Apple are reportedly hard at work behind their closed doors, even though the company hasn’t given many indications that there is anything big going on. That’s the status quo with them, and until they are ready to make their big announcement, we have pretty much no way of knowing what’s going on with their projects. The MacBook Pro 2016 is one of the hottest topics among the company’s fans, as many are curious what the giant is planning for one of their most important device lines.
The MacBook Pro 2016 is a mystery for the most part, but many are looking forward to it as it’s been quite a while since the company last released anything major in that series. Apple have had more than one year to improve the design and introduce new elements to it, and knowing their standard working pace, that’s actually quite a lot of time.
One of the things that many expect to see in the new MacBook Pro is a USB-C connector, as the technology has been enjoying more and more attention all over the industry. Many experts agree that it will take some time for USB-C to become the norm, but it will be worth the messy transitional period, given all the improvements the new standard will bring.
Fans of Apple are also curious if the company has any special plans for the screen of the new MacBook Pro, as this is another area where they could make some serious improvements. Other than giving the screen a larger resolution, Apple could also make it rotatable or even detachable, or figure out a more creative way to utilize touchscreen in the OSX experience. There are many possibilities, and a company with Apple’s creative thinking is sure to have some interesting ideas on the table, so it remains to be seen what they are going to do with the new laptop.
Some users have also been calling for a more portable form factor, but this doesn’t seem to be a priority for Apple in the design of the MacBook Pro, so we don’t expect them to do much in this regard. After all, they have an entire separate line for this specifically – the MacBook Air – so if the company’s engineers have made any breakthroughs in making laptop hardware even more compact, that’s where we expect to see them.
There are also those with the opinion that the Air line is actually becoming obsolete, and Apple should focus more actively on the Pro edition of their MacBooks. This, according to those, users, also includes developing a more portable design for the laptop, as in the end it will benefit all its users. Power users – who are the target audience for the MacBook Pro in the first place – can always benefit from having more portability in their laptops, after all.
Some rumors indicate that the laptop will come out later this year, not in October as it was originally planned. We don’t know if that’s true or not – after all, it’s pretty much impossible to know Apple’s release plans if they don’t reveal them themselves – but it could be interesting to see a launch for the new MacBook Pro in the holiday season. It wouldn’t be very typical for the MacBook Pro line, sure, but Apple are a company that’s always open to trying new things, so we don’t expect them to follow some formula every year.