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bobolicious said:

...love the performance upgrades, still miss user adjustable ram and storage - heck even user swappable & replaceable batteries for those long days...

With the USB-C power delivery, there is hardly any reason to have swappable internal batteries. There are several external battery packs available that can extend workable battery life quite a bit. As for user replaceable ram and storage, I do wish it was still available, but I can understand Apple's reasons for doing away with it. And probably 95%+ users never actually took advantage of it anyway.

DuhSesame said:

I don't think I've heard anything about the first-generation keyboard, which I guess is more reliable than the second-generation?

I agree.  I haven't had any issues with my 2015 Macbook at home, but the work Macbook Pro 2016 already has a sticky spacebar.  Luckily, I use an external, wired keyboard at work (still going strong after eight years).

avon b7 said:

"This worldwide Apple program does not extend the standard warranty coverage of your MacBook or MacBook Pro"

... but then refuse to cover it out of warranty.

But they are covering the keyboard out of warranty, just not extending the warranty for any other issues.  That's how I am reading it.

HeliBum said:

The "sources familiar with the matter" must be smoking some of that legalized California weed. Apple would be extremely stupid to remove the Lightning connector, if for no other reason than it would render several high profile accessories, including CarPlay, useless.

While I am not ready for a port-less phone just yet, CarPlay needs to go wireless ASAP.  Such a good feature being under-utilized due to connection requirement.

Happy to see the "swipe up" gestures for iPad. It was annoying to go back and forth between iPhone X and iPad.