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And THAT will make me finally replace my MacBook Pro 2015. No touch bar, MagSafe, good amount of ports. The iPhone 12-esque design is a good bonus too (I like it more than all others before it).

Only took 5-6 years but I am again excited about MacBooks.

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Now if they could just add one USB-A and one HDMI. Unfortunately, those ports aren't going anywhere for at least a decade if not much longer.

lol, I was thinking I'm the only one sitting with my 2015 macpro ^_^ love this laptop, however it got super slow and the battery life is almost zero, which is fine after almost 4 years of serving.

2014 version here. It looks like someone ran over it with a forklift after I sent it as checked luggage once (they probably did just that), but I won't upgrade to a Mac unless they're able to make them compelling again.

Oh, there's plenty of us out there holding on to the last sensible MacBook that Apple has made.

I really want this rumor to be true. It would mean that Apple finally got through its phase of trying to appeal to non-professionals -- or professionals with looser ergonomic requirements.

If you haven't, a wipe + reinstall of macOS does help the slowness/battery life issues a bit. (had to do that on a 2016 MBP which was acting up and it made a difference. Although make sure not to format as APFS when wiping it!)

recently my battery died and I need to sit with the magsafe all the time... the performance dropped even more, processor throttling is on max :)

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