Last but not least, there are also some more interesting rumors about the new laptop, claiming that it could come with some shocking hardware changes. More specifically, it could ship without a 3.5mm jack, instead opting for wireless earbuds.
We don’t know if that’s true or not, but it has been a controversial rumor among Apple’s fans, with many disagreeing with the idea. Headphone jacks are still an important part of laptops and handhelds alike, and we don’t see them going away anytime soon, even if Apple were to come out with a device that omits them.
If the company really is planning something like that, we would rather expect it from their Air line, where Apple are always trying to minimize the hardware footprint of the device and make it as portable as possible. It can be argued that the headphone jack is not such a critical feature in that particular device.
It’s entirely possible that something like this is indeed happening behind Apple’s doors, but the rumors got mixed up between the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. If that’s true though, it brings up another question – are Apple actually doing something with the MacBook Air and preparing to surprise their fans? We haven’t heard anything about that line recently, and this is entirely possible. On the other hand, there have been rumors indicating that Apple are losing confidence in the MacBook Air and are going to phase it out, so it’s hard to tell what the situation is really like.