16 Inch MacBook Pro: I seriously doubt it. Apple has moved away from big laptops to smaller and thinner ones. I would be very surprised if they rollout another behemoth, especially when 16 inch is still small these days for big professional work. They seem to want you to connect a very powerful small laptop to a big monitor and do your real work there.
AirPower: Similarly I suspect it has been dropped. Everyone and their dog are making industry standard charging pads for devices. Apple is beyond late to the game. I think they started it and discovered the hundreds of perfectly good, industry standard ones that are out there already, and have quietly pulled the plug on the project.
iPad Pro, AppleWatch, iPhone, MacMini: They all received big updates last year. I think 2019 will be a year of incremental updates to existing designs.
There has been some speculation about the Apple TV. The inexpensive streaming stick for instance. It seems inconceivable that Apple would launch a new TV service without doing something amazing with their TV products.
Noticeably missing: a new, better MacBook. Not bells and whistles, no TouchBar gimmick, just a plain but capable portable machine with modern, useful innards. Whose omission, Apple's or the authors?
Noticeably missing: a new, better MacBook. Not bells and whistles, no TouchBar gimmick, just a plain but capable portable machine with modern, useful innards. Whose omission, Apple's or the authors?
There are no indications that what you are specifically looking for is in the pipeline.
I hope that Apple did one thing in designing the new Mac Pro. That would be to take a look back at their previous products (the big Mac Pro towers), a review as it were. Not only to see how good they were, but to see what needed improvement. I also hope they have taken a look at pro products from HP and others to see what thy ahve been doing. I sometimes wonder if there are any on the Mac design team who know much about computers outside the Mac product universe. I worked with some of the high end HP workstations a few years ago, and while they certainly were not in any way elegant, they were easy to work on and very reliable and powerful. There is zero reason Apple couldn't catch up to them in functionality. The bigger problem is convincing former customers to come back to a new improved Mac Pro.
I wonder: Are they going to wait till the MacBook becomes almost totally obsolete and out of date before switching it to an "A Series" processor? And, will the addition of a cursor to the iPad be announced as a software or a hardware update?
iPads and iPhones already have cursors, and it's going to be a very long time before you see an Apple processor in a Mac.
Noticeably missing: a new, better MacBook. Not bells and whistles, no TouchBar gimmick, just a plain but capable portable machine with modern, useful innards. Whose omission, Apple's or the authors?
AirPods were released just 2 years ago and Apple Watch just before that.
The "Apple can't innovate" meme has been dead for years.
Just have to comment on something about the newer equipment - I have the recent 2018 Mac Air and have noticed that the startup sound does not play on it. Further, it seems that this has been going on for a couple years with the MacBook line. This is really a shame. Wonder if the new equipment that may be released this year will also not have the startup sound. You may say this is a minor thing. But, anybody that has used Mac for years knows that the startup sound is unique to the Mac and gives it some of its character. It needs to come back, like right away. No other computer has that sound and everyone around you instantly knows that you have a Mac. Mr. Cook and Company bring it back ! "Design - is not just how it looks but how it works"... that sound is part of the design that makes Mac great.
This may be the year I upgrade my iPhone, iPad mini 2, and AppleWatch! I'll give my SE, iPad mini 2, and AppleWatch Series 0 to my GF.
You may ask, why I'm such a cheap bastard?
Well, her iPhone 6 was in her purse and her bottle of water leaked all over it. So much so, that it was ineligible for the battery exchange. And she knocked her iPad off the bed onto the floor, cracked the screen. Had the screen replaced ($100) and it's never been the same. She didn't replace the ink in her printer, so the jets dried and are all clogged, making the printer unusable.
Just have to comment on something about the newer equipment - I have the recent 2018 Mac Air and have noticed that the startup sound does not play on it. Further, it seems that this has been going on for a couple years with the MacBook line. This is really a shame. Wonder if the new equipment that may be released this year will also not have the startup sound. You may say this is a minor thing. But, anybody that has used Mac for years knows that the startup sound is unique to the Mac and gives it some of its character. It needs to come back, like right away. No other computer has that sound and everyone around you instantly knows that you have a Mac. Mr. Cook and Company bring it back ! "Design - is not just how it looks but how it works"... that sound is part of the design that makes Mac great.
I noticed this too and thought it was an OS thing? I thought Apple simplified the experience by removing startup sounds.
This may be the year I upgrade my iPhone, iPad mini 2, and AppleWatch! I'll give my SE, iPad mini 2, and AppleWatch Series 0 to my GF.
You may ask, why I'm such a cheap bastard?
Well, her iPhone 6 was in her purse and her bottle of water leaked all over it. So much so, that it was ineligible for the battery exchange. And she knocked her iPad off the bed onto the floor, cracked the screen. Had the screen replaced ($100) and it's never been the same. She didn't replace the ink in her printer, so the jets dried and are all clogged, making the printer unusable.
Oh well.
It's sad we have to explain why we don't give our GFs expensive things. Too political for this thread but no worries, you don't have to explain yourself.
Noticeably missing: a new, better MacBook. Not bells and whistles, no TouchBar gimmick, just a plain but capable portable machine with modern, useful innards. Whose omission, Apple's or the authors?
Not sure Apple has ever released a laptop with "bells and whistles!"
Ok, I'm deliberately being obtuse. Sorry.
The MacBook is a wonderful Apple design. Light and portable. Needs to be updated to include the latest, larger TrackPad, TouchID and smaller bezels.
As far as for the power user, I hear you. They will sell a lot of the 16" MacBookPro's. It'll be like carrying around your own tombstone!
Noticeably missing: a new, better MacBook. Not bells and whistles, no TouchBar gimmick, just a plain but capable portable machine with modern, useful innards. Whose omission, Apple's or the authors?
AirPods were released just 2 years ago and Apple Watch just before that.
The "Apple can't innovate" meme has been dead for years.
Come on man, Bluetooth earbuds? 2 years ago?? From a company of Apple's size, talent pool and financial resources???
That's not the level of innovation we're looking for.
Well, her iPhone 6 was in her purse and her
bottle of water leaked all over it. So much so, that it was ineligible
for the battery exchange. And she knocked her iPad off the bed onto the
floor, cracked the screen. Had the screen replaced ($100) and it's never
been the same. She didn't replace the ink in her printer, so the jets
dried and are all clogged, making the printer unusable.
Well, her iPhone 6 was in her purse and her bottle of water leaked all over it. So much so, that it was ineligible for the battery exchange. And she knocked her iPad off the bed onto the floor, cracked the screen. Had the screen replaced ($100) and it's never been the same. She didn't replace the ink in her printer, so the jets dried and are all clogged, making the printer unusable.
16 Inch MacBook Pro: I seriously doubt it. Apple has moved away from big laptops to smaller and thinner ones. I would be very surprised if they rollout another behemoth, especially when 16 inch is still small these days for big professional work. They seem to want you to connect a very powerful small laptop to a big monitor and do your real work there.
AirPower: Similarly I suspect it has been dropped. Everyone and their dog are making industry standard charging pads for devices. Apple is beyond late to the game. I think they started it and discovered the hundreds of perfectly good, industry standard ones that are out there already, and have quietly pulled the plug on the project.
iPad Pro, AppleWatch, iPhone, MacMini: They all received big updates last year. I think 2019 will be a year of incremental updates to existing designs.
Innovation does not always mean new products. Innovations can also be applied to the current existing products line. FaceID was innovation and regardless of your personal view, MBP TouchBar was innovation. Even invisible things like the new cooling system design was also innovation. There were plenty of innovations, just because it's not something unthinkable like Money Machine or Flying Toilet does not mean it wasn't.
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AirPower: Similarly I suspect it has been dropped. Everyone and their dog are making industry standard charging pads for devices. Apple is beyond late to the game. I think they started it and discovered the hundreds of perfectly good, industry standard ones that are out there already, and have quietly pulled the plug on the project.
iPad Pro, AppleWatch, iPhone, MacMini: They all received big updates last year. I think 2019 will be a year of incremental updates to existing designs.
iPads and iPhones already have cursors, and it's going to be a very long time before you see an Apple processor in a Mac.
The "Apple can't innovate" meme has been dead for years.
You may ask, why I'm such a cheap bastard?
Well, her iPhone 6 was in her purse and her bottle of water leaked all over it. So much so, that it was ineligible for the battery exchange. And she knocked her iPad off the bed onto the floor, cracked the screen. Had the screen replaced ($100) and it's never been the same. She didn't replace the ink in her printer, so the jets dried and are all clogged, making the printer unusable.
Oh well.
It's sad we have to explain why we don't give our GFs expensive things. Too political for this thread but no worries, you don't have to explain yourself.
Ok, I'm deliberately being obtuse. Sorry.
The MacBook is a wonderful Apple design. Light and portable. Needs to be updated to include the latest, larger TrackPad, TouchID and smaller bezels.
As far as for the power user, I hear you. They will sell a lot of the 16" MacBookPro's. It'll be like carrying around your own tombstone!
Best,
This can’t be it.