Will Apple release Macbook 2019?

If its just going to be a spec bump this year then maybe we'll get news of that before WWDC.

If there's a complete redesign (and a move to ARM?) then that might be one reason the MBP spec bump was announced ahead of WWDC.
 
This is what I wish for:

2019 MacBook
i3-i5-i7 (equivalent to current CPU:s 8145U, 8250U, 8665U)
8-16 GB LPDDR4 RAM
256-512-1024 GB SSD
Two Thunderbolt 3 ports

I would get a i3-16-256 config.

I would sell my 2013 13” MBP and my late 2012 27” iMac and rely solely on the MB and my 2019 15” MBP (i7, 32, 555X, 512; provided by my employer), and also purchase an eGPU setup for my home office, with a Radeon VII (until nVidia cards are accepted natively).
 
sergiobaschi said:
This is what I wish for:

2019 MacBook
i3-i5-i7 (equivalent to current CPU:s 8145U, 8250U, 8665U)
8-16 GB LPDDR4 RAM
256-512-1024 GB SSD
Two Thunderbolt 3 ports

I would get a i3-16-256 config.

I would sell my 2013 13” MBP and my late 2012 27” iMac and rely solely on the MB and my 2019 15” MBP (i7, 32, 555X, 512; provided by my employer), and also purchase an eGPU setup for my home office, with a Radeon VII (until nVidia cards are accepted natively).
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That’s imposible.
 
537635 said:
Thank you for clarifying. Too bad. Roadmap?
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The only mention of LPDDR4 on the last leaked roadmap is for Comet Lake U at Q2 2020. Nothing about the Ice Lake Y for the MacBook at least until 2021:

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ARK said:
So it will either be Ice, Tiger or Comet Lake huh.. Wonder when they will updated it. Its been a long time.
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718 days to be exact. It will be two years as of June 5. June 3 is WWDC 2019.

My June 2017 MacBook Core m3 still works great. No keyboard issues. BTW, does anyone know if the keyboard warranty is really 4 years, or potentially longer? The webpage about this doesn't mention anything about 4 years. Furthermore, the 2015 MacBook is still covered by the keyboard service program, and it is now >4 years old.

[EDIT] I missed the last line that says it is indeed 4 years. [/EDIT]

https://www.apple.com/support/keyboard-service-program-for-mac-notebooks/

Eligible Models
To identify your computer's model and to see if it is eligible for this program, choose Apple () menu > About This Mac. Eligible models are listed below.
    • MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015)
    • MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016)
    • MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017)
    • MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018)
    • MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
    • MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
    • MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
    • MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
    • MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
    • MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)
    • MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
    • MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)
    • MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
    • MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019)
 
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EugW said:
BTW, does anyone know if the keyboard warranty is really 4 years, or potentially longer? The webpage about this doesn't mention anything about 4 years. Furthermore, the 2015 MacBook is still covered by the keyboard service program, and it is now >4 years old.
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The link you gave takes me to the Keyboard replacement page on the UK site where it states;
The program covers eligible MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro models for 4 years after the first retail sale of the unit.
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Personally, given they have admitted the issue and have implemented this repair program I’d like to think there may be some wiggle room for staff to help you out if a little beyond then.



As an aside I’m looking to purchase a MacBook and was wondering what people’s thoughts on buying the 2017 model are now that it’s almost two years from release.

It would fit my needs at the moment but given it’s age, cost and the keyboard issue I just find it difficult to actually commit to the purchase, even though I really want to.
 
ng7apoc said:
The link you gave takes me to the Keyboard replacement page on the UK site where it states;
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I missed that. Thanks for pointing that out.

It would fit my needs at the moment but given it’s age, cost and the keyboard issue I just find it difficult to actually commit to the purchase, even though I really want to.
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Well, wait at least to WWDC since that is only a week and a half away. The last release was at WWDC.
 
ng7apoc said:
As an aside I’m looking to purchase a MacBook and was wondering what people’s thoughts on buying the 2017 model are now that it’s almost two years from release.

It would fit my needs at the moment but given it’s age, cost and the keyboard issue I just find it difficult to actually commit to the purchase, even though I really want to.
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I have just been in the same situation. I really felt that paying £1249 for a new base model from Apple was a non-starter for me but £660 for a mint second hand one was a good buy. Refurbs are £1059 but still more than I wanted to pay.

If you find a used one under a year old you can still get Applecare on it. In this case I couldn’t but have CEX 2 year warranty and the Apple four year keyboard programme.
 
Aquamite said:
No, because the MacBook suitable processors are the series-Y processors and the i5-8250U is a series-U processor.
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I’m sorry for not giving up on this matter The current MBA uses a i5-8210Y, and it has two TB3 ports. Is there another factor that makes that CPU unusable in the MB?
 
sergiobaschi said:
I’m sorry for not giving up on this matter The current MBA uses a i5-8210Y, and it has two TB3 ports. Is there another factor that makes that CPU unusable in the MB?
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The MacBook Air support for Thunderbolt 3 doesn’t depend on the CPU but on the Thunderbolt controller. A chip that is cooled by a fan on the MacBook Air. There is no space on the MacBook motherboard neither for that chip nor for a fan to cool it down. Besides the MacBook Air CPU is tweaked to work at a higher power (7W) and therefore it consumes more and gets hotter than the standard 5W series-Y CPUs used on the MacBook.
 
I hope Intel starts shipping Ice Lake chips and I hope Apple starts to use them... I don't know if Ice Lake will produce significant thermal improvements, but Apple's thin chassis can use them.
 
Aquamite said:
The MacBook Air support for Thunderbolt 3 doesn’t depend on the CPU but on the Thunderbolt controller. A chip that is cooled by a fan on the MacBook Air. There is no space on the MacBook motherboard neither for that chip nor for a fan to cool it down. Besides the MacBook Air CPU is tweaked to work at a higher power (7W) and therefore it consumes more and gets hotter than the standard 5W series-Y CPUs used on the MacBook.
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It should be noted that the Y series chips in the 12" MacBooks likely also are using TDP-up, since they have higher base frequencies than Intel's listed specs for their regular TDPs.
 
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EugW said:
It should be noted that the Y series chips in the 12" MacBooks likely also are using TDP-up, since they have higher base frequencies than Intel's listed specs for their regular TDPs.
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Well, I think they could have higher base frequencies but not necessarily higher TDP as long as they don’t exceed 5W in power consumption when boosting over their base frequencies.
 
Aquamite said:
Well, I think they could have higher base frequencies but not necessarily higher TDP as long as they don’t exceed 5W in power consumption when boosting over their base frequencies.
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TDP for the stock chips in the MacBook is not 5W. It's 4.5W.

Either way, we will never know what exact TDP that Apple is using, since this is not published anywhere.
 
I see the Computex Ice Lake slides refer to 9W TDP chips, which I wonder if might be suitable for a revised MacBook? The TDP-up of the 5Y71 is 6W, so still a jump, but perhaps offset a little by additional integration of Wifi, etc. Also, we have seen Apple willing to thermally throttle, so they might just give it a go.
 
playtech1 said:
I see the Computex Ice Lake slides refer to 9W TDP chips, which I wonder if might be suitable for a revised MacBook? The TDP-up of the 5Y71 is 6W, so still a jump, but perhaps offset a little by additional integration of Wifi, etc. Also, we have seen Apple willing to thermally throttle, so they might just give it a go.
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More likely for the MacBook Air.
 
ng7apoc said:
As an aside I’m looking to purchase a MacBook and was wondering what people’s thoughts on buying the 2017 model are now that it’s almost two years from release.

It would fit my needs at the moment but given it’s age, cost and the keyboard issue I just find it difficult to actually commit to the purchase, even though I really want to.
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If you find a good deal under 1k after taxes, go for it. Best Buy has MB 12” 2017 core m3 8 GB for $899 yesterday.
 
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