neilm

Well, if Richard Mille can make watches with composite cases and sell them for hundreds of thousands of dollars, why not Apple? ;-)

(Ref: https://www.richardmille.com/collections/rm-50-03-tourbillon-chronograph-mclaren-f1)

One of the best things you can do is actually read the damn alert:
"Flash might not work be used until you download an update from Adobe."

Note that:
1. Adobe has its faults, but their employees aren't illiterate.
2. If you really do need to update Flash, then yes, download it from Adobe, and not from some random pop-up link.
3. Almost nobody needs to have Flash.

Meanwhile, scan with a malware program such as MalwareBytes. The free version works fine.

Periodically I reread Steve Jobs' famous letter about Flash, just to remind myself how smart the guy was and how right on this subject.

wizard69 said:

seanismorris said:

If it’s MacBook updates, it’s to replace the butterfly mechanism with scissors on the keyboards.

I wonder if Apple is kicking around the idea of using AMD? That’s probably to much to hope for....

Most likely a 13/14” model for the very reason you suggest, that is to replace the poorly engineered keyboard.     Hopefully they address all the other short comings with an eye on customer needs.

It's obvious that the 13" MBP, and hopefully the MBA, will be refreshed with the new (old?) keyboard as recently seen on the new 16". And in case it wasn't obvious, keep your eyes on price offers for the current model as retail channels sell through the old inventory.

That said, having recently spent a couple of days using someone else's 16" MBP, I find its keyboard a bit mushy feeling compared with either my 2016 13" MBP or Apple's external Magic Keyboard. But don't get me wrong, I'd certainly take that over the unreliable version.

Fatman said:

2020 - the year to upgrade

2020 will be the year of the early adopters, with all that entails, both good and bad.
But 2021-22 will probably be the better years to upgrade.

DAalseth said:

Not to be, okay yes I'm being nit-picky, but the decade doesn't end until the end of 2020. Also 2010 was the last year of the previous decade.

That's a matter of debate, see this discussion: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/us/what-is-decade.html

The conclusion:
"Using a modified Julian date, the 2020s will begin on Jan. 1, 2021, Dr. Mac Low said.

But that is out of sync with common usage. According to Emily Brewster, a senior editor at Merriam-Webster, a decade in popular culture is not defined by scientific convention. Because of this, the 2020s will begin on Jan. 1, 2020, and end on Dec. 31, 2029, Ms. Brewster said.

“It is interesting that there is this arbitrariness,” she said. “It’s unconventional, like language.”

This is one of those cases where common usage and understanding effectively overrule the logical alternative.