Seriously, MacRumors, just stop posting nonsense from this guy.
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Kuo: New 31.6" Apple Display in 2019 and 15-17" MacBook in 2021 to Feature Mini-LED Backlights [Updated]
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Seriously, MacRumors, just stop posting nonsense from this guy.
Is that why MacRumors and many other sites quote him and pay attention? Why don't you bark and see who cares?
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And yet, more and more apps support it and more and more users find it useful. Have fun hating. A known designer once explained why people hate change, even if said change replaces a terrible idea with a better one. It is that these people have an ingrained procedural knowledge for doing things the crappy way (press F2 is for this, F3 is for that) and resist change because they've spent time and effort memorizing the crappy way. And they still don't get that it's not for replacing key-combo shortcuts they memorized -- it's for tasks that don't have a key shortcut, or which you do not know the key shortcut for. It provides a better experience and workflow for people using unfamiliar apps (they don't know the key shortcuts yet).
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The Air is underpowered and featured for those who want the most powerful and most portable.
Likely 17 inch MacBook Pro will continue using our beloved butterfly mechanism, unless Apple changing mind to introduce new, better designed MBP.
Yep. My early 2013 15" rMBP marches along jes' fine, thankuverymuch. Used to upgrade every major cycle since the days of the Wallstreet, stalled out in 2013. Draw your own conclusions. Partly a function of a mature product line, but not completely...I have no desire to downgrade my keyboard, dongle the hell out of my ports, and spend heavily for the privilege.
Keyboard works beautifully, has all the ports, runs the Adobe suite plenty fast. Even the original battery with 450 cycles on it still gives 2+ hours. Not an issue for a machine alternating exclusively between a desk at home hooked up to full-size peripherals or some hotel desk on the road. Plugged in either way, but will get the batt replaced when I can figure out how to manage the downtime.
Totally crazy that it's been six years now and I've yet to find a compelling reason to drop $4,000+ for a comparably-specced replacement. Another 2 years is nothing.
Belive me, no sneak peek anymore. Never. The last sneak peek was AirPower and look what happened.
Guys! The Chinese article is NOT saying there won't be a redesign in 2019. It only says that Mini LED will come in 2021 to MacBooks. But NOT that there won't be a redesign this year. I don't get why this is spreading as crazy. There will probably be 16in MacBook in 2019.
That sounds good to me. I’m probably one of the few who’d actually like a 17” laptop. Powerful like a desktop but still portable. Perfect combo for me
I too miss the 17" laptop. I finally replaced the 2011 17" and while the 15" is faster, the screen size is quite limited unless driving an external monitor.
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Agreed.
Look how long a redesigned Mac Pro too! They had the cheese grater design, all they needed to do was update the internals.
I hope "Kuo's original research note said the new MacBook Pro will feature an "all-new design." means a (slightly) thicker design to allow for a decent keyboard, with an option of no Touchbar, or this will not affect me.
The bigger Apple gets the slower they have become. Hardware is not where the money is. Services, Services, Services, I get that. Apple phones this year are disappointing especially considering what the competition is offering. Apple knows that because it has finally hurt their pocketbooks. The new one's will be much better. Maybe I'll trade my X in then but maybe now. Apple's hardware just doesn't keep up any more and it has been that way for several years. The only thing they have going for them are their operating systems. Maybe the developer conference will help. The cost of Apple products have become more unreasonable as time goes by. Leaving the WiFi world was just plane stupid considering what Apple is coming out with now. No monitors for years has cost them business. Charging systems that they where ahead on have been taken over by others. Where's the Mac Pro and can anyone or business afford it? Maybe at the developer's conference, maybe not, will find out. I am writing this and doing my video work on an older iMac but the cost of a new configuration that would really make a difference, is just too expensive. Especially the memory. Doesn't Apple realize that being more reasonable in just this one area, would help in buying decisions for both the individual and companies? You really have to pay to stay with Apple. As I've said before, the operating system is the key. Without it, there would be no Apple as we know it. Who cares, they're not interested in the people that where "the rest of us" any more. Sad.
The huge, huuuggge problem with the Surface Laptop is that it has an iFixit repairability score of ZERO... Meaning that there is no way whatsoever to repair anything about it, ever. At all. Which is worse than the MacBook Pro (which has 1 out of 10).
Do you think it’s NOT on the drawing board two year’s in advance?
It seems right to think apple is planning two years out.
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Whats the difference between 1 and 0? The ability to clean the fans with compressed air?
I'm still using my 2012 macbook pro (upgraded hardrive to SSD) and have no plans to upgrade to anything. Thanks.
The machine translation of the original Chinese research report is a bit inaccurate. Guo is "only" stating that certain products (such as the MacBook Pro 16") that include Mini LED technology are expected to be launched over the next few years. A newly redesigned 16" MacBook Pro launched this year without Mini LED technology would be entirely compatible with his precisely worded report, as would a Mini LED option added in 2021 to a 16" MacBook Pro that launched in 2019 with a conventional LED display. Bear in mind he is writing these reports to help guide investors who want to know on which companies' stocks to place their bets and not for end consumers. So it's about which Mini LED-related companies' stock will go up when, not about disappointing fanboys.
I don't want to give everyone false hopes that Guo is "wrong" (I too am eagerly awaiting a truly better MacBook Pro with a reliable keyboard and physical functional keys). I'm just saying - don't jump to conclusions just yet.
