Apple has started production of new thinner 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro notebooks, reports DigiTimes. The new laptop will reportedly drop the optical drive but have a more powerful processor and more storage than the MacBook Air.
Production for the next-generation MacBook Pro has already begun with shipments to Apple kicking off in March, the sources noted. Monthly shipments will eventually climb to 900,000 units from the 100,000-150,000 units targeted initially, the sources said.
The release may come at the same as PC vendors launch their new Ivy Bridge ultrabooks, which were expected earlier but were postponed due to delays in getting Intel's Ivy Bridge chips.
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viperware - March 18, 2012 at 7:58am
If the new MBP has a retina density display, I will buy one. If not, there will not be enough things better about it for an advanced PC user to switch IMO.
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nono09 - March 17, 2012 at 11:28am
Justabrake.. When's the last time you inserted a disc cd or DVD into you machine? Not as often as 10 years ago.
What's the rumored release date for the pro/air??
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justabrake - March 17, 2012 at 12:54am
So we'll just carry a portable drive around and hope the days we don't we won't need it
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nir-hus - March 16, 2012 at 8:09pm
My next machine...
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iCrunch - March 16, 2012 at 1:50pm
Alright!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Time to put my Late-2011 up for sale! :D
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