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Kuo: Folding All-Screen MacBook Delayed Until Late 2027 At the Earliest

nuff_said said:
Will come with two ports on the base model /s

Joking aside, I can imagine all the proprietary accessories (keyboards, mice) that would come with this.
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I think you nailed the purpose and business model right there: Apple creates a folding screen only MBP and a huge suite of proprietary accessories to support it that must be bought to use the all-screen-Touch-Book-Pro to its full. So they make money off of the $4000 price for the all-screen-Touch-Book-Pro... and they make scads more money on the all new bluetooth keyboard, mice, port hub, pencil, ear buds, Gen 3 Vision Pro goggles, all new MagSafe charging system for screen / keyboard / mice / hub / pencil / ear buds / Gen 3 Vision Pro, all-new Apple stand to support the the All-screen-Touch-Book-Pro and its gear, a special Pro-level cloud storage service, a special Pro-level cloud-based AI functionality that lightens the on-device OS load,....

So that by the time you finish kitting this thing, you are in for $8,999.52 plus the monthly services fee. Oh, don't forget the additional $500 for the all-new all-screen Touch-Book-Pro Apple Care plan to protect all of that glass real estate. And the $500 Apple polishing cloth to wipe that glass. And the $500 nano-texture coating on the glass.

Make that about $10,500.52 to kit this thing and bring it home.

Apple's new product here is not the all-new all-screen Touch-Book-Pro. It's the all-new magical Apple up-sale that makes you want to fork over large sums to get the next new Apple eco system they will make you purchase to get the all-new all-screen TBP. Apple's new #1 new goal and #1 new product these days is cash-flow accretion -- the #1 new goal is not awe-inspiring WOW-inducing product dev. Actually inspiring product that WOW's customers and thoroughly upsets competitors might be at number 22 on the list of Apple priorities.


I am saying this part very quietly after all of my complaining... if it turns out to be awesome, where do I line up so that Apple can take my money?
 
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I think if I connect a Magic Keyboard and trackpad to this, it might make for a pretty good display if I'm using it at home.

...otherwise though, typing on a touchscreen seems like it'd be a hassle. 🙃
 
A keyboard is 10000 times better for typing in a laptop than a a screen!. This product is dead before birth.
Totally unproductive device. Really cool to see it in a store, totally useless.
 
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Kiosk has no idea, he was good using his supply chain insights for products a year or maybe 2 out, but 3-4 or more years out, he’s just throwing things at the wall …
 
redbeard331 said:
Why not just make two separate touchscreens so we don’t have to worry about a crease or durability?
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It's a false rumor, just like the car. This has happened hundreds of times. Some analyst floats some pie-in-the-sky nonsense, then when it turns out it's not happening because it makes no sense, the story changes to "it's delayed," then "it's further delayed due to issues with manufacturing" and finally "Apple abandoned this secret project that they never even had going because they failed to engineer it properly." This one is not a real thing.
 
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To Astropad: "We Don't Need a Foldable Mac Screen — So You Wasted Your Time Making One Ourselves".

Hey Astropad, where's a keyboard? We already saw flimsy butterfly keyboard, now you propose us... Wait, what are you proposing?
 
There’s simply no way that one can type as quickly and efficiently on a screen as they can on a physical keyboard. For that reason (and others), this device is all gimmick to me, more so than the Vision Pro and even the rumored “tabletop robot”. Maybe in four years it will make more sense, but right now it really doesn’t.
 
I am still blown away by how real the haptic trackpad feels. So a 3D-imaged keyboard with haptic feedback? 🤯 Yes, please. Take my money.

Most of all - Imagine being able to customize your keyboard layouts for production software.

EDIT: Of course, I am dreaming here. I re-read the article and there is no mention of haptic feedback, which I believe would be a must-have for an all-screen MacBook.
 
JeffPerrin said:
I am still blown away by how real the haptic trackpad feels. So a 3D-imaged keyboard with haptic feedback? 🤯 Yes, please. Take my money.

Most of all - Imagine being able to customize your keyboard layouts for production software.
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Have you ever typed on a glass surface keyboard for 4-8 hours a day?
 
Not sure what this solves.
At least a folding phone increases usable screen space.

You're still going to need to type on the lower half. I suppose if you treat the whole thing as a long horizontal display and have an external keyboard.
 
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