- You guys, there is a rumor of a 16-inch MacBook Pro
and oh my God, yes please.
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So this week kicked off with a sandwich
full of 2019 app rumors that kinda
punched the internet in the face.
Everything from new iPhones to a new iPad
to a new Apple Watch but what got my attention
and what is more interesting is the idea
of a 31.5-inch 6K Apple display
and even more exciting: a 16-inch MacBook Pro.
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This is really exciting news especially for that
collective group of people who have been begging
Tim Cook to please bring back that 17-inch MacBook Pro,
which I'll say was awesome for its time
but in terms of the current day MacBook design as it is now,
didn't really make sense to bring back
because if you go way back to 2012,
when that MacBook Pro was discontinued,
yeah, it had an awesome big 17-inch display
but it was essentially AC resolution at 1920 x 1200
and weighed nearly 7 pounds which is cool
if you wanna curl it but to bring that in a backpack
sounds absolutely awful.
- At 6.6 pounds, it's also the world's
lightest 17-inch notebook.
- So with that, and maybe one area where I think
people are potentially getting a little mixed up,
is I don't think the 16 or 6 and a half inch MacBook Pro
is an addition to the 15-inch MacBook Pro,
I actually think it's a replacement.
There isn't one person on this planet that could argue
that the current MacBook Pro design isn't outdated
and those bezels stand out more than MJ's jeans.
Especially when you compare it to the iPhone, the iPad Pro,
it just doesn't feel as up to date as everything else.
Taking a look at the current MacBook Pro on the right,
and here is what the 16-inch MacBook Pro
could look like on the left and as you can see,
the actual form factor isn't much bigger.
You're just getting more screen real estate.
Shout-out to the brilliant team over at 9to5Mac
who put these beautiful renders together.
And even though it's not real, it's just a concept,
just looking at what this could be
is making me like my current MacBook Pro less and less.
If you happen to read one of the 164 regurgitated articles
on this MacBook Pro rumor, they essentially said,
"Hi, there might be a 16-inch MacBook Pro later this year.
K, bye."
That's cool but how about what does 16-inch MacBook Pro
might actually feature?
The current 15-inch MacBook Pro
has a resolution of 2880 x 1800.
And yeah, a 4K or a 5K display would be awesome
but I would actually hope for a brighter display.
When you stack that MacBook Pro side-by-side against
an iMac Pro, it makes you want just a little bit more.
What I think is absolutely necessary
with these 2019 MacBook Pros, or at least this one
if it's going to be kind of the MacBook of all MacBooks,
is the implementation of Face ID.
Yeah Touch ID is cool but once you get used to Face ID
on the iPhone or even now the new iPad Pro,
Touch ID seems a little archaic.
After using Face ID on the iPad Pro, that is really
what sold me on that concept on the MacBook Pro.
So going forward, if that's not on the MacBook Pro,
I think that's going to be a hit on Apple.
As far as the internals go, more than likely we're gonna see
Intel chips inside the MacBook Pro.
We have a ways to go before we see ARM chips
or at the very least, with a redesign
hopefully Apple takes better advantage of the cooling
so we can take better advantage of the power
inside these machines.
From there hopefully alongside the rumor 16-inch MacBook Pro
that bumps up the 13-inch MacBook Pro to a 14-inch model.
And that actually makes way more sense
in terms of an entire lineup.
You have the 16 and 14-inch MacBook Pros,
you would then have a 13-inch MacBook Air,
and potentially a 12-inch ARM-powered MacBook
and that actually sounds like a lot of it makes sense
unlike the current disaster that is out right now.
Aside from that, what're you guys most excited for
with this rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro?
The display, the specs, the idea of using alongside
that mammoth 31.5-inch 6K display
that cannot get here soon enough.
Take my money.
Other than that, make sure you guys check out 9to5Mac
for those beautiful renders.
They also have an amazing YouTube channel,
remember my guy, Jeff Benjamin, which is linked down below.
This is Jonathan and I will catch you guys later.
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