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MacBook Pro With Touch Screen and New Mac Studio Likely 'Postponed'

But why? As far as it stands memory and storage shortages will continue into the next years. It won’t get cheaper for Apple. I am missing some reasoning in this article.
 
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SpotOnT said:
So disappointing to see Apple embrace the touchscreen laptop. Kind of feels like Apple is just trying random things to see what sticks, with no real thought as to what makes a good product.

A useful product would be an iPad that runs iPadOS when alone and macOS when docked. But no, that is not where Apple is going to go.
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It's due to the younger generation. Kids 0-15 years old will touch every single display they see because that's their natural mental model how to interact with it.
 
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So according to Gurman, the Mac Studio, Apples flagship computer, the one people keep saying Apple are and will be using to penetrate the Ai market with, will be a year behind the MacBook Pro in CPU? Yeah right… Basically he has no clue when the new Studio will launch and never has.
 
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I use a Lenovo Thinkpad w/ touch screen for work and when thinking on buying a laptop for personal use, I can’t think of anything less than a touch screen. Hope this is true. Everyone will love it.
 
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To those with access to the Newsletter: Does he mention the Mac mini?

I just hope this delays don’t mean lower quality RAM manufacturers…
 
omenatarhuri said:
They’re not gonna stay kids forever goofy. Apple has to evolve to stay relevant.

Anyway i really don’t see the problem. If you don’t want to touch your screen you don’t have to. Just ignore that it’s touchscreen and use it as before.
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MacBook Pro is a productivity machine. Only use case I can see for a touchscreen Mac in that regard is for digital artists. But I'm sure even they'd prefer a high quality tablet over a laptop touchscreen.

If Apple wants to make a touchscreen laptop to target this 0-15 demo, it should be put into a higher tier Neo, not the Pro.

As for your second point, you'll still have to pay the premium for the touchscreen even if you never use it. That's why people are complaining about it.
 
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JohnC1959 said:
This RAM shortage is starting to get annoying. They either need to stop trying to build so many AI data centers or build more RAM factories.
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The problem is, building new RAM factories won't solve the immediate problem, you need a couple of years to build the facility, test time to get it running smoothly and then ramp up production over time. A factory that would be built now (assuming that the planning permission doesn't get bound up in red tape for a couple of years and they push it through as an emergency measure) would come online in time for 2029/2030, if they are lucky.

The current RAM "crisis" will be coming to an end at that point, which means that by the time a new factory comes online, there would be a glut of RAM anyway and the new factory would be losing money hand over fist...
 
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Apples product page should read “Coming Soon”with the spinning wheel of death. Sad to say but there’s nothing to get excited about with the Apple of today. As an old time Apple fan, I’m losing interest fast.
 
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He’s been saying this since discussing them. It would make sense to wait until March of next year if the m5 pros just came out right?
 
Don't know whether Apple will have an event in January. March/April could be possible. Price will definitely be much higher. Don't know when Apple is planning on updating the mini and iMac.
 
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I am potential power of the new M5 Max in a Studio, but if they release it in October definitely now. Not gonna buy something that is 8 months, so can wait some extra time for M6. Those different release times from MacBook Pro and Studio are already annoying.
 
haruhiko said:
1. Make predictions
2. Predictions don’t come true
3. “Apple postponed the product…”
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And get paid when entering the room with said blatant pulled out of nowhere predictions and again when exiting it.
It’s like getting paid for each change of ties or underwear's… and this guy changes a lot.

And MR entertains every change, and we rage and pile and engage on that too.

…this can’t be healthy 😂
 
ZipZilla said:
I used to think a touchscreen laptop was a gimmick...until I used one. I had one for work that ran Windows 10/11. It was very, very useful and Apple will sell a ton of them
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I don't know. I too had a Windows 11 touchscreen laptop for work, and even though it was a Lenovo Yoga that could morph into a tablet I never used the touchscreen functionally. I guess it's an individual preference.
 
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I use a Lenovo Thinkpad w/ touch screen for work and when thinking on buying a laptop for personal use, I can’t think of anything less than a touch screen. Hope this is true. Everyone will love it.
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My experience with a Lenovo Yoga work laptop was the opposite. Never used the touchscreen and found it gimmicky. But that's the beauty of different technologies. What works for you doesn't have to work for me. Options are a good thing.
 
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The value per dollar of an M5 Ultra Mac Studio lowers every day. Especially if this upcoming 14/16 inch laptops have an M6 in them.
 
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