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• @mkbhd Marques Brownlee on x

  @markgurman A new half-sized Apple Silicon Mac Pro https://twitter.com/...

• @gregorymcfadden Gregory McFadden on x

  CHEAPER EXTERNAL MONITOR... I can not contain my excitement! https://twitter.com/...

• @shortformernie Ernie Smith on x

  But that may not even be the biggest shocker in this story. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @alistairmbarr Alistair Barr on x

  The BIG news in here: Apple will sell a new monitor that costs less than a small car https://twitter.com/...

• @jpeguin Shihab on x

  I'm in the market for a new iMac, and this news is exactly what I was waiting for. A redesign reminiscent of the Pro Display XDR will be an Instant purchase for me. https://twitter.com/...

• @arainert @arainert on x

  I've had a new M1 MacBook sitting in my shopping cart for the past two days and was about to pull the trigger and now this! https://twitter.com/...

• @rdrv3 David ‘cyberdunk’ Ruddock on x

  alright shit a mini mac pro sounds cool as god damn hell https://twitter.com/...

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  New story: For new high-end 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, Apple indeed plans return of MagSafe, the end of the Touch Bar (finally), brighter screens, minor design changes, next-gen M-series chips and more. Launch around mid-2021. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  New story: Apple plans first iMac redesign in nearly a decade with new look reminiscent of the Pro Display XDR. Also coming: Intel Mac Pro refresh, a new half-sized Apple Silicon Mac Pro (a modern day PowerMac G4 Cube), and a cheaper standalone monitor. https://www.bloomberg.com/…

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  Still two USB C ports on the side with MagSafe https://twitter.com/...

• @tapbot_paul Paul Haddad on x

  No chance. That's reversal of 2.5 bad decisions in one machine, just don't see it happening. https://twitter.com/...

• @lapcatsoftware Jeff Johnson on x

  OMG OMG OMG Now if we can just get matte screens again... https://twitter.com/...

• @colincornaby Colin Cornaby on x

  Real 2x resolution would be nice https://twitter.com/...

• @tytus_s Tytus Suski on x

  reasons I left Apple ecosystem start to look like Michael Corleone's TODOs: ☠️unpleasant, faulty keyboards ☠️TouchBar, lack of escape key ☠️16GB RAM limitation in notebooks 🔳lack of HDMI, USB-A, SD-card ports ☠️subpar, previous generation microprocessors https://twitter.com/...

• @classicii_mrmac Mr. Macintosh on x

  My take on the “Dark Era” Macs 2013-2019 1. Trash Can Mac Pro = Worst desktop Mac ever - design over function. 2. 2016-2019 MacBook Pro = Worst Mac laptop ever - design over function. This was the work of an unchecked Jony Ive. I think Apple finally had enough = Jony leaving.

• @wongmjane Jane Manchun Wong on x

  @markgurman Please don't mean it'll take up one USB-C slot

• @scootercomputer Scott on x

  However THIS is absolutely true. Absolutely. 100%. ACCURATE. Saw it real-time, live, while it happened. BEYOND ME how no one at Apple had foreseen it, or seemed motivated to fix it. All at the same time when many “Switchers” were looking to re-buy. #DISASTER <8% market share http…

• @uravgconsumer @uravgconsumer on x

  No! Leave the Touch Bar alone! Am I the only one who enjoys it? https://twitter.com/...

• @tomwarren Tom Warren on x

  Apple is bringing back its MagSafe charger and reportedly ditching the terrible Touch Bar for its 2021 MacBook Pros. That's good news for Mac users https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @swyx Shawn Swyx Wang on x

  Really good news for those patient enough to wait for the 2021 M1 MacBook Pros: - no more Touchbar! - Magsafe is back! - more IO ports! (less dongles needed) almost makes up for 5 years of them gaslighting us that these changes were things anyone wants https://9to5mac.com/...

• @stephennellis Stephen Nellis on x

  Glory hallelujah. MagSafe was one of the only times I was 100% OK with paying extra for a proprietary design. It only takes one time saving your $1,000+ machine from going flying for you to not care that Apple charges $80 for a power cord. https://twitter.com/...

• @mkbhd Marques Brownlee on x

  @UrAvgConsumer From my replies: 75% absolutely hate everything about the touchbar 20% saw nothing wrong with it, but never really used it, so whatever 5% used it every day, played emulators on it and can't live without it and are pissed

• @classicii_mrmac Mr. Macintosh on x

  If the current rumors are true, this could mark a huge shift. I don't think the damage that the 2013 Mac Pro & 2016 MacBook Pro is fully realized. $5000 desktop with that's not expandable? = Move to PC $2500 Laptop with horrible reliability & bad keyboard design = Move to PC

• @ow @ow on x

  If this is true, I'll 100% buy a Mac for the first time in...5 years again, but it's going to be hilarious when people realize the magsafe is going to be an upsell, not in the box https://twitter.com/...

• @rsgnl Joe Rossignol on x

  I wonder if Jony Ive leaving Apple had any influence on these rumors of Touch Bar being removed + return of more ports + return of classic MagSafe? I know Apple products have lengthy development timeframes, though, so it's hard to say. Jony left Apple in back half of 2019.

• @detroitborg @detroitborg on x

  @ChowDownDetroit Apple giving people what they want...what is this?

• @piesaac Isaac Schankler on x

  c'mon I just need my 2015 machine to last 1 more year and I can avoid the touch bar era entirely!! https://twitter.com/...

• @rsgnl Joe Rossignol on x

  I feel like adding/emphasizing that Jony was great as a whole and hugely important to Apple. And he obviously wasn't the singular designer at Apple. I'm just glad that maybe Apple is moving away from worsening its products in the name of “thinner and lighter.”

• @nemshilov Nikolay Nemshilov on x

  Classic apple, take good stuff away for 5 years and then reintroduce it is an all new amazing idea https://twitter.com/...

• @rsgnl Joe Rossignol on x

  I am so hyped for this rumored 14" MacBook Pro. With every rumor, I just want it more and more. I don't think I've been this impatient about an Apple product in a really long time. I think the last product that I screamed “WANT” for was the iPhone X?

• @rsgnl Joe Rossignol on x

  I'm a huge fan of 2020s Apple so far, although half of it is still based on rumors. They fixed the butterfly keyboard (okay that was late 2019), the M1 chip is amazing, rumors about a redesigned iMac + Touch Bar removal, and finally a new Thunderbolt Display? 🥳 🍾

• @tapbot_paul Paul Haddad on x

  Next on magic fairy land. Apple starts shipping machines with upgradable components and/or reasonably priced upgrades. 3 year standard warranties on Macs, sure why not.

• @lukemiani Luke Miani on x

  If Apple does bring back MagSafe on the MacBook Pro I expect it would be similar to Surface products, you can charge them with the surface connect port or USB-C ports. I don't think USB-C charging is going away

• @stevesi Steven Sinofsky on x

  @mgsiegler I thought it was dumb but I admit to liking the end zoom button.

• @amydentata Amy Dentata on x

  Finally rolling back the harm that's been inflicted upon us since 2016 https://twitter.com/...

• @lukemiani Luke Miani on x

  Ok so a 14" MacBook Pro with 4 thunderbolt ports, possibly SD card reader & HDMI, MagSafe charging, new thinner design, and no Touch Bar? Is this literally the perfect MacBook? Take my money.

• @bzamayo Benjamin Mayo on x

  I genuinely can't believe they are going to offer IO beyond USB-C ports, after all this time. (Anyone but Kuo and prolly wouldn't believe it.)

• @jonyiveparody @jonyiveparody on x

  Reading reports that the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro may offer more ports... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @jpeguin Shihab on x

  The undoing of the Ive era. https://twitter.com/...

• @rsgnl Joe Rossignol on x

  Apple is working on a Thunderbolt Display successor, according to @markgurman. Okay, scratch LG, scratch Dell, waiting for that. HYPE! “As part of its revived Mac desktop efforts, Apple has started early development of a lower-priced external monitor.” https://twitter.com/...

• @ultralinx Oliur on x

  My body is ready. https://twitter.com/...

• @mkbhd Marques Brownlee on x

  A couple rumors about incoming 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros 👀 💻 Next-gen Apple silicon 🔅 Mini LED displays ⌨️ Removed TouchBar 🧲 “MagSafe” charging https://www.bloomberg.com/... (The best thing about the TouchBar is scrubbing through YouTube ads and Instagram videos) https://…

• @austinnotduncan Austin Evans on x

  Funny how the dream MacBook Pro redesign is bringing back the old keyboard, ports and cooling solution. 🙃 Sign me up. https://twitter.com/...

• @harrymccracken Harry McCracken on x

  At this point, I think I'd take USB-C charging over the return of the old MagSafe. I like being able to buy a charger from anyone I choose. https://twitter.com/...

• @mgsiegler M.G. Siegler on x

  You had me at “no Touch Bar”... https://twitter.com/...

• @stroughtonsmith Steve Troughton-Smith on x

  This sounds like Apple is undoing the last 5 years of unpopular MacBook Pro design decisions 😲 https://twitter.com/...

• @mgsiegler M.G. Siegler on x

  @stevesi Yeah there were like two decent use cases that developers tumbled into. I would rather have a Touch Button maybe? One customizable button. Next to TouchID?

• @jonyiveparody @jonyiveparody on x

  Bring back the glowing Apple logo. https://twitter.com/...

• @stroughtonsmith Steve Troughton-Smith on x

  A MacBook Pro that meshes the Titanium PowerBook G4 design with the current iPad is a design language I can get behind. I almost wish I had a reason to ever use a Mac laptop again. ...almost 😂 https://twitter.com/...

• @iconredesign Icon on x

  Plot twist: The physical keys all contain a display making the entire keyboard a Touch Bar https://twitter.com/...

• @chuckisdope Chuck Inglish on x

  I just bought this motherfucker two months Ago. Now yall wanna switch up. ???? https://twitter.com/...

• @rsgnl Joe Rossignol on x

  The next 14" and 16" MacBook Pro models sound like the absolute dream. Next-generation Apple silicon. MagSafe returns! More ports return! Fn keys return. No more Touch Bar! New flat-edge design. And a Mini-LED display has been rumored previously. Wow. https://twitter.com/...

• @rwoltx Rick on x

  If I can only hold out a little longer. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @mcwm Mike Murphy on x

  so, barring the silicon, they're building the laptop they should've built 6 years ago https://twitter.com/...

• @jeremywoertink Jeremy Woertink on x

  If this is all true, I may just get a new MBP! I hate my touchbar, and really miss the old MagSafe chargers https://twitter.com/...

• @yuris Yuri Sagalov on x

  ✅ no Touch Bar ✅ MagSafe coming back ✅ Fewer dongles with more IO ports! Excited apple is re-releasing the 2013 MacBook this year! https://twitter.com/...

• @idontkarahh Baby on x

  No Touch Bar 🥱 LOVE MINE https://twitter.com/...

• @nick_craver Nick Craver on x

  We'll see - too many of these rumors are way off base, just have to wait and find out. https://twitter.com/...

• @davejorgenson @davejorgenson on x

  Goodbye touch bar, you will not be missed. At all. https://twitter.com/...

• @atomkirk Adam Kirk on x

  The touch bar and 3d touch were amazing ideas executed extremely poorly. If they had just launched the hardware and gave developers full control of it they would have become indispensible. What a shame. https://twitter.com/...

• @ianbetteridge Ian Betteridge on x

  Thinking about the venn diagram of “people who complain that Microsoft Surface's still have the Connect charger” and “people who complain that Apple no longer uses MagSafe” and how close to a perfect circle it is https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @vikrambath1 @vikrambath1 on x

  Apple inflicted three multi-year disasters on its own MacBook lineup. Hopefully the end nears. 1. The Touch Bar, costing customers hundreds of dollars for something they didn't want 2. Providing only USB-C ports so you can't sync and charge your iPhone 3. The butterfly keyboard h…

• @nixcraft @nixcraft on x

  New MacBook pro Unix system soon: + Magsafe charging + Full function keys instead of the touchbar + 14 and 16" screen option + M1 CPU (ARM). 32GB Memory. (more core and more ram) + More ports too. Less dongles. - No option for Intel CPU Source: https://www.macrumors.com/... https…

• @wonderingtomato Tommaso Pavese on x

  High spec 16" MacBook pro with no touch bar, more ports, and old magsafe charger. I'm hopeful we can finally consider the last 5 years of Apple laptop design a closed chapter. https://twitter.com/...

• @stevestreeting Steve Streeting on x

  Undoing all the design missteps on the MBP since 2015 would be a step in the right direction. https://twitter.com/...

• @dhh @dhh on x

  NO TOUCH BAR???!! 😍 I've been looking to get an M1 laptop for myself (keep stealing Jamie's 😂), and legit, the one Touch Bar on the Air vs the Pro is worth the light drop in both battery and screen nits no contest. https://twitter.com/...

• @charlesarthur Charles Arthur on x

  Data point: son loves the Touch Bar for when he's doing video editing and needs to scrub. (I don't think he'd want to use a mouse though I guess that would be the option.) https://twitter.com/...

• @kimstacks KimSia Sim on x

  Expected to debut in Q32021 I wonder 💭 whether I should persist with my 2014 MBP for another 6-8 months .. 🤔 https://twitter.com/...

• @mybest_j @mybest_j on x

  Apple finally undoing the mistakes of the awful MBPs with butterfly, Touch Bar, all USB-C, no MagSafe https://twitter.com/...

• @mountdiscovery Chirayu Patel on x

  Apple firing on all cylinders. Looking forward to the new design as since 2016, MacBooks were hindered with keyboard reliability, ran hot and had incremental perf. With no more reliance on Intel,& complete control of hardware/software, the next gen ARM Macs will be something. htt…

• @punyweakling @punyweakling on x

  Apple should allow you to trade every POS touchbar MacBook for a brand new one, free of charge, regardless of age. https://twitter.com/...

• @ediggs Eze Vidra on x

  I keep accidentally clicking on the Touch Bar in my Macbook Pro - good-riddance! https://twitter.com/...

• @carreteromolero Nacho Carretero Molero on x

  Am I the only one who will miss the Touch Bar? I use it all the time in Keynote and Illustrator. https://twitter.com/...

• @benthompson Ben Thompson on x

  No Touch Bar thank goodness 🙏🙏🙏 https://twitter.com/...

• @linuz90 Fabrizio Rinaldi on x

  Completely flat MacBook Pros could look very weird. I'm probably just scared of change though. https://www.macrumors.com/... https://twitter.com/...