A new Mac mini and a Retina MacBook Air are imminent, report says

[rbanffy]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/08/a-new-mac-mini-and-a-retina-macbook-air-are-imminent-report-says/

[ksec]

One used to get excited with Apple's new Mac and related product, but after Touch bar, Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, Keyboard, killing off AirPort, Time Capsule. I simply has lost all the faith I had. Luckily Mac mini and MacBook Air are mostly dead products anyway, any changes to them cant be any worst.

They might as well take time to make a better ( thicker ) mouse. Their mouse has been crap for many years.

[thijsvandien → ksec]

Now that the MacBook Pro 2015 has been discontinued, the MacBook Air, while dated and all, is the only laptop they have on sale (new) that does not have a butterfly keyboard, so it can definitely get worse.

[rurban → thijsvandien]

Dont forget their software shenigans also. The new Air will have the worse keyboard, and the OS became almost unusable. Now even without OpenGL.

[thijsvandien → rurban]

It's true that you'll be forced to use at least High Sierra and probably even Mojave with it. I wouldn't be too happy about that either.