By fourth quarter, I believe it's going to be released Dec. 30 
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2016 MacBook Pro May Include OLED Display Touch Bar and Touch ID
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I can't understand what the benefit of a proprietary display above the keyboard would be. I was really hoping that they meant it would use OLED for the main display and ditch LCD entirely. What I would love to see is integrated Pencil support... there hasn't been a notebook with a built in graphics tablet since the old Thinkpad W710 (the insane one that had two displays). As for graphics, I don't care as long as it includes TB3 so I can run a GeForce 1080 in an external chassis.
'Thinner' and 'lighter' seems to be the buzzword around Apple nowadays.
How do they contradict? If they have to introduce an API in 10.12 for the rMBP TouchID anyway, may as well make it work with iPhones to dramatically increase the amount of people who can use the feature.
This sounds genuinely promising to me. Even if Ming is wrong on the details, we may be poised for a significant MBP update. If so, I'm buying.
Apple plans to introduce a revamped high-end MacBook Pro this year that'll include a thinner and lighter form factor, Touch ID and a new OLED display touch bar above the keyboard, according to a new report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The new MacBook Pro would come in 13- and 15-inch variations and arrive in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Kuo calls the new MacBook Pro updates the "most significant upgrade ever undertaken by Apple." The new "thin and light" design will be helped by new metal injection mold-made hinges and the butterfly-mechanism keyboards that debuted in the 12-inch MacBook. There has been speculation Apple would introduce Touch ID to MacBooks and, in the meantime, Apple engineers are working on a way users could unlock their Macs with Touch ID on iPhone.
The 12-inch MacBook will also be joined by a 13-inch MacBook, according to Kuo. The analyst believes that Apple will move forward with all three MacBook lines this year, with the MacBook Pro occupying the high-end slot, the MacBook will replace the Air as the medium-level model and the MacBook Air will serve as an entry-level model with comparatively low prices.
In April, it was reported that the new MacBook Pros would see slimmer designs and new hinges. Additionally, speculation indicated the new MacBook Pros could adopt Thunderbolt 3 with USB-C. Today's report confirms both rumors. Apple's refreshed MacBook Pros are also expected to sport faster Skylake processors, with the top-of-the-line MacBook Pros also sporting AMD's new 400-series Polaris graphics chips.
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I prefer 12"+14" rMB and 14"+16" MBPr
Well, this puts a damper on things. 4th quarter? I was hoping Ol Timmy would drop the bomb and say "you can place orders for the new macbook pros this friday" after WWDC
I wonder if they'd have mDP/TB2 in addition to TB3? I hope so.
Yes! wallet_take_it.gif!
This OLED strip is very intriguing. There may be some unique, touch operations you could make on this strip, if wide enough.. think really skinny mini ipad above the keys. Would it be absurd if they made this strip the "new dock"? Perhaps they could even provide a secondary function of the fn keys when typing is detected (maybe it can sense your hand positions somehow).
Just some random musings.
The Macbook Pro is long in the tooth. It's design has been imitated MANY times over the past few years. What can they do to set it apart? Whatever it is, they've taken their dear old time on rolling it out.
This OLED strip is very intriguing. There may be some unique, touch operations you could make on this strip, if wide enough.. think really skinny mini ipad above the keys. Would it be absurd if they made this strip the "new dock"? Perhaps they could even provide a secondary function of the fn keys when typing is detected (maybe it can sense your hand positions somehow).
Just some random musings.
The Macbook Pro is long in the tooth. It's design has been imitated MANY times over the past few years. What can they do to set it apart? Whatever it is, they've taken their dear old time on rolling it out.
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Well the Mac Pro was announced at WWDC and then released Q4.
Touch ID embedded on Apple laptops going forward, but with 10.12, providing the capability to use Touch ID on your phone to unlock Apple computers sold in the last, let's guess, 3-4 years?
I think that was just because it was so out of date and has such a small target market that they didn't even care.
For once, Apple, DON'T make the Pro thinner. Make it quieter/cooler instead. For once! I'm so tired of my current MBP being a vacuum cleaner/oven every time I so much as watch a Youtube video. We DON'T need thinner in the Pro line! Save that for the Macbook line, the Air line.
Why would Apple hold back a MacBook update to coincide with an iPhone anniversary?
There's nothing to hold back. MBP with Touch ID and OLED-whatever won't be ready until 2017.
God damn it.
They'd better not. I had hopes that the butterfly keyboard was intended to tell consumers which MacBooks were the "cheap and crappy" ones. As long as the Pros kept real keyboards I didn't really care.
But are they really delusional enough to think those things are suitable for all of their Macs?
I've always thought that the Macbook Pro was Apple's most solid product. I really hope this rumor isn't true.
They'd better not. I had hopes that the butterfly keyboard was intended to tell consumers which MacBooks were the "cheap and crappy" ones. As long as the Pros kept real keyboards I didn't really care.
But are they really delusional enough to think those things are suitable for all of their Macs?
I've always thought that the Macbook Pro was Apple's most solid product. I really hope this rumor isn't true.
Agreed, the iPhone next year is going to stand alone. No other product will be release within the same window or share a stage with it.
Dear Mr.Ming Kuo, please change your prediction for the release of the MacBook Pro to WWDC June 2016, as there a lot of very impatient, Unhappy Apple fans waiting for a desperate refresh
Of the MacBook Pro. Then I will apologize for all those times I said you were wrong. Thank you.
Of the MacBook Pro. Then I will apologize for all those times I said you were wrong. Thank you.
This!! I can't take it being any thinner than it already is, and I most certainly don't want an even lesser of a keyboard.
It appears that Apple has gone mad on shrinking their device, just for that 0.1mm reduction of thickness, and brag it as another "innovation".
Oh man. MacBook Air is good enough. Look at that MacBook 12" keyboard. So uncomfortable to type on it. I hate such keyboard as long as I touch it.
I wish Apple could introduce a Thicker MacBook, iPhone and iPad, so that battery could be larger. Carrying a battery pack all day around is simply awful.
Integrating touch id into MacBook? Cool. I just want to see the outcome of such product. My current MacBook Air still works great.
Oh man. MacBook Air is good enough. Look at that MacBook 12" keyboard. So uncomfortable to type on it. I hate such keyboard as long as I touch it.
I wish Apple could introduce a Thicker MacBook, iPhone and iPad, so that battery could be larger. Carrying a battery pack all day around is simply awful.
Integrating touch id into MacBook? Cool. I just want to see the outcome of such product. My current MacBook Air still works great.