Sure they will, they have a history of doing exactly that. I really hope I'm wrong though.
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Waiting for the 2020 MBP
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Sure they will, they have a history of doing exactly that. I really hope I'm wrong though.
There are two 13" Pro models. One uses Intel's 15W U series chips, has one fan and two Thunderbolt 3 ports, the other uses 28W U series chips, has two fans and four Thunderbolt 3 ports. The former, like the MacBook Air was until today, is showing as shipping on the 28th of this month, the latter is available immediately - I think they will be updating the 15W model, maybe tomorrow, and either discontinuing the 28W model until it's re-introduced later in the year as a 14" mini LED version, or just leaving it on sale as the oddball model like the 2012 cMBP and 2015/17 MBA were.
Ah, I hope your words come true and we see miniLED 14'' soon. (soon=tomorrow)
Can't see a miniLED one anytime soon....
It won't happen untill Apple will replace Intel SoC's with something much more efficient, and cooler.
This is insane from a product perspective but I'd give it a 75% chance of happening. Two 13" MBP's with different keyboards, same shell, same display, different generation chips.
So I actually want the 16", but I seriously can't tell if it's a bad time. It's new, yet can I wait til June or July and how game changing is the 16" gonna change this year?
And don't forget of course the one with the worse keyboard and older chipset is more expensive
I've always thought it was a weird/ wasteful setup anyway, particularly after the lower end model got the Touch Bar and quad core CPUs making it all but equal for about $300 less. I suppose at least splitting them by screen size will introduce some reason for both to continue to exist. The 14" can get the chunkier speakers like the 16", higher RAM options (16/32/64 vs 8/16), maybe the insane storage tiers (4,6,8 TB?) and of course mini LED when it's ready.
When I'm at my desk working from home (as everybody does these days here in Belgium), I want the new 16". But now relaxing on the sofa, the 13" is just great. Give me a 32GB quad core 14" already, dammit
Is it just me, or is there a price drop on the 16" Macbook Pro on Apple's website?
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Alright I just dove in on the iPad Pro 12.9" 1TB Wifi+Cellular. My post yesterday, before this new iPad Pro was announced, was something to the effect of I am leaning toward an iPad instead of new MBP with each passing day....
Now I swear...if Apple releases a MBP TOMORROW, then that sure will confuse things all the more!
Now I swear...if Apple releases a MBP TOMORROW, then that sure will confuse things all the more!
i still dont think the ipad can replace a macbook if you do anything more than basic office tasks. sure you CAN do video editing on it...but what serious video editor is gonna do that.
I was thinking if they were going to announce this week, why didn't they do it yesterday along with the Air and iPad? Or they may give it a day and announce Friday??
Staggering releases so they don't overwhelm people with new options, as they did this time last year. Today I could see MBP 13" and AirTags dropping.
The Air kind of makes the current base MBP a bit pointless - you can spec it up to a very nice level, cheaper than the Pro and you don't have to take the Touch Bar.
I'm guessing the new 14" Pro will be here very soon with the scissor keyboard and possibly doing away with that two-port model. If they make it larger and heavier like the 16", the Air serves the needs of those who want something reasonably powerful but lighter.
No way they're going to leave the 13" out there with the crappy keyboard, I'm saying new 14s announced today!
I'm guessing the new 14" Pro will be here very soon with the scissor keyboard and possibly doing away with that two-port model. If they make it larger and heavier like the 16", the Air serves the needs of those who want something reasonably powerful but lighter.
No way they're going to leave the 13" out there with the crappy keyboard, I'm saying new 14s announced today!
that would be the logical assumption, and I hope you are right, but they've done crazy things before and no doubt will do so again!
I don't think there's a 14" MBP coming before WWDC. There have simply been no leaks whatsoever. Also, if they want to do releases for this full week, or had more items to release, then they wouldn't have released the iPad pro and MB Air on the same day
I hope you're wrong. We need a new 13" or, even better, 14" today! Hopefully Apple will drop a bomb on us peasants
I'm reasonably sure about the 13" Pro as it's shipping dates mirror the Air and iPad pros just before they were released yesterday, whereas the more expensive 13" and 16" Pros continue to be available immediately. Air Tags are of course a completely wild card, but now is as good a time as any to release them, unless they really want to talk about them on stage rather than in a demo video?
The Air/ iPad and the new Beats earphones were all at around 5am PDT, so a little over an hour.