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New MacBook Pro Leak Reveals Stunning Decision – Forbes, Forbes.com

New MacBook Pro Leak Reveals Stunning Decision – Forbes, Forbes.com

Following the update to the MacBook Air in March , and the larger MacBook Pro in October last year , Apple has one laptop left to refresh… the evergreen – inch MacBook Pro. Now we have more information around the launch date of the MacOS powered laptop.

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PARIS, FRANCE – DECEMBER Apple : Press Day In Paris : An attendee touches the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro laptop . .. [ ] computer inside the new Apple store Saint Germain during the press day on December , in Paris, France. On December 3, Apple will inaugurate and open its new Apple store to the public at the ‘Marche Saint-Germain’ (Saint Germain market). (Photo by Chesnot / Getty Images)    (Chesnot)  
Details on the decision come from noted technology leaker Jon Prosser, who has recently increased his scope to cover Apple. Quoting the pre-production model number (J 728, he announces the new – inch MacBook Pro is coming “next month” , following it up with a note that as this is a refresh of the current – inch design (a larger) – inch display could follow .

This matches up with the design changes made by Apple last year to the larger MacBook Pro. At that point the larger MacBook Pro was the – – inch model, but a reduction in the bezel size allowed Apple to use a – inch screen while only adding a third of an inch to the width and a fifth of an inch to the height.

Bumping up the screen size on the smaller MacBook Pro to inches not only fits in with that design ethos, but the extra screen real estate will create a clear visual distinction between the smaller MacBook Pro and the new (- inch MacBook Air.)

But the screen size will not be the most welcome change. That joyous reception will belong to the keyboard. Of the new MacBook machines on sale today, the smaller MacBook Pro is the only model to still feature the hated butterfly keyboard

. Temperamental at best , Apple has hobbled its laptops for five years with this design. No more. The scissor switch based ‘Magic’ keyboard is now on the larger MacBook Pro and the new MacBook Air.  

There would be a digital riot if Tim Cook did not bring the Magic Keyboard to any updated – inch MacBook Pro.

The MacBook Air also bumped up the chipset to use Intel’s tenth-generation Ice Lake chipset . I can’t see the MacBook Pro having lower specs than this, so a similar bump is expected (which means the 90 – Inch MacBook Pro is going to be lagging behind, so there may be a spec change for the – Inch machine in the near future to maintain parity across the Pro laptops (.)

Apple : Press Day In Paris

 

(November) , US, New York: The new MacBook Pro, recorded at the edge of an Apple presentation . .. [ ] in New York, features a redesigned keyboard, a sophisticated sound system, and a 18 – inch display. Photo: Christoph Dernbach / dpa (Photo by Christoph Dernbach / picture alliance via Getty Images)    dpa / picture alliance via Getty Images  
There is, of course, a bigger question hanging over Apple. The late May date suggests that the new MacBook Pro was going to be launched at or around June’s WWDC. The former has moved to a virtual event due to the impact of coronavirus, and the launch of the laptop would also have to be a virtual ‘launch by press release’.

It may be stunning to keep on going with product releases during the coronavirus pandemic, but I expect Apple to release the MacBook Pro in May rather than delay it.

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