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You need the computing power when you need it, not when it is available. Buy the best you can afford/justify as need dictates and then get on and use it and make some money with it. There will be always be a better MacBook Pro down the way. That's the nature of progress. If we all waited for "the next one" then no-one would buy, and Apple wouldn't sell anything, and there wouldn't be a next one. Crazy logic.
 
Knowing how Apple has been over the last several years, watch 2026 become 2027.
That’s why the idea of waiting for a computer that’s *checks notes* 22 months away at the minimum makes no sense.
Also, I think it very unlikely we get all of these things at the same time, Apple likes to spread things out.
For example, maybe the OLED comes a year before the thinner design, and then the thinner design comes as a year before the 5G modem.
And before long, you’re still waiting for a new laptop in 2030.
And high chance the base model MacBook Pro will remain same design and display
 
Well then, Maybe 2026 will be the year I finally replace my 2013 MBP. Unless something better is coming in 2027 then I better hold for that.
 
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Knowing how Apple has been over the last several years, watch 2026 become 2027.
That’s why the idea of waiting for a computer that’s *checks notes* 22 months away at the minimum makes no sense.
Also, I think it very unlikely we get all of these things at the same time, Apple likes to spread things out.
For example, maybe the OLED comes a year before the thinner design, and then the thinner design comes as a year before the 5G modem.
And before long, you’re still waiting for a new laptop in 2030.
And in the meantime competitors already have it for three years. Thats what Apple is today.
 
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I love my M1 Pro MacBook Pro, I feel no need to replace it. If Apple introduces a MacBook Pro with cellular I’ll buy it immediately, that’s the only thing I can think of that would compel me to upgrade.
 
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I started using MacBooks in 2005 and they were never good enough to play video games.

Recently I realized you can install Parsec in your desktop Windows computer at home and give access to your laptop. For $999 you can get a good one with a GeForce RTX 4060.

So I will keep my MacBook Air M2 since it’s fast for everything else, it’s lightweight, battery last the whole day… when I want to play video games, I can connect to my desktop at home or even somewhere else if the internet connection is good.

No reason to buy a MacBook Pro for $4-5k to be able to play games at medium settings.
Reason would be lag
 
All fine and dandy but we are getting to the point that unless you are designing a bridge across the Pacific Ocean and making and editing 8K video about your efforts on the same device, your day to day needs are far exceeded by the power of the device you are using to watch cat videos most of the time
or designing a railroad across the Pacific Ocean ;)
 
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The "notch" has always been idiotic to me. It's simply lazy engineering and a poor design choice. Any intrusion into an already limited laptop display, whether a notch or a hole punch, is unacceptable. Apple should be putting a FaceID capable camera into the bezel like PC laptop manufacturers have been doing for YEARS now. If I had to use the MacBook's display as my primary, I probably wouldn't own a MacBook at all. I'm fortunate to have full-sized monitors at all my work locations, though, so the notch doesn't bother me as much. Seriously....who thought this was a good idea?!?
I'm not a fan of the notch, but most of what you say here seems to be based on an incorrect premise!
The camera always used to be in the bezel. It moved into the notch so the bezel could get smaller - and the screen larger - for the same overall footprint.

Is it worth the trade-off? We can have that argument (and I come down slightly in favour of it being more annoying than useful - even a few years in - but others disagree).

I can't see them going back on that - but hopefully we're getting closer to an "under the screen" technology for the camera and we won't have the notch at all. I'd even argue it's best to try that out on the laptops, first, before going to phones. But we'll see.
 
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The 6th Reason to Wait for Next Year's MacBook Pro:​

You do not need a new MacBook Pro now.
 
Reading this from the new M4 MBP I just bought literally days ago :(

By next year they mean November 2026. Nearly 2 years away.
If this news makes you sad then you didn't need m4 for 2 more years and you probably didn't need it now.
 

5 Reasons to Wait for Next Year's MacBook Pro​

Finally! they nailed the perfect, timeless, forever-reusable title. Should be patented
 
Cellular has been rumored for macbooks since like 2005 haha. One of the longest running MAC RUMORS

Anyway looking forward to upgrading my M3 Pro 16” to whatever this one will be
 
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