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subbies said:

Hopefully Apple begin production earlier for the iPhone 8. 

Not if they have to make it in the USA as directed by Drump.
The next iPhone update will be sometime in 2019.

Apple will truly be doomed if this happens

Like, right now on my Windows 10 Desktop PC which had 32GB of ram, only 16GB of ram is ever really utilized. I have like 40 tabs open between three web browsers, and 70 tabs open in a text editor. For the sake of not destroying a SSD quickly, more RAM is preferred because it means the page file is rarely used. In fact I have it set to 0MB on my system. 

A Mac with 32GB or 64GB is overkill and unless you're dealing with Final Cut Pro with 4K videos (including editing videos from an iPhone 6S or 7) you're still not likely to be able to utilize it.

That is YOUR and only YOUR use case.
MY use case is different. Ever heard of Virtual Machines? Well, I regularly run 5 or 6 at the same time. these all work together so no, I can't just run one at a time.
Currently I have to lug an HP Elitebook with 32Gb ram with me on my travels. I'd love to be able to ditch this and take just one Laptop with me and even better, an Apple laptop.
I have a 27in iMac maxed out with 32Gb of RAM + second Display for my work. At the moment, 29.6Gb of RAM is used by VM's. So it is most certainly not overkill for MY use case.

See, we are all different in what we use our kit for. Blanket statements like yours are just plain wrong.

I'd love to see a MacBook Pro++. Sort of like a portable MacPro for those who want the ultimate portable workstation. With more and more people shooting in 4K (including me), RAM and CPU power start to matter. 

jasonfj said:

Wow. Clumsy. 

Worse than that it is 'fugly'.
That has to be the worst packaging choice ever made. All they did was use existing moulds for MacBook display dongles.
As this use case is very different, the shape will just get in the way BIG TIME.

Sorry Belkin, nice try but Nul Points.

Soli said:

4) You're not likely to get more than 16GiB RAM until 2018 when LPDDR4 arrives with Cannonlake. Apple could have an entire Kaby Lake update for the new MBP that still maintains a max of 16GiB LPDDR3 RAM.

Strange that HP sold an Elitebook four years ago capable of taking 32Gb of DDR3. Ok, it did use a desktop CPU but for VM use it was fantastic. Can't get anywhere near that even today with Apple.
Intel have really dropped the ball here in recent years. Mediocre speed updates and ... well a bit less power and USB-C.
I don't like the loss of the SD Card. most Photographers I know use them (even some Pro's).
Yes I know that you can get an adapter but these get lost or forgotten.
So you travel 24 hours to the other side of the world and then you realise that your SD card reader is back at home. Not everywhere has them available. So you are basically stuffed once your set of cards is full.
With a SD reader built in, you don't even have to think about not taking it with you.
I can't afford to not have the SD reader with me on my travels.
Adapters are far too easy to forget/lose.

As a result, Apple has lost me as a laptop customer after 12 years. No more. My 2015 15in MBP will be the last one I buy. Lets hope that they don't fuck around with the iMac too much (if they ever update it). Sorry but that is the honest truth.

and next week, the 2015 range in its entirety will be obsoleted as Apple cease production of Computers than can run MacOS.