Apple Rumours: MacBook Pro goes on diet, loses optical drive to get slimmer – Part 1

Upcoming MacBook Pro will be slimmer with Retina Display and without optical drive, iCloud to receive upgrades and Apple Television in the making for a possible next year release

MacBook Pro gets a makeover in the upcoming 2012 model, said a credible source this week. It has been more than two years that the Pro line has not received any substantial upgrades except the inclusion of the second-generation Core i-Series processors from Intel.

In the rumours collected by source, MacBook Pro will be ultra-thin with a massive width shaved off the body, i.e. the cradle where the keyboard is located. This however, should not be confused with ultrabooks or MacBook Air, the Pro will retain the basic aesthetics of its predecessors but will be thinner. It will have a tapered design like the Air but there are certain features that it might adopt from its younger brother.

The dedicated power button loses its position from the bezel into the jungle of keys as a part of the keyboard, like the Air. Moreover, it loses the optical drive like the Air. The reason for the Pro to lose an optical drive, be it DVD or Blu-Ray, makes sense. This had been a long time coming to the Pro as DVDs and other disc formats are losing their value, much less video and audio CDs.

According to the source, the 2012 Pro will be the first notebook from Apple to have USB 3.0 in the chassis, and not one but three. Two thunderbolt I/O, one USB ports and an SD card slot will be on one side of the system, while the other side will house Power input, audio in and out jacks and two USB ports. Note that Apple is not providing any Ethernet or Fireware support in upcoming iteration of the Pro line.

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Posted by Usman Khalid on May 17 2012. Filed under Sci-Tech. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.