Possibly, though if there is an October Mac event then they aren't as time constrained with introducing it - most of the 2017 WWDC introductions were spec bumps so didn't need a lot of sage time. With the Mac Pro already taking up a big chunk of time perhaps they couldn't quite fit two big new announcements in, or maybe they wanted focus on the Mac Pro in the run-up to it's release, or maybe the MBP won't be ready until even later in the year (November?) and they thought June was too soon to announce it. Guess we just have to sit tight and see what does/ doesn't appear in October!
Definitely a big boon to actually be able to lap MacBooks with the vents being positioned along the bottom/sides rather than fully underneath. This is something that's set MacBooks apart from a lot of windows competition until very recently, I wouldn't like to see them go backwards on key design principles like this.
I wouldn't be surprised given most Windows gaming laptops now come with 120 or 144Hz panels. Having said that, it's most prevalent on gaming laptops for a reason - that's where you see most of the real benefit. Smoother scrolling is nice, but just that - a nice to have not a necessity. Other attributes like colour accuracy, brightness and resolution will come first on a productivity oriented device like a MBP. If they can source a panel that has all those right attributes, and has 120/144Hz refresh we might see it.
Where does he say that there won't be a 16" model this year? He only says that the new keyboard will come to the MBA this year and to the MBP next year, I see nothing about when we'll get a new MBP model. I interpreted his claim more in a "Guys the 16" MBP I talked about will still follow the current 2016+ design language including a butterfly keyboard, while a redesign across the MBP lineup with a new keyboard is coming next year" kind of way.
'Will' is a bit absolute for Intel's current situation, 'planned to be' is probably the better phrasing. I mean, by that timeline Ice Lake should already be in machines on the market en masse (it states halfway through Q2, we're now into Q3). Also worth pointing out, what Intel is now releasing as '10nm' isn't anything like what they were promising in 2014/15. I've read 18-20% improvement (single core), which isn't to be sniffed at, but that's over Skylake! Intel have basically said their first steps into '10nm' class chips will be more like transferring their 14nm designs onto a 12nm manufacturing process, with none of the ambitious density increase that made previous shrinks significant. It sounds more like this will be similar to Kaby Lake over Skylake - it will run cooler and that will let them up clock speeds a little bit. I'd really love to be pleasantly surprised, but I'd definitely advise keeping hopes somewhat restrained.
