Can't wait for what weird thing they'll do this time and reverse later. We had butterfly keyboards, touchbar, USB-only dongle-fest, the notch (hopefully going away this time), ...
Call me when they remove the notch. Maybe one other actual tangible improvement would be a low-profile mechanical keyboard.<p>Outside of that the Macbooks are pretty much perfect already.
I think Macbook Pros should be quite advanced machines with slightly out-there features, so I would love to see the touchbar back as a power user option but above function keys. I absolutely loved it on my 2019 MBP and it represented a bunch of new ways of doing things, but it was gone too soon to really mature. Most Mac users clearly don't need it, but there's a certain group of obsessive users that will hack on stuff like this.
I see no real reason to redesign the MBP. Only place I think they could push further is the camera and maybe even the speakers. The keyboard, trackpad, display and ports are a okay.
Apple logic dictates that they found a way to shrink the notch years ago but have been waiting for a redesign to roll it out so they don't upset the current design language of the Mac.<p>Sure do love the form over function reality we live in, today. Yessiree.
What I care more about is if we'll have sideloading in 2026: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28851533">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28851533</a><p>If the answer is no, then thank goodness for Asahi Linux.