The MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 2016 could both debut together before 2016 comes to an end according to an analyst. (Photo : Getty Images/Sean Gallup)
The MacBook Pro 2016 is expected to come out as early as October though a recent report could potentially include the MacBook Air. According to Rhoda Alexander of IHS Markit Technology, both notebooks were already in production since the second calendar quarter of 2016.
Based on reports, the only thing that seems imminently coming as early as October is the MacBook Pro 2016. The MacBook Air, on the other hand, was speculated to follow by March 2017.
However, Alexander’s dish could pave the way for a possible MacBook Air release. The bad news is that both may come armed with Skylake processors and not the latest and more powerful Kaby Lake chips.
According to Apple Insider, the Kaby Lake chips are allegedly already with Apple. The first chips were reportedly delivered to manufacturers as early as July which likely includes the Cupertino company.
Integrating that with the claim of Alexander, seeing it arrive during production poses several questions, the most pertinent of which is if it did make it in time during the manufacturing process. Apple has not laid out what processors the MacBook Pro 2016 will come with though many are under the impression that it will be armed with an extra powerful Skylake SoC.
Knowing that Kaby Lake can do a lot to improve the graphics rendering, Apple may insert an AMD Polaris GPU to support higher resolution displays, Forbes reported. But how about the MacBook Air’s debut?
The MacBook Air is another highly anticipated variant though it is something set to lead the way for Apple by the first quarter of 2017. It may be possible that Apple decides to push out its new line but incrementally with the MacBook Pro 2016 coming out first.
As for other features, Alexander also bared that there will be a 13.3-inch and 15.4-inch variant for the MacBook Pro 2016. The MacBook Air, on the other hand, will have a 13.3-inch version. Both are expected to be thinner and one other glaring question is whether both may also do away with the headphone jack to make the Apple notebooks thinner.
Check out the video below covering the anticipated release of the MacBooks and iMacs this October.
