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Excited for Q3/4 release of the new MacBook this year. I believe a nice screen redesign is in the works which will get rid of the outdated bezels and I'm hoping

Excited for Q3/4 release of the new MacBook this year. I believe a nice screen redesign is in the works which will get rid of the outdated bezels and I'm hoping I can connect two displays. Throw in a possible few more cores for the M1X 16inch version and give me a 32GB ram option and sounds like a pc which will last for many years.

lmarcos 6y ago
> sounds like a pc which will last for many years I really want this as well, but I'm a bit sceptical: would any company release a product soooo good so that their users don't need to buy new models of such product for many years? I still have a 2015 MBP that works like the first day although I would like to increase the disk and ram. 5 years with the same model; that's a lot. I know many people who replaces their laptops every 2 or 3 years. Now, I have the impression that a model like the one you just described, is a model that could easily "last" for more than 5 years without trouble. Wouldn't that hurt Apple's sales long-term?
- the_reformation 6y ago
  Keeps you in the ecosystem, on Apple's services. And a top-end MBP will cost >$3k, which I don't think people buying laptops every 2-3 years spend.
- bestinterest 6y ago
  I personally think that the 2015 MBP was the last best value MacBook that would of been the one to last you plenty of years and looks like it has for you. The MacBooks since then have not had much of an noticeable improvement (other than new M1's) and even regressions with the keyboard issues, heat issues etc. I'm hoping this years gen will be like that 2015 model. But I share your concerns, knowing Apple they will gimp it somewhere like not allowing 2 monitors or limiting to 16GB then have next years model have it which will prob increase sales by a ton long term.
  - sys_64738 6y ago
    Yeah I got the 2014 MBP and was thinking of getting a new battery for it rather than replacing the whole laptop. Very nice machine.
- dpkonofa 6y ago
  >would any company release a product soooo good so that their users don't need to buy new models of such product for many years? Every person that I know with a Mac or an iPhone still has it and it's usable for years after they're done with it. I know some people that are still using their iPhone 6S because it has a headphone jack and that phone is almost 7 years old at this point.
- hc-taway 6y ago
  That they last so long (and, consequently, have high resale value even when they're several years old) is part of why Apple can charge so much in the first place. The resale-value thing also helps people justify those 2-3 year replacement cycles.
- rahoulb 6y ago
  I literally just switched from a 2012 Mac Mini to a stop-gap 2018 model (waiting for Docker on the M1 before I move to that). That’s almost 9 years on one machine and I didn’t have to switch; I just wanted to dabble in the latest iOS dev on Big Sur (which is unsupported on the 2012 model)

lmarcos 6y ago

> sounds like a pc which will last for many years I really want this as well, but I'm a bit sceptical: would any company release a product soooo good so that their users don't need to buy new models of such product for many years? I still have a 2015 MBP that works like the first day although I would like to increase the disk and ram. 5 years with the same model; that's a lot. I know many people who replaces their laptops every 2 or 3 years. Now, I have the impression that a model like the one you just described, is a model that could easily "last" for more than 5 years without trouble. Wouldn't that hurt Apple's sales long-term?

the_reformation 6y ago
Keeps you in the ecosystem, on Apple's services. And a top-end MBP will cost >$3k, which I don't think people buying laptops every 2-3 years spend.
bestinterest 6y ago
I personally think that the 2015 MBP was the last best value MacBook that would of been the one to last you plenty of years and looks like it has for you. The MacBooks since then have not had much of an noticeable improvement (other than new M1's) and even regressions with the keyboard issues, heat issues etc. I'm hoping this years gen will be like that 2015 model. But I share your concerns, knowing Apple they will gimp it somewhere like not allowing 2 monitors or limiting to 16GB then have next years model have it which will prob increase sales by a ton long term.
- sys_64738 6y ago
  Yeah I got the 2014 MBP and was thinking of getting a new battery for it rather than replacing the whole laptop. Very nice machine.
dpkonofa 6y ago
>would any company release a product soooo good so that their users don't need to buy new models of such product for many years? Every person that I know with a Mac or an iPhone still has it and it's usable for years after they're done with it. I know some people that are still using their iPhone 6S because it has a headphone jack and that phone is almost 7 years old at this point.
hc-taway 6y ago
That they last so long (and, consequently, have high resale value even when they're several years old) is part of why Apple can charge so much in the first place. The resale-value thing also helps people justify those 2-3 year replacement cycles.
rahoulb 6y ago
I literally just switched from a 2012 Mac Mini to a stop-gap 2018 model (waiting for Docker on the M1 before I move to that). That’s almost 9 years on one machine and I didn’t have to switch; I just wanted to dabble in the latest iOS dev on Big Sur (which is unsupported on the 2012 model)