Michal Ždanský Soon, Apple will introduce new MacBook Pros. This time, it should be the biggest change in the design of this series since 2008, when the first unibody model appeared. Other than that, we are likely to have more great news.
if they are "leaked" benchmarks true from yesterday, the performance of the new professional series will be about 20% higher. This will be due to the new Ivy Bridge processors, which were recently introduced and will replace the current Sandy Bridge, which can be found in all current Apple computers, that is, except for the desktop Mac Pro. The 13" model will probably still have a dual-core processor, but the 17" and possibly even the 15" MacBook could get a quad-core i7. However, it is questionable whether Apple will be able to maintain endurance above the seven-hour mark with such performance.
Another change that Ivy Bridge will bring will be support for the USB 3.0 standard. So far there is no evidence to suggest that this interface will actually appear in new computers, but the biggest obstacle that was the absence of support from Intel is now gone. The new series of processors can handle USB 3.0, so it's up to Apple whether to implement the technology or stay with the combination of USB 2.0 + Thunderbolt.
The significant change in design should be a significant thinning of the computer along the lines of the MacBook Air, although the body should be slightly thicker than Apple's thinnest laptop. As a victim of the phenomenon of thinning, it is very likely that the optical drive, which is missing from both the Air and even the Mac mini, will fall. Apple will gradually get rid of the optical drive completely, after all, its use is decreasing year by year. Of course, there will still be the option of connecting an external drive. It is also speculated that the Ethernet connector and possibly the FireWire bus should also disappear, just like the Air series. Even that could be the price for a thin body.
The second significant change should be the HiDPI screen, i.e. high resolution screen, retina display if you will. The MacBook Air has a significantly finer display than the Pro series, but the new resolution should significantly surpass it. A resolution of 2880 x 1800 pixels is speculated. After all, in OS X 10.8 you will find various references to HiDPI, mainly among graphic elements. The resolution did not change for a long time with MacBook Pros, and the retina display would fit them perfectly. They would be the first OS X PCs to boast a super-fine display and could stand alongside iOS devices.
All questions about MacBook Pro equipment should be answered soon. It is possible that Apple will announce the new models during or shortly after WWDC 2012. It is quite logical that it will already deliver them with the new operating system OS X Mountain Lion, which it will present on June 11.
I wouldn't worry about the endurance, as a work machine I have an HP with an i7 and the endurance is around 5 and a half hours.
Mainly thanks to Ivy Bridge (perhaps in combination with Nvidia Kepler series of graphics) this will not be a problem.
Maybe they will use the technology that they used for the battery in the new iPad, it would make sense and it could easily move the endurance to 10 hours.
Well, I don't know, given that the iPad has a Li-Pol battery and the MacBook Li-ion. I don't know if the same technology can be used with another type of battery...
And is there anything preventing the use of a Li-Pol battery in the MacBook Pro? I think they want to make the MacBook Pro the professional laptop again, which will be something to the MacBook Air, what it was to the MacBook….
If they drop the PRO drive, they will make it thinner and lighter, SSD, better display, I don't see why anyone would buy an AIR if it was, say, only 250g lighter than the PRO line. Especially if the PRO didn't even have a LAN.
If, however, the weight and construction of the PRO board did not change, let's say they put an SSD in the base and instead of the HDD drive, or a bigger battery, that would make sense in my opinion.
Just AIR for frequent transfers and PRO as a very powerful machine with great endurance and a high-quality display.
It would make sense to me if they made a new air with an A6 processor. OS X and other programs from Apple would be compiled for A6, in Xcode it would be possible to compile programs for x64 and for the ARM architecture, and they would also add to the AppStore the possibility to add and download programs for the ARM architecture on OS X.
The price of the cheapest MBA could drop by at least 200 euros and more people would buy it. All commonly used programs from Apple would run on it, and developers would be given the opportunity to develop for OS X on the ARM architecture as well.
They supposedly already had such prototypes last year and they worked without problems.
I'm mainly interested in the graphics performance... I hope that there will be room for external graphics in the slimming version
If they use Kepler, there will be a place.
what about mac mini?
Don't you know if the new Macbook AIR range will also be released?
I think it will be a bit thicker AIR without DVD. I have an AIR myself and an external DVD drive - I haven't even unpacked it yet. The DVD is truly a relic. SSD is amazing. APPLE has a real NTB No.1. And what's more, my favorite WIN can be installed without restrictions. Just a fairy tale. they recommend Apple to all NTBs. And until recently, I was convinced that VAIO was the most...