I'm really looking forward to droping £2k on a laptop with a mobile phone chip.

That's sarcasm right, can't tell…

If its Apple it'll be nice and shiny and people will be queueing out of the door to get hold of them..

So basically an iPad Pro with a keyboard??

Hope not, its about time Apple released something with proper OSx and touch screen, maybe this device will be it, give it a flip hinge and Apple can yet again claim to have invented the Surface, I mean Apple flip-top, or whatever they call it…

It's the Mac Columbo Edition. £500 extra.

Smudger
It's the Mac Columbo Edition. £500 extra.

Does that mean watching the whole thing requires a huge amount of patience, but watching the how-done-it and final reveal is worthwhile?

Yes
Yes it does.*

*requires subscription to AppleTV. £500 please.