karmadave

Most of Intel's chip manufacturing facilities are already in the United States (Oregon and Arizona) so I am not sure what they are talking about. TSMC (aka Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) has manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, Mainland China and the United States. While I believe we all want more manufacturing in the United States, there are a couple of issues to keep in mind 1) Since Taiwan, China, South Korea, and Singapore have done a MUCH better job of containing the spread of Coronavirus than the United States what benefit would there be if all these facilities existed in the US? It might even cause more supply chain disruption. 2) These are well-established Asian facilities which would take years to bring back IF even feasible from a financial and logistical standpoint. There is a reason why companies like Apple Manufacturer most of their product in Asia. Who wants to pay $2,500 for an iPhone? 

Protectionism and economic populism may appeal to parts of the country that have lost significant manufacturing jobs, but this is not something I believe most tech multinationals would see as in the best interests of their shareholders and customers. Capitalism isn't a sentimental system. It's a system that maximizes shareholder value while delivering the best innovative products at the lowest possible prices. That's the stark reality and unless the US embraces 'state capitalism' (as the Chinese Communist Party as done) I don't see this happening. Not trying to make a political argument. Just an observation based on reality.

The Dell 27" USB-C monitors will charge laptops up to 65watts. It will charge the 13" MBP no problem. 

Quite frankly, I was surprised Apple released these with the older 8th Gen WhiskeyLake and 10th Gen IceLake CPU’s. I guess they were trying to hit certain price points. I could see Apple releasing an updated 14” MBP, in late 2020, or early 2012, but with Coronavirus all bets are off. More likely Apple puts its focus on delivering the iPhone 12 in the Fall and doesn’t introduce any significant Mac upgrades until at least 2021. I’m personally on the fence. Would like to replace my current 2013 MBP. Any suggestions?

netrox said:

Xed said:

What I want to see are WIFI6, LRDDR4 RAM, and Face ID.

I doubt FaceID will ever come to MacBooks because in order to use FaceID requires dot projectors and the current implementation of dot projectors are too thick for an ultra thin display panels. It's actually astonishing that MacBooks have ultra thin profile camera sensors. I can see FaceID being implemented for iMacs though.

Why? I have Windows Hello on my work Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 laptop. Just put an Infra Red (IR) camera and you should be able to adapt FaceID for MacOSX. 

 I am hoping to replace my personal 15" 2013 MacBook Pro with the new 14" MBP. Give me 32GB of RAM and 1-2TB of NVMe SSD. Please  

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