[psmith2.0]

True.

Okay, then...re: the MacBook Pro situation, I do find this odd, and wonder what will come of it:

Assuming this rumor is legit and we see new, redesigned 14" (replacing the 13") MacBook Pro models by spring/summer...does the entire 13" MacBook Pro lineup get redesigned with the new 14" body - all four tiers, including those two lower-end $1,299 and $1,499 models that just got the M1 - or do only the two beefier, upper-end current 13" MacBook Pros (the $1,799 and $1,999 models) get the new 14" redesign, along with the 16" (both sizes I assume to be sporting a more powerful take on the M1?)

Surely they won't have the smaller MacBook Pro models split into two different designs (old style 13", redesigned 14"), both sporting the new architecture. Just seems weird/confusing.

But ~8 months sure seems like a short time (for Apple) to have a product in existence (if these current lower-end 13" models are also going to get a new size in the spring). Maybe they planned all this and these initial M1 13" models were a stopgap just so they could put something out there with the word "pro" in it for those who care about those things.

Maybe by the time April-June rolls around, these just-released 13" MacBook Pros will be due for an update and the entire lineup goes to a new 14" design?

These transitions periods are always weird and impossible to make plans during. Hopefully by Thanksgiving 2021, most of this is sorted out and no longer anything to think/wonder about. The MacBook Pro lineup will be all transitioned, redesign and all, along with maybe another popular, actual-selling model or two.