Apple reviving “MacBook’ with a18 processor?

[Vincent Hannah]

If I were to guess, it'll only be single display with a single USB-C with no thunderbolt. But I expect a MagSafe and wonder if that means the headphone jack will be gone.

Either way there are so many USB-C hubs and monitors so I don't think it's a big problem anymore.

The kind of people that would buy a $799 A18 Pro MacBook don’t use USB hubs or even monitors.

 

[Cmaier]

The kind of people that would buy a $799 A18 Pro MacBook don’t use USB hubs or even monitors.

headphone jack will be gone. Everybody who this is for has airpods or equivalent.

 

[swk9]

The kind of people that would buy a $799 A18 Pro MacBook don’t use USB hubs or even monitors.

I agree. But I think it'll still support a monitor output for sure. I think a MagSafe would make sense alongside a single USB-C port.

headphone jack will be gone. Everybody who this is for has airpods or equivalent.

Even with the old 12" I really hoped for an extra USB-C port instead of the headphone jack. That would've made things so much easier for charging.

 

[Vincent Hannah]

Of course the USB-C port will support monitors, and hubs, and monitors with built-in hubs. It’s just that most of the buyers won’t utilize them.

I fully expect MagSafe to be present, which will make the single USB-C port much more palatable than it was on the old 12” MacBook.

I could see the headphone jack being gone for no reason other than product differentiation with the MacBook Air.