Something told me to hold off until 2019 for the refresh and design...Only after the release give it 3-6 months in time...Then you can tell if any problems will rise with the New 2019 MacBook Pro's. All the new releases from Apple suffer some kind of hardware or software issues...Always buy it after everyone else...This way you are not stuck with the problem...
They don't do everything. They don't, for example, power Apple's OWN line of displays, which were so well-made that many, many of us still have and use them. (And prefer them to most of what's been released since.). They also don't work and play nice with many of the (necessary) adapters, since there are still relatively few certified TB3 cables on the market. I just burned out two USB-C 90 degree adapters since I need one to prevent my cable from snapping out in the port (and giving Apple even MORE money for an unnecessary repair) and a TB3 equivalent doesn't yet exist.
It's one thing to nudge your users to newer tech, which Apple has always done. But previous forced upgrades were genuinely better, even if they came with added cost. This is the first time they've forced us all onto a platform that is still profoundly limited in support, doesn't fully work as advertised, and makes reverse adaptability impossible. Having the world's most advanced car does you absolutely no good if you can't drive it anywhere. If Apple doesn't straighten itself out fast, then they are the ones who will be getting left behind by consumers. Because I will tell you this — I currently have Apple's very-top-of-the-line MBP and if I had to do the last six months all over again, I would be typing this in Windows.
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All really solid ideas, 90% of which will never happen because...Apple. I've never understood why people hated the touch bar so much. I find it mostly useless, but I don't really hate it because I acknowledge that the concept has merit, even if Apple's execution was poor. Your suggestion to axe it in favour of Apple Pencil support in the trackpad completely solves that issue, though.
In order to make it happen, Apple would basically have to replace the trackpad with a small iPad Pro screen, which contains the necessary sensors. (It would be pointless to stick all those sensors underneath a traditional trackpad because it would ratchet up the cost with limited returns for only a subset of users, which is already the main problem of the touch bar.) But a genuine Apple touch screen in its place would probably be the greatest innovation the MacBook line has ever seen. You could actually run iOS in a shell and have access to all (or most) of your apps. How awesome would it be to just throw up the calculator while you're drafting? Or the dictionary/thesaurus when you're writing? And Apple could simultaneously build out the software that currently runs the TB, so it's emoji functionality (or whatever it does) is all still there. A MPB with an iPad embedded it in would actually be worth $4000.
But again, won't happen, because people would probably love it and Apple doesn't want to make things that people love; they want people to love things because they made it, which is how we got where we are.
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I guess you dont understand the update cycle for MacBook Pro. Base on all MacBook Pro models, Apple released at least one major or minor update such as new CPU or GPU on every year and all new design updates every 4 years.
Come on, guys, stop asking for USB-A ports. That ship has definitely sailed.
Why do you keep asking for a slower, less versatile port, when Apple gives you FOUR freaking Thunderbolt 3 ports? At the very leat, ask for two more, and/or an integrated SDXC card reader on the extra available internal space…
As for MagSafe, I’m as sad for its demise as any of you here are, but they won’t revert to it either, for the very simple reason that they want to streamline their supply chain, and having the same USB-C cables for the entire laptop range and the iPad Pros just makes a lot of sense in that regard. You can also buy aftermarket MagSafe replacements on the cheap, didn’t you know?
What would make total sense would be for them to fix the damned keyboard already, and rethink the entire ribbon-display-cable-sans-connector situation. Those two are borderline criminal, especially on a range of very expensive machines widely know until now for their reliability and ease of repair. The same goes for the ominous T2 killswitch, which I’m hoping Apple is forced to never, ever force upon users who don’t really need to have a government-agency-level security clearance, thanks to right-to-repair laws across the world.
Why do you keep asking for a slower, less versatile port, when Apple gives you FOUR freaking Thunderbolt 3 ports? At the very leat, ask for two more, and/or an integrated SDXC card reader on the extra available internal space…
As for MagSafe, I’m as sad for its demise as any of you here are, but they won’t revert to it either, for the very simple reason that they want to streamline their supply chain, and having the same USB-C cables for the entire laptop range and the iPad Pros just makes a lot of sense in that regard. You can also buy aftermarket MagSafe replacements on the cheap, didn’t you know?
What would make total sense would be for them to fix the damned keyboard already, and rethink the entire ribbon-display-cable-sans-connector situation. Those two are borderline criminal, especially on a range of very expensive machines widely know until now for their reliability and ease of repair. The same goes for the ominous T2 killswitch, which I’m hoping Apple is forced to never, ever force upon users who don’t really need to have a government-agency-level security clearance, thanks to right-to-repair laws across the world.
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Later this year...rumor now has it that AMD 7nm Navi is up for release in July...but too much bouncing back and forth to say for 100% sure. Stay tuned for more “GPUs Of Our Lives”.
Source: https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-3000-cpus-x570-motherboards-and-radeon-navi-gpus-7nm-launch-rumor/
My thoughts exactly. Have you seen how small the bezels on a Dell XPS look compared to a Macbook Pro? we shouldn't expect less from Apple.
Welcome to the Touch Matrix! It replaces the entire physical keyboard, with each virtual key sporting its own T2 processor. (kernel panic: keyOS 1.0)
They’ll be a lot smaller than they are now, but I expect they’ll at least keep enough top bezel to house the camera, in keeping with function-over-form design choices like thicker iPhones and the notch.
Oh I was thinking of just having the Trackpad as is, but being able to accept Apple Pencil input. Essentially having functionality like a regular non-Cintiq Wacom tablet. Look at the main screen while you draw on the Trackpad. I'm no Apple engineer, but it surely cannot be that difficult to implement.
But yeah, I have little to no hope that Apple will implement any of the points on my list. Instead they'll just make it 0.2mm thinner again and price it into the stratosphere.
The Touch Bar is probably not the endgame. There was another recent rumor that Apple was working on an all glass haptic keyboard. If a Touch Bar suddenly becomes a fully functional touch keyboard with feedback, things start to get very interesting (and probably aggravating for typists). Or maybe they just end up with a haptic Touch Bar that would be close enough to a real row of function keys while still maintaining the flexibility of the Touch Bar.
I'm iffy on the Touch Bar myself, but in the times in which I've found it useful, I've found it VERY useful. It's just that those times are few and far in between, but like you, I understand the potential.
Will it have a proper keyboard that lasts more than a few months before needing repair?
Keep the headphone jack, add back magsafe and a couple USB3 ports (along with USB-C ports), and PLEASE make the Battery, RAM, and HD user upgradeable. Do that (or most of it) and we are good to go.
And I pray that awkward touchbar is gone too....a failed experiment.
And I pray that awkward touchbar is gone too....a failed experiment.