No macrumors, March 18 is not Monday, it's Wednesday, and March 19 is not Tuesday, it's Thursday...
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New MacBook Air Possible as Early as Next Week
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Good point.
Many people are going to work from home though, so I expect laptop sales to raise next week.
Came off my bike the other week, my trusty MacBook Air was in my bag at the time. It now looks like this:
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Broke my collarbone too:
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Although I've had that repaired:
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Repairing the old MacBook Air didn't seem worth it...could do with a new one.
Broke my collarbone too:
Although I've had that repaired:
Repairing the old MacBook Air didn't seem worth it...could do with a new one.
you read it wrong that was last years date when those products were released in 2019.
New story just popped up saying Apple Stores are receiving extra stock of Macs in possible anticipation of stronger sales as more folks choose or are required to work from home.
Hopefully it's of "new models"...
I think we are all mostly tapped out on what's been in the stores for a while now.
C'mon Apple, give us some fun stuff to get distracted by next week. Times like these demand more mac model updates, full speed ahead please...
Good point, but: people do order these things online a lot and also what better time to get a new laptop than when your guaranteed lots of indoor time to use it....
I’m working from home with my 2016 MBP. So far so good but if the keyboard fails I can’t bring it to the AS or an authorized reseller, so my quickest option would be buying a new MBP or a new Air
I have a friend who's fairly high up in the management for situations like this for a university. She said they're having a hard time getting enough laptops for a lot of workers who normally use desktop machines and now must telecommute.
That doesn't seem quite right to me...
The 2019 butterfly keyboard is out almost one year and has not yet shown widespread issues like that.
The new 16" MBP's scissor "Magic Keyboard" on the other hand has been out just a few months.
Also hasn't shown those issues yet, but how on earth has it "proven far more reliable"?
Scissor-mechanisms were used in Apple laptops before 2016 and the standalone Magic Keyboard since launch so it has proven to be highly reliable. So adding it back to the 2020 laptops de facto makes them more reliable.
No, that doesn't ensure anything, unless it's exactly the same type of keyboard which it obviously isn't – in fact the new "Magic Keyboard" in the 16" MBP is nothing like the pre-2015 MacBook keyboards.
It mechanism is very similar to the external Magic Keyboard, but not quite the same.
Minor differences can have a huge impact on reliability.
We've seen that with the 2019 butterfly keyboard which, on first glance, seems identical to the 2018 version, but uses different materials.
With the 2018 version, reports of reliability issues surfaced after just a few months (and of course were way overblown).
There have been no such reports about the 2019 version, which has been out for almost a full year.
Also in the short term you could just plug in an external keyboard, or use Apple's bluetooth Magic keyboard. Those keyboards would be superior in every way to the laptop's built-in keyboard. I always plug in an external keyboard for my 2019 MBP 15" unless it's literally sitting on my lap. All that being said, yes, a new scissor switch MBP or Air would be ideal!
If it hasn't failed you in over 3 years, why would you expect it to now? It's not like it has to fail at some point..
They could have referred to some bit of information they used last time that wasn't public/published - if I send you an anonymous tip and say, "I'm going to say rhinoceros in any future communication", and then you get a tip now that says "rhinoceros"... it's probably the same person.
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So, exactly the same, then?
what about rhinoceros?...?
I don’t really believe this rumor. I also hope it’s wrong since it would mean no Tiger Lake MacBook Air.
