Apple has changed its "MacBook Pro" for the first time in four years, Touch ID etc. installed

ByRuben Schade

Although Apple is positioning the iPad as a "post PC" and sending it as a form of a new laptop,Rumors of the release of "12 inch new MacBook" in the spring of 2016As I had seen, I found that there is a plan to revamp the MacBook Pro.

Apple Said to Plan First Pro Laptop Overhaul in Four Years - Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-10/apple-said-to-plan-first-pro-laptop-overhaul-in-four-years


The sale of the iPad began in 2010. It seemed to be a tablet terminal positioned as a replacement for a laptop, in 2012 it appeared to have surpassed the sales of MacBook and played its role, but peaked in 2013, from which it gently sloped downwards It is a grade. According to Bloomberg, sales in 2015 were 23.2 billion dollars (about 2.7 trillion yen), down 23% from the previous year.

Meanwhile, the MacBook overtaken by the iPad in 2012 will drop sales in 2013 and the difference in sales with iPad has expanded to about 1 billion dollars (about 102 billion yen), but the results recover from that In 2015, I pulled the iPad back by $ 25.5 billion (about 2.6 trillion yen), up 6% from the previous year.


At this timing, Apple said it will "refresh" the MacBook Pro for the first time in four years. The new model becomes thinner than the current one, and it has Touch ID. Also, the portion where the function key of the keyboard is arranged becomes the organic EL sub display instead of the physical key, it will be able to display various shortcuts and use it for media control when using iTunes.

The details of the specifications are not clear yet, but there are rumors that the processor is Intel and the graphics chip is AMD.

Please note that Apple's event scheduled for September 7, 2016 is expected to introduce a new iPhone, but this new MacBook Pro is not expected to appear on September 7th event.