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  • A MacBook Pro design refresh is probably years away

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    charlesn said:
    Eric_WVGG said:
    it's bizarre to even speculate — Apple is very predictable about design changes. New iPhone chassis happen every three years... 
    Ummm... the iPhone 16 Pro, if leaks about the design prove correct, will mark the fifth year that Apple has retained the same flat-sided design introduced with the iPhone 12 Pro. I don't count the 15 Pro's swap out of SS trim for titanium to be a "redesign." 
    I disagree. Now that the iPhone is basically a "piece of glass" that's how minor design revisions will be going forward. (Not unlike the Watch, whose changes many wouldn't consider to be changes at all)
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  • A MacBook Pro design refresh is probably years away

    Eric_WVGGEric_WVGG
    it's bizarre to even speculate — Apple is very predictable about design changes. New iPhone chassis happen every three years, modestly changed Watch every three years, new MBP every four years. (iMac, Mac Mini and iPad practically never.)

    Every Macbook Pro design has had roughly four major releases (a fifth here and there for an extremely minor spec bump) since the 2004 Aluminum G4. Usually these design changes coincide with a major screen change (retina, micro-LED + notch). 

    Given that OLED panels are rumored to debut around the same that M5s should be due to release, it seems like a sure thing that we'll see a redesign in late 2025/early-'26.
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  • How Control Center's new design in iOS 18 makes it faster to use and customize

    Eric_WVGGEric_WVGG
    Only 1.25 years before we can do this in Mac and iPad!
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  • Apple wants to make grooved keys to stop nasty finger oil transfer to MacBook Pro screens

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    bgardman said:
    It would be nice if Apple could allow us to clean the keyboards without starting the Mac up with a key press. This is part of the auto on they use now. I have a MacBook Pro M1 and it is really annoying when I clean the keys to have the Mac startup. Any key.
    Oh, there's an app for that. https://folivora.ai/keyboardcleantool It's by the genius who made BetterTouchTool. (He tried to get it on the Mac App Store but it was rejected, they said "it doesn't do anything" 9_9)

    Greasy screens have been plaguing me since the G4 Powerbook days… for my new M3, I decided to try a tempered glass screen protector, and it's been a wonderful experience. Does it add glare? Yes. Is glare worse than finger oil? No, not at all, it's vastly preferable. AppleInsider should do a review. 
    Alex1N

  • After 14 years, Apple has finally retired the famous MacBook Air wedge shape

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    By far the funniest bit of the Air debut was when Newsweek columnist Steven Levy’s review unit accidentally got thrown out with his newspaper recycling. https://www.newsweek.com/levy-gone-without-trace-84019
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