Brenneman: More Claims of MacBook Pro Adopting MacBook Air Form Factor in 2012 Redesign

Monday, 17 January 2011

More Claims of MacBook Pro Adopting MacBook Air Form Factor in 2012 Redesign

in 2 reports in april , july of last year, reported apple working on ultra-thin 15-inch mac notebook, suggestion being existing macbook pro line evolve take design cues , many of features popular macbook air. whether larger notebooks branded macbook pros or macbook airs has been unclear.

many had hoped redesigned 15-inch notebook debut end of 2011, apple apparently elected squeeze in 1 final minor spec bump waited intel's ivy bridge platform launch in 2012. reports late last year continued suggest apple finishing work on redesigned 15-inch macbook pro ahead of 2012 debut.

appleinsider weighs in own claims mirroring of reported, emphasizing shift see unification of apple's notebook lines under macbook air design aesthetic, covering full range of 11-inch 17-inch sizes end of year.

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this include new, ultra-thin unibody enclosures jettison yesteryear technologies optical disk drives , traditional hard drives in favor of models lightweight chassis employ flash-memory based solid-state drives, instant-on capabilities, extended battery life, , rely on digital distribution software , media.

"they're going macbook airs," 1 person familiar new macbook pro designs told appleinsider. meanwhile, existing macbook pro designs expected phased out on course of year.
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the report suggests apple may not shift entire macbook pro line @ once, instead beginning 15-inch model , following 17-inch model "shortly thereafter". apple followed similar pattern transition present unibody design in late 2008 , 2009.

mockup of macbook air design spanning full range of apple notebook sizes
the fate of 13-inch macbook pro remains murky, , may depend on how closely new macbook pro designs mirror smaller macbook air , whether apple brings whole notebook line under single name. macbook pro redesign , boost 13-inch macbook air, there may not enough differentiating 2 13-inch machines , apple may opt consolidate notebooks down single line in 4 different sizes.

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