Apple to Release Radically Redesigned MacBook Pro This Year?

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Posted February 10, 2012 at 9:43pm by iClarified

Apple is preparing to disrupt the notebook space with radically redesigned MacBook Pros, according to AppleInsider.

People familiar with Apple's roadmap say the Cupertino-based company currently plans to exit 2012 having completed a top-to-bottom revamp of its notebooks lineup that will see new MacBook Pros adopt the same design traits that have made its MacBook Airs an increasingly popular choice among mobile consumers.

The new design is said to feature an ultra-thin unibody enclosure that drops the optical disk drive and traditional hard drive and instead offer solid-state drives, instant-on capabilities, and extended battery life.

"They're all going to look like MacBook Airs," said one person familiar with the designs.

A redesign to the MacBook Pro has been reported by numerous sources over the past year including Macotakara, MacRumors, and iLounge.

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Enea - March 1, 2012 at 7:56pm

I can't wait for a thin mbp 15" will make developing so much more pleasant

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Steve - February 12, 2012 at 7:21am

I think it would not interest me to have a MacBook Pro without DVD drive. I currently have both, MacBook Air and a Pro, for exactly that reason. So Apple might be ahead of consumers... We all know Steve Jobs didnt give a damn, he in fact was their one and only consumer that matters, but I would do a little humble consumer research before such a daring decision, of merging the two lines, because basically that would mean discontinuing the Pro as we know it and launching. Air S

dodgerking - February 11, 2012 at 12:53am

So they are taking a functional laptop and making it less functional?

Jaedre - February 11, 2012 at 12:20am

So if they switching to SSD's an no disc drive.... Wha separates them from the MBA????

ratGT - February 12, 2012 at 3:57am

Hmmm... Let me think... Maybe an enclosure larger than MacBook Air's means larger screen (15"-17"), more CPU power, more memory, more ports, etc. Aren't those enough differenciate a Pro from an Air?

Steve Jubs the Messiah - February 10, 2012 at 11:04pm

I want 15" mbp-air esq!! Or 15" Air Bring it on

undertaker - February 10, 2012 at 11:00pm

seems like every year is a 'radical redesign' of the macbook pro.... if they radically redesign their products too often, their overall line of products won't be coherent.