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scampercom said:

I’ve written three novels on mine, and it’s been the perfect companion. For writing, I demand the tiniest, lowest-specced laptop I can get, stripped down to only writing-related software. Granted, my needs are pretty uncommon, but I’ve loved my MacBook. Now I guess I’ll be keeping it until it quits on me, because I’m not about to upsize to a hulking 13-inch lummox. (Kidding … but seriously.)

Written books on mine too. I’m actually genuinely conflicted this evening. I have a 2016 MacBook and wanted to upgrade for a little while - partly because somehow I dinged the lid. I was waiting for an update. Now I don’t know whether to get a new Air or a cut price 2017 MacBook. The weight thing really matters to me. I write out and about, in libraries a lot. I often carry several books in my bag. The MacBook Air is a MacBook and then a quarter again. I don’t need the extra screen. I’d have liked Touch ID but can live without it. Would I really notice any difference for what I do, mainly Word and Ulysses, between the m3 and the processor in the new Air? I’d like to be buying for some future and future macOS updates - presumably the 2017 would give me more than the 2016 but not as much as a new Air. Genuinely. Torn. 

canukstorm said:

spacekid said:

Or in other words, the iPad is being positioned to replace laptops.

Or to be more precise, iPad is being positioned to replace mainstream laptops, as in MB / MBA class laptops, not MPB class laptops.

Some may ask if that's why they've made the keyboards so bad. Personally I don't have an issue with the butterfly keyboard and when I tried in the past to use an iPad Pro with a Smart Keyboard the whole thing felt much the same weight - might it even be heavier? - than simply carrying a MacBook. And on that basis I'd rather have a real keyboard, the whole thing engineered to work together (in the sense of being in the same enclosure) and the advantages of macOS.

Not clear whether Homekit will be supporting new routers or also adding support to existing ones. I ask as I'm running several Linksys Velops.

What of the revised home screen? I recall this was meant to be one of the big feature of iOS 12 and then held over to iOS 13. I remember it being mentioned earlier in the year but nothing of late. I certainly feel it could be updates - it feels pretty stale and I’d love a few select apps to be there with information, rather like dashboard, every time I go ‘home’. 

where’s my new 12” MacBook?