Well notice that I said “introduced“ as in Tim Cook has never released a new product or service that starts with the letter i, but obviously existing ones still exist. All those things you listed were introduced during the Steve Jobs era. And I’m not complaining or anything, I’m just pointing out a fact, Tim Cook prefers to start names with the word “Apple” and I think that’s fine and makes sense.
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MacBook With Foldable Display Will Actually Have 18.8-Inch Screen, Analyst Says
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Less than two hours after Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said a MacBook with either an 18.8-inch or 20.2-inch foldable screen would launch in 2026, display industry expert Ross Young has said the device will indeed feature around an 18.8-inch screen.
In a post on social media platform X, limited to his paying subscribers, Young said he expects the device to be equipped with an 18.76-inch display instead of a 20.25-inch display for "cost reasons." In a folded position, Kuo said an 18.8-inch MacBook would be similar in size to a traditional 13-inch or 14-inch MacBook.
It is expected that a MacBook with a foldable screen would feature an all-screen design with a virtual keyboard, but exact design details have yet to be rumored.
Kuo said Apple is aiming to make the foldable screen "as crease-free as possible," and he said this could result in the device being nearly as expensive as Apple's Vision Pro headset, which starts at $3,499. He also said the foldable-screen MacBook will be equipped with Apple's next-generation M5 chip, which has yet to be announced.
It seems like a foldable-screen MacBook is still a few years away, and Apple will firm up its plans for the device as its launch gets closer.
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I still curse at the iPhone to this day when I type words it replaces with nonsense or misreads as a tap on the letter to the left or right. I do not want this on a machine I use to do a job.
pls apple keep making vision pros and stuff like this. also add some ai gadgets to the mix. you're saving me so much money with stuff i'll never buy 
Apple in 2021: Touch screens on laptops are for losers.
Apple in 2026: We will give you nothing but the touch screen.
Providing that all of this comes to pass, one wonders... I mean it could be an interesting niche, but I am guessing that touch screens would need to come to other Macs too? I guess we'll see what happens...
Apple in 2026: We will give you nothing but the touch screen.
Providing that all of this comes to pass, one wonders... I mean it could be an interesting niche, but I am guessing that touch screens would need to come to other Macs too? I guess we'll see what happens...
I had no idea that so many Apple fanboys were BLACKBERRY enthusiasts
Give me something like the Asus Zenbook Fold or Thinkpad X1 Fold. Having it fold with space for the keyboard, instead of with both sides touching, would probably solve the crease issues. Additional tricks like letting the sides f the screen move in the case when folding would also help.
I am pretty sure that you will be able to buy a regular keyboard to use with your computer until the day you die.
If you can use a physical keyboard with iPads and Macs, you can use them with this.
Is it? I'm imagining using this with the fold when, for example, traveling by air, then unfolding it to use an 18+" screen with an external keyboard once I arrive at my destination. Seems like a potentially very powerful setup for my work.
I hear ya, my point was more to the fact that there's a ton of negativity here. The product is only a rumor of course, and Apple would certainly have some use cases in mind if it came to fruition. Otherwise the keynote would be a disaster. While this product would open up usage of Apple Pencil directly, it doesn't solve a problem that a Mac with iPad/Wacom/etc doesn't solve already.
If this product were a reality, I'd personally be interested in:
- Clean smooth surface, rather than a filthy keyboard (that will power Mx computers on when trying to clean, without separate software)
- Better dust/liquid ingress protection by removing keyboard
- Dynamic keyboard, displaying hotkeys for software you want to learn
- Dynamic keyboard, displaying anything you want
The killer app is an ~19” screen which fits in your bag like a 14” laptop. The use case is a big screen for creators.
First the headphone jack, now the keyboard. Next they’ll summon the courage to take away the screen.
Prob will still fold tho.
Prob will still fold tho.
They'll take away the brains of the thing and have it remotely operating from the cloud too...
The device that nobody wants. Foldable screens are more acceptable and make more sense on iPads and iPhones.
Apple really is heading for a downward spiral. Its the Newton all over again.
Apple really is heading for a downward spiral. Its the Newton all over again.