MacBook Air and Possibly 13-Inch MacBook Pro Without Touch Bar Said to Receive Processor Refresh in the Fall

[MacRumors]

Apple plans to refresh its MacBook Air lineup with faster processors in September, according to IHS Markit analyst Jeff Lin's latest Emerging PC Market Tracker report, published Thursday and shared by Forbes:

Apple is also expected to update the 13.3-inch MacBook Pro and Retina MacBook Air with the new MacOS Catalina and new processors in September, according to Lin.

Forbes also cites Lin as saying the 13-inch MacBook Pro receiving a processor refresh in September as well, which likely refers to the base model without the Touch Bar, dubbed the "MacBook Escape" for its physical Esc key. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar just received a processor refresh in May.

The MacBook Air was last updated in October 2018, when it received a long-awaited Retina display, 8th-generation Intel Core processors, butterfly keyboard, larger trackpad, Touch ID, Thunderbolt 3 ports, new color options, and more.

Apple rarely refreshes any Macs in September, often waiting for October instead, but these would be fall updates either way. IHS has close ties to Apple's supply chain, having accurately revealed the original 10.5-inch iPad Pro's resolution nearly four months in advance and LTPO on the Apple Watch.

Lin also believes that Apple plans to release the rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro in September. Again, this could end up being October too, but it sounds increasingly likely that the 16-inch MacBook Pro is coming this year.

Article Link: MacBook Air and Possibly 13-Inch MacBook Pro Without Touch Bar Said to Receive Processor Refresh in the Fall

 

[Skeith]

Refresh non-touchbar 15" MBP, coward!

 

[Apathy Overdose]

Hello Ice Lake.

 

[ipponrg]

+1 for MBP 15” without touchbar.

Realistically we all know Apple loves sticking to certain useless innovations

 

[FrankieTDouglas]

Maybe refresh all of the laptops to eliminate the touch bar? The gimmick trial is over, I'm tired of the phantom ESC taps.

 

[RowellE]

No love for the 12" MacBook?

 

[Herrpod]

Touch Bar is complete garbage. I welcome this model. Please don’t limit storage and ports again on this “cheaper” MBP.

 

[UltimaKilo]

September is suspect. October or November are more believable.

 

[Kaibelf]

Drop the touch bar and give me FaceID and we're set. I don't care what size as long as it's a Pro.

 

[sniffies]

Touch Bar, the most useless and gimmicky tech

I regret wasting $3k on it back in 2016

 

[grad]

A non-touch bar 13" macbook pro (or air) with 32GB RAM and a quad core CPU would be my next laptop, I will just get rid of my 2018 MBP 15" 6core. Now, if only they would also put back the old scissors keyboard, a matte screen and user replaceable NVME and RAM ...

 

[ivanputeraa]

For the base model of the 13" MBP nTB, is it going to be dual core / quad core i5?

 

[BuddyTronic]

Hello Ice Lake.

I think it will be an Apple processor

 

[ghanwani]

This is what I was worried about. I just got a 13 TB MBP last Friday, even though I don't like the TB, just because of the silent keyboard. Now we hear a rumor that the nTB is being updated in September. It'll be an almost 4 month wait to get one from now. Lazy me just wants to live with the TB.

OTOH, if the the 13 TB MBP is updated with 2400 MHz RAM, I will be upset!

 

[MacFather]

Deleted.

 

[Velin]

How about a keyboard refresh? "Refresh" meaning a top-to-bottom redesign.

 

[Franjelisco]

Time to lower prices across the board, or bump the base storage of the entry configurations to 256GB. Timmy, you can do it!

The first Macbook Pro nTB 2016 came with 256 base storage...

 

[alexandero]

512GB SSD and 16GB RAM should be standard for MBPs. Without increased prices.

 

[Dulcimer]

No love for the 12" MacBook?

I still don’t understand what the point of having both the MB and MBA is now, especially since they haven’t updated the former.

The only way to justify it going forward is to treat it as a testbed for Apple’s own processors being used in the fanless MB. Make it an ultra sleek, significantly higher battery life version of the previous gen while at the same time laying down the groundwork for transitioning to full on Catalyst apps and basic x86 emulation. (The people buying this A-series MB aren’t going to be running advanced x86 apps anyway.)

 

[chucker23n1]

Seems odd to me that they'd keep the model without Touch Bar around. It has a confusing place in the line-up.

It'll be interesting to see whether these will be Whiskey Lake/Amber Lake/Comet Lake (still Skylake-based) or Ice Lake, in which case we should see a nice boost. There doesn't appear to be a new -Y generation other than Ice Lake.

 

[LeonardXW]

If the newly released MacBook Pro have the same power and touch ID, I will buy one without Touch Bar. Don’t think i will be using the Touch Bar.

 

[gustaw94]

MacBook Pro 13 with Touch ID ( like in Air) and 4 thunderbolt ports and I’m happy to change my old good Pro, but I will miss HDMI port and SD card slot ...

 

[Coconut Bean]

For the base model of the 13" MBP nTB, is it going to be dual core / quad core i5?

We all wish that. But realistically, no, as Apple would never sell a 13" TB MBP ever again.

 

[JokerPower]

The first Macbook Pro nTB 2016 came with 256 base storage...

Wrong. MBP nTB 2016/2017 base model have 128 GB

 

[aberamati]

The first Macbook Pro nTB 2016 came with 256 base storage...

Its price was $1500, same price as the 2017 model with 256GB. Apple just added a lower-cost option with 128GB in 2017.