16 Inch MacBook Pro and Other Apple Products predicted coming in 2019

[AtlasBarfed]

Apple would need to give up the butterfly keyboard, the touchbar should be separated from function keys, and give me a dedicated USB-old and HDMI port for me to get legitimately excited.

[Entalpi]

I am so sad that the SE line seems dead. Truly wonderful to be able to hand everything on the phone with one hand and also be able to keep it in a normalsized pocket without much fuss. :-(

[warabe]

current SE user here. I cannot agree more.

It’s kind off topic, but what’s make me more sad is since iOS12 update, my battery die so fast!! The update rendered my phone almost unusable!

Is it just me? Or is this Apple’s strategy to drive people to buy shiny-new iPhone?

[yeagell]

Likewise. I dream of a day when apple starts a subsidiary that sells phones of the SE size for people who want them.

If they wouldn't want to dilute their brand, perhaps they call it a jobs-phone?

[jbverschoor]

Yup.. I was so frustrated with my iphoneX that I wanted to return it.. But I was also frustrated with the performance of y previous one.

There is "reachability", which works better on the iphonex than on the previous ones, however the UI of apps is utter insane, and all the important stuff in in the top, and when doing the reachability gesture in for example instagram, it registers a tap.

[ComSubVie]

My 10 year old MBP17 still works, but it's good that finally there will be a replacement option available. Hopefully it will have upgradeable parts again (at least RAM and disk).

So please start making bigger MBPs and smaller iPhones!

[martin_a]

> Hopefully it will have upgradeable parts again (at least RAM and disk).

Pretty sure that won't happen. Don't know why, but somebody in control thinks that professional users prefer the slimmest available device over being able to put in a bigger SSD or more RAM when they need to. Better start looking for something else, because the new MBPs are no "replacements" to the one you have.

[Corrado]

Same here. My wife is still using my old MBP 17" daily. I replaced the HD with an SSD and maxed out the RAM several years ago and it still does everything she needs, and then some. And the older I get the more monitor I need. I have a nice big monitor at home but when I travel, or just work from a coffee shop, it's nice to have more screen real estate.

[pibefision]

No more butterfly keyboards please

[vvillena]

Going from an old MBP to one of the new models is shocking. The display is a bit better, but the keyboard feel is not comfortable. It doesn't feel like a keyboard to spend hours in.

[skunkworker]

My dream but it'll never happen. Is bring back the 2015 keyboard and add the touchbar above the fn/media keys, instead of replacing them.

Also add some sort of haptic feedback to the touchbar.

[thruhiker]

Starting with the 2018 models they added a membrane around all the keys that 1) significantly reduces ingress of random crap 2) makes the keyboard quieter.

Before I got my 2018 I had a 2015 MacBook Pro and don't find the keyboard to be inferior or superior to the old gen.

[rhinoceraptor]

They have a butterfly keyboard that's actually good, the one in the magic keyboard. All they need to do is use that one in the laptops and it would be great.

[ramijames]

I will never buy a macbook again if they keep these stupid butterfly keyboards.

[chvid]

The keyboard grows on you (luckilly). I love USB-C and the killing of the ports though.

[Camillo]

If the 16" MBP has a new keyboard more similar to the pre-butterfly one, they're going to sell a bunch of laptops.

[ppeetteerr]

Introducing _Classic Pepsi_!

[a012]

While Apple "may" add more memory to their MBP specs, I can only wish they could add more USB-C ports AND spacing USB-C ports to farther away each other.

[rexf]

Having two on each side (plus optional USB hubs) seems to be plenty. USB-C isn't perfect, but being able to charge from either side is a quality of life improvement.

[izacus]

Or a single USB-A port so I wouldn't have to carry and look for the stupid dongle all the time.

[saagarjha]

The spacing, location, and number of Thunderbolt 3 ports is likely predicated on limitations of the port controller. I doubt we’ll see a significant difference in this area.

[curare]

I sure hope they are wrong about the lightning port living another year

[Corrado]

I'm excited to hear about Apple doing something at least approaching innovative, though I'm pretty sure that adding another size to the MBP lineup will just muddy the waters further. Then again, if they replace the Intel platform with ARM in the 16" MBP that would be outstanding and would really shake things up.

Either way, I expect the pricing to be astronomical; $8,999 for a 16" MBP wouldn't surprise me much.

[Nursie]

No mention of what I'm holding out for - a Macbook with specs as good as some of the competitors in that space. Give me one with a 4 core whiskey-lake chip, and at least one thunderbolt port, and I'm in... otherwise it's looking increasingly like the successor to my late-2013 pro is going to be an ASUS.

[stunt]

Introducing a new size seems like a good strategy. It will trigger some upgrades and more sales.

I hope they do something with butterfly keyboard, Otherwise, stop call it PRO.

[gonyea]

The big news is the 32gb RAM in the 13” mbp. Amazing that a small form factor is starting to be treated like a real computing device by Apple.

[yayr]

I will only buy a new Macbook, once the SSD is replaceable. It is insane to waste 500-6000 USD just because something stupid on the mainboard breaks.

[dirtylowprofile]

Time to save up for a new MBP, my 2012 model is still working fine but I'm guessing Apple will end its support by 2020.

[petepete]

I'm in this position too. Mine (early 2013) is still working perfectly and does everything I need for both work and, albeit a bit slowly at times, editing photos.

I'd have bought a Windows machine for the latter requirement but they no longer appear to sell a _Professional_ OS for non-enterprise customers.

[miles]

> my 2012 model is still working fine but I'm guessing Apple will end its support by 2020.

Even the mid 2012 unibody MacBook Pro can run Mojave, which should receive security updates until Fall 2021, assuming Apple continue to support each macOS release for 3 years.

[throwmeback]

I want my Touch ID/Home button back.

EDIT: Downvotes? Really?

[qubex]

I wanted that ghastly physical vestige gone from the very first day I set sight upon it (when I acquired my first iPhone2G in late 2007). There’s no excuse for wasting real estate on an actual physical switch.

As for TouchID I do miss it, but I’m hoping they’ll eventually get their under-screen sci-fi tech working.

[godzillabrennus]

Maybe they will be “brave” enough to put a mechanical keyboard in a notebook?

One could dream...

[dangwu]

I don’t want to work in coffee shops and libraries full of mechanical keyboards, however.

[saagarjha]

What laptop comes with a mechanical keyboard?!