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The next MacBook Pro redesign (merged)
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Looking at the new MacBook, we know Apple can redesign the keyboard, make the display thinner, potentially integrate the antennas on the unibody as long as the fans can blow out warm air.
All of the above should enable the thickness to be reduced and result in a thinner battery with the improved efficiency of Skylake. Reduced thickness should also lead to some weight savings.
All of the above should enable the thickness to be reduced and result in a thinner battery with the improved efficiency of Skylake. Reduced thickness should also lead to some weight savings.
Can you have more power on the usb c ? Because I don't think it would take too long to charge the macbook pro, it would take like 6 hours 
I'd like to get a smaller footprint but I'm not sure it's gonna happen, the new macbook has considerably thiner bezels compared to the macbook air , but they're not really edge to edge ala dell xps 13, I would say they're pretty comparable to the bezels on the retina macbook pro
P.S: I want a space gray macbook pro so bad
I'd like to get a smaller footprint but I'm not sure it's gonna happen, the new macbook has considerably thiner bezels compared to the macbook air , but they're not really edge to edge ala dell xps 13, I would say they're pretty comparable to the bezels on the retina macbook pro
P.S: I want a space gray macbook pro so bad
Well that is what people said about Broadwell after Haswell last year - all the magic updates to the rMBP and MBA's was supposed to happen now. But now Apple has one more product to suck the oxygen out of the industrial design landscape for the MBA's and MBP's.
I think the next one will look just the same only internal changes. But the one after with Skylake might have a redesign with USB Type-c ports instead of the Thunderbolt ports. Thunderbolt being on the Type-c ports. They will still have some standard USB ports, it is a bit too early to go all Type-c.
So when will we get a redesign of the MBP R? 
I would love a space grey MBP 13" R with butterfly keys and maybe touch id as well.
With skylake coming this year, do you think we will see something like this in the Fall?
I would love a space grey MBP 13" R with butterfly keys and maybe touch id as well.
With skylake coming this year, do you think we will see something like this in the Fall?
I would guess the rMBP will get a major redesign in either the final quarter of the year or start of next year. Skylake, colour options, better screen, new keyboard, USB-C, etc. I can wait to upgrade
Maybe we'll see Touch ID, but I wouldn't be surprised if we seen handoff integration allowing us to unlock the MacBook with Touch ID on our phones.
Maybe we'll see Touch ID, but I wouldn't be surprised if we seen handoff integration allowing us to unlock the MacBook with Touch ID on our phones.
That wouldn't really be a great solution and would create more problems than it solves.
I wonder if a redesign would also mean an end to magsafe as well...
I wonder if a redesign would also mean an end to magsafe as well...
I don't disagree about using handoff integration, but I'm just not sure that well see Touch ID on a laptop where you have a full size keyboard. I hope I'm wrong, I'd like to see it.
That won't happen, it will still have 4-6 ports. I just hope that there will be a couple of USB-C ports and it keeps the SD Card slot.
I wouldn't mind getting the grey color option from the new MB on my next MBP. I'm holding out for Skylake. Hope they don't get rid of the Magsafe charger. USB-C would be OK, in my book, if they replaced the Thunderbolt port with it. I'd still like to keep a USB3 port or two so I don't have to carry a dongle everywhere.
Someone posted a couple sources saying Apple was definitely moving to Skylake during the summer for the MacBook Pro, so I'd imagine as with the Retina models, the 15" gets it first, maybe announced at WWDC, availability in July, and the 13" coming along later.
However, I think we might be in for a more comprehensive redesign if there's indeed one coming. I think this new 12" MacBook is the start of a new screen size lineup...12", 14", and 16". So perhaps a new 16" rMBP in the summer, with Skylake, USB C, and everything else, and then in the middle of fall, a scaled down 14" replacement for the current 13" rMBP. You could easily put an extra inch of screen size in the same footprint as the current machines, and so even if they wanted some bezel, the footprints wouldn't increase much if at all. Also, would probably be even thinner and lighter.
I have no idea if this will be the case, but hoping it will be. And then you can go with a ~3k screen on the 14" model and ~4k screen on the 16" model. A 16.something inch 4k MacBook Pro would be awesome. And totally doable.
As for the MacBook Air...who knows. Might be at the start of a slow death. And maybe a 14" MacBook will be coming when the MacBook moves to Skylake. That would make sense too. Of course, that still leaves a gap (5W processors vs. the 28W processors in the Pro line) in power, so who knows. Maybe there will be some name-changing. Hard to say.
However, I think we might be in for a more comprehensive redesign if there's indeed one coming. I think this new 12" MacBook is the start of a new screen size lineup...12", 14", and 16". So perhaps a new 16" rMBP in the summer, with Skylake, USB C, and everything else, and then in the middle of fall, a scaled down 14" replacement for the current 13" rMBP. You could easily put an extra inch of screen size in the same footprint as the current machines, and so even if they wanted some bezel, the footprints wouldn't increase much if at all. Also, would probably be even thinner and lighter.
I have no idea if this will be the case, but hoping it will be. And then you can go with a ~3k screen on the 14" model and ~4k screen on the 16" model. A 16.something inch 4k MacBook Pro would be awesome. And totally doable.
As for the MacBook Air...who knows. Might be at the start of a slow death. And maybe a 14" MacBook will be coming when the MacBook moves to Skylake. That would make sense too. Of course, that still leaves a gap (5W processors vs. the 28W processors in the Pro line) in power, so who knows. Maybe there will be some name-changing. Hard to say.
14" is a definite.
16" on the other hand... I really never considered that possibility myself. To be honest, if the 16" is in the current size of the 15", I might actually consider it.
17" back in the cMBP days, on the other hand, was far too big.
I can't see them getting rid of the 15 and not going with both 14 and 16, since it's 15.4" and that's about as small as I could ever go in a laptop. I know lots of people also prefer the larger screen, and something that's only .7" larger than the current 13.3 is just not big enough. Also, many people did in fact love the 17 and have held on to theirs, hoping that Apple would release something similar. A 4k, 16" rMBP would be absolutely ideal for them. Hell, I'd buy one to replace my 2012 15" if it was only marginally wider and thinner/lighter.
I personally found the 17" cMBP was far too big and bulky. The 15", on the other hand, was a perfect blend of weight, size and performance.
It was a pretty massive machine, I'm glad I didn't go that way when I got my 15. Was going to pick up a used 2011 17, but found an incredibly deal on a 2012 15.
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