Apple to Release New Thinner 15-inch MacBook Pro in March?

Apple will reportedly start shipping a ultra thin 15-inch MacBook Pro in March, according to DigiTimes.

Upstream suppliers of Apple have recently started shipping a small volume of components for a 15-inch ultra-thin notebook model from Apple in November and the device could be either MacBook Air or just a thinner MacBook Pro. The new MacBook is expected to appear as early as the second quarter of 2012, according to sources from the upstream supply chain. Estimated by the product planning, mass shipments of the notebook device will start in March and could be cataloged in either the MacBook Air or MacBook Pro line.


DigiTimes also reports due to height restrictions the initial launch will likely drop the optical drive.

[via Pete]