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Waiting for the 2020 MBP
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Looks like a 14“ in May. But a 16“ refresh at WWDC seems weird to me. What would be the upgrade that warrants a presentation compared to the quiet 16“ reveal last year? But Prosser seems to be sure about MBP stuff at WWDC, so who knows?
What i took from what he said in the Gadget Cast was a 13” refresh in May that is likely to become 14” and I swear he said MacBook Pro ARM stuff at WWDC
I can see them doing this but A LOT of people would be pissed if they could of waited a month and bought a 14" in June's WWDC
I think it will be a 14” in May. I’m not sure about the ARM stuff it would make sense to be a 12 inch MacBook design but Jon said Pro stuff I believe. We know pretty much that Ice Lake will be in the next 13/14” refresh so they could be very controversial and put ARM in a 16” Pro to show off its potential
He said the May refresh will probably be 14“ (at 48:54) and „some ARMbooks for WWDC“ (at 1:07:17).
Could they maybe announce an ARM MacBook that gets released in the fall to let developers prepare? This would match Kuo's note from March that the first ARM MacBook will arrive by Q4 2020 or Q1 2021.
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Could well be, there's quite a few model numbers that were registered last June and still haven't been released yet:
Does anyone have a rough idea of when in May it might be released? Early or late in the month?
Also generally how long after a new release is it available for order? I’m starting to get desperate now.
Also generally how long after a new release is it available for order? I’m starting to get desperate now.
I’m sure we’ll hear more about dates soon. Last year it was late May I believe so it could be the same this year but WWDC is meant to be June 1st so they could delay it until then. In my opinion I think it’ll be mid May because i doubt they’ll want to be too close to WWDC
I’ve just checked and both 13” models are looking at around 2 weeks for BTO Models. Strangely the New Air has a longer lead times at almost a month for even the standard configurations.
People are buying their kids new computers (probably Airs) to keep up with at-home school work now, but I imagine we’re getting close with the Pro change though.
Is everyone holding out till the 14' miniLED later in the year ? Is it worth it ?
Or the 13' MBP refresh next month ?
Or the 13' MBP refresh next month ?
I don't know that necessarily means anything, the base model 13" slipped out almost in parallel with the Air just before it was updated - because of that I was strongly expecting it to be updated at the same time, but of course nothing ended up happening. Think a lot of this is just people running out to buy to work from home while it's unlikely production lines are running at 100% capacity to meet demand.
I think I’ll go for the refresh because I’m using a big monitor 99% of the time, so the mini LED doesn’t really make a difference for me. But I might hold out for WWDC to see if they announce something ARM related - that might change my mind.
I am thinking about holding out.
Or maybe – just maybe – we get Mini-LED this June (just like Retina in 2012).
Though it feels like Apple is creating a different high-end line with iPad and MacBook
If 16" has a hard time connecting to external displays because of the dGPU in terms of thermals, a 14" with a 5300 will supposedly be liquid cooled or double the current thickness.
All the mini-LED rumours have been for late 2020 at the earliest, more likely 2021.
Does that mean the weight likely increases to 3.2-3.3 lbs? That would put more distance between it and the Air.