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What to Expect in the Third Generation MacBook

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I'm patiently waiting for them to release 'the one' in this range.

Then I finally go lighter and thinner from MBP to MBr 12. And it will most certainly be black.
 
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Peter Abs said:
I think the third generation MacBooks will be available in the new iPhone colours. Can you imagine one in the new (matte) "Black"? The thought of the colour alone is making me froth at the mouth haha
Wonder if they'd bother making them in Jet Black, it'd probably be way too impractical..
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What's so special about Jet Black?
 
Peter Abs said:
12" Retina MacBooks refresh in April ;)
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I wouldn't be surprised to see a refresh swapping the headphone jack for a Lightning connector, like the iPad 4 replaced 30-pin dock with Lightning mid-cycle. Maybe even a processor bump.
 
Mac 128 said:
I wouldn't be surprised to see a refresh swapping the headphone jack for a Lightning connector, like the iPad 4 replaced 30-pin dock with Lightning mid-cycle. Maybe even a processor bump.
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Ha! At least there would finally be some consistency :p I like Apple and my products and all, but an iPhone I need an adapter to connect to my USB-C MacBook? And lightning apple EarPods with remote controls that should/would work with the MacBook if it had lightning too? To be fair these aren't real issues at all but still...
Hmm wonder if you'd be able to charge through lightning too, at the same time :p for super fast charging! :p
 
Peter Abs said:
Ha! At least there would finally be some consistency :p I like Apple and my products and all, but an iPhone I need an adapter to connect to my USB-C MacBook? And lightning apple EarPods with remote controls that should/would work with the MacBook if it had lightning too? To be fair these aren't real issues at all but still...
Hmm wonder if you'd be able to charge through lightning too, at the same time :p for super fast charging! :p
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If it happens, I'm expecting it to be most people's primary choice for charging a MacBook to keep the USB-C ports free for peripherals, since it will use the same charging cable that the iPhone uses. The 12" iPad Pro already has high speed charging with a 17 pin Lightning (2) port. Many iPP users are buying the 29w Retina MacBook charger to take advantage of that. So it would seem Lightning competes pretty directly with USB-C in that respect.
 
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Mac 128 said:
The 12" iPad Pro already has high speed charging with a 17 pin Lightning (2) port. Many iPP users are buying the 65w Retina MacBook charger to take advantage of that. So it would seem Lightning competes pretty directly with USB-C in that respect.
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You mean 29W charger
 
I hope Apple will ditch the 4GB RAM and just have 8GB/16GB BTO. It would be nice if they increased the GHz a bit as well. Sometimes I wish they would leave the MagSafe alone and carry it on to their new laptops...especially the Macbook.
 
TRDGT4Writer said:
I hope Apple will ditch the 4GB RAM and just have 8GB/16GB BTO. It would be nice if they increased the GHz a bit as well. Sometimes I wish they would leave the MagSafe alone and carry it on to their new laptops...especially the Macbook.
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All of the Macbooks have 8GB RAM - not sure where the 4GB comment is coming from ?
 
Mac 128 said:
Yes, but I feel confident predicting that Apple won't remove the 3.5mm jack and expect their iPhone customers with new Lightning headphones to use an adapter with their new MacBooks.

Apple knows the single port is not popular, and won't fly once they discontinue the Air. So they save face here by replacing the 3.5mm jack with Lightning as their new wired audio standard, but in the process get a backup port that doubles as a charging port using the same cable customers already have with iPhones, and delivers USB 3 data transfer speeds good for most devices, as well as compatibility with iOS adapters and devices, both lowering Apples production costs and saving customers money.
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I still have a sony hi-fi headset which is about 20 years old, was very expensive at the time but works perfectly well today. It has a 3.5 mm jack, and is far superior to the "ear buds". This is the standard for wired sound. I think it will be 3.5 mm or none (bluetooth).
 
Jg75 said:
I still have a sony hi-fi headset which is about 20 years old, was very expensive at the time but works perfectly well today. It has a 3.5 mm jack, and is far superior to the "ear buds". This is the standard for wired sound. I think it will be 3.5 mm or none (bluetooth).
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And what if someone was only born 20 years ago and is buying their first set of high quality wired headphones to use mainly with their iPhone 7 and Mac, but thinks adapters are dumb?
 
I'm looking forward to seeing the next Macbook. Surely it will get the updated butterfly keyboard of the new Pros? Perhaps a second USB-C port and Thunderbolt 3?
 
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I don't think it'll ever get 2nd UB-C port, though TB3 will be native with Kabylake
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Well now you've just given me renewed expectation that they will introduce the Lightning port on the rMB in place of the headphone jack.

Following that, they will then replace the headphone jack on the rest of the MacBooks with Lightning, hence all the polling by Apple as to whether their customers use the headphone jack.
 
oneMadRssn said:
I'm looking forward to seeing the next Macbook. Surely it will get the updated butterfly keyboard of the new Pros? Perhaps a second USB-C port and Thunderbolt 3?
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MBO without TouchBar has only two ports. I really doubt they will do the same with rMB. I can dream it, but I really can't see it. Tough I hope I am wrong about this...

Mac 128 said:
Well now you've just given me renewed expectation that they will introduce the Lightning port on the rMB in place of the headphone jack.

Following that, they will then replace the headphone jack on the rest of the MacBooks with Lightning, hence all the polling by Apple as to whether their customers use the headphone jack.
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They would have done that already... Having lightning on iP7, and 3.5mm on macbooks is dumb as it gets :(
 
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