Apple has managed to keep under wraps the details relating to its release date plans for both the MacBook Pro and Air 2016 models but the rumored specs and features for the devices remain plentiful. The latest speculations indicate that the MacBook unboxing in the coming months will produce the best Apple-made portable computers ever.
The focus of the new MacBook thrust, according to fresh reports, is to build a device that is superfast, ultraportable and robust than ever - inside and out. And ultra-fast MacBook will be mainly due to Apple's increasing hardware partnership with Intel.
As the raging rumors on the device suggest, the 2016 MacBooks are likely to run Intel Skylake processor and the feature upgrades to come with this move all point to a significant redesign of the laptop look and build and make the line not only more powerful but faster too.
In terms of design adjustments, Intel Skylake will contribute to the upcoming MacBooks further improving on their ultra-portability features. However, the chip's deeper impact on the new Macs run skin deep as experts forecast that device will also increase in computing might and speed.
The latter bump is attributed to Skylake's built-in support for super-fast components that will find their way on the new MacBooks. Virtually confirmed would be the use of solid state drives with NVM Express (NVMe) technology and NAND Flash memory chips, according to MacRumors, noting that the components were first used with the Retina MacBook.
Both NVMe and NAND are optimized for Skylake, which ensures that the MacBook on the sixth-gen Intel platform will run on breakneck speed while remaining super-stable.
And in a report, Macworld suggested that to really boost up the 2016 MacBook Pro and Air it likely that Apple will consider the new Optane memory chip technology from Intel that promises "10 times denser than DRAM and 1000 times faster and more durable than flash storage."
But while the shift may afford tremendous durability, power and speed boosts to the 2016 MacBooks it is highly unlikely that Apple will adopt on the fresh technology this early. "If Apple does choose to use Intel's Optane SSDs in future Macs, it could be some time before Optane-equipped machines are available," MacRumors said.
And that would run in counter with analysts' projections that the 2016 MacBook Pro and Air release date could happen as early June 2016, coinciding with Apple's yearly WWDC event, with the possibility of an advanced introduction this coming March 21.