16-inch MacBook Pro Announcement Expected by Tomorrow

[MacRumors]

Apple plans to announce its widely rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro this week, according to a tweet from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

In another tweet, Gurman suggested the announcement will be made by Wednesday. The news would likely be shared in the form of a press release on the Apple Newsroom and would also likely coincide with early hands-on impressions of the 16-inch MacBook Pro from select media outlets and YouTube channels.

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9to5Mac recently reported that Apple appears to be holding private press briefings of some kind at its luxury loft mansion in New York City this week, likely to facilitate those 16-inch MacBook Pro first impressions. Multiple out-of-town tech reporters have tweeted that they are in or headed to New York City over the last few days.

Rumors suggest the 16-inch MacBook Pro will feature slimmer bezels around the display, a more reliable scissor switch keyboard, a standalone Touch ID sensor, and possibly a much-requested physical Esc key. Pricing is unknown, but would likely be higher than the $2,799 high-end 15-inch MacBook Pro.

For what it's worth, 15-inch MacBook Pro models with AMD Radeon Pro Vega graphics options became available to order on the Wednesday of this week a year ago, along with a (PRODUCT)RED version of the Apple Watch Sport Loop. Apple also launched its annual holiday gift guide on the same day.

After rampant rumors, supply chain clues, and leaked imagery from macOS Catalina, the 16-inch MacBook Pro might be 24 hours or less away.

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[CWallace]

Now will they also announce BTO pricing and ordering information for the Mac Pro, as well?

 

[rmoliv]

My $5K are ready.

 

[thadoggfather]

I love that the stock image of the 16" is using a Tiger era wallpaper.

amazing to think these 'new' keyboards have been in circulation, and multiple revisions ultimately resulting in the same concerns there always was, since 2015 introduced with the now discontinued 12" MacBook.

I hope these new-new keyboards are rolled out on every new Mac moving forward, assuming they're 'all that' (and have more key travel). Time will tell though if they're worth being jealous of

I think Apple seems to intuitively forget a lot of people inherently like pressing buttons and feeling a click and physically interacting with their electronics to varying degrees.

 

[MacFather]

Deleted.

 

[darcyf]

Bring on the triggered complaints!

 

[LeeTom]

Take my money!!! ???

 

[Nacho98]

dont make us wait til tomorrow

 

[Sykora171]

The new keyboard in itself has me interested. Anxious to test it out.

 

[Eorlas]

lord these rumors be giving whiplash

 

[NJRonbo]

Yup and Yup! Take my $5k!

 

[Falhófnir]

I'm ready, I've bought my bank manager a magnum of Perrier-Jouët and leveraged the value of 55 Cancri e against future exploration missions

 

[Korican100]

Now will they also announce BTO pricing and ordering information for the Mac Pro, as well?

asking the real questions! i dont care about the laptop!

 

[dynamojoe]

I can’t wait to not be able to afford it.

 

[carrrrrlos]

It’s happening.

 

[UltimaKilo]

What processors will they use? It’s a curious time for a MBP refresh with, hopefully, Tiger Lake only a few months away.

 

[ThisBougieLife]

It's almost certainly coming soon maybe not necessarily

 

[Oraichu]

Here we go again.

 

[paddylaz]

I know there's more chance of Jeffrey Epstein having slipped on a banana peel, but my dream announcement is a 16.4inch+ screen with zero Touch Bar.

*crosses fingers*

 

[alpi123]

What processors will they use? It’s a curious time for a MBP refresh with, hopefully, Tiger Lake only a few months away.

You really can't wait until tomorrow for official confirmation on the specs?

 

[hardwickj]

My 2018 MacBook Pro TouchBar died again this weekend. Went completely blank. No escape key, nothing. Killing the Touch Bar agent and control strip did nothing. Had to reboot to get it back. It's going on 4 years with this damn thing and we're still dealing with this awesomsauce.

Combine that with the 2x I've had my laptop in for service for both the keyboard and the display being defective, and I'm reaching the end of my rope.

Escape key. Functioning keyboard. Arrow keys that can actually be distinguished from one another. It's not like we're asking for a miracle here.

 

[Rudy69]

I'd be much more excited about a "pro-consumer" desktop computer with a 3900X CPU. The compile times for code with the 3900X are beyond anything Intel offers.... I just wish I could get a "legit" Mac with one

 

[dannys1]

Day one order for me.

 

[bpeeps]

I can't wait for everyone to get excited about this then lambast it when the price/specs/touchbar/keyboard specifics come out.

 

[The Mercurian]

What processors will they use? It’s a curious time for a MBP refresh with, hopefully, Tiger Lake only a few months away.

I think Apple have "consicously-uncoupled" there refresh cycle from intel's. So from Apple perspective I think that they view this machine not to be new because of a chipset, but because of all the other features. Probsabyl therer will be3 silent updates whenever next chipset comes out.