Next-gen MacBook Pro to use new case design?
updated 03:40 pm EDT, Mon April 25, 2011
Overhaul likely many months away
The next-generation MacBook Pro will use a substantially different case design, according to "reliable confirmation" received by MacRumors. Externally the notebook has remained mostly unchanged since 2008, when the first aluminum unibody models were released. The MR source does not, however, suggest in what way the Pro might be redesigned.
It's speculated that a new Pro could take after the MacBook Air. The latter machine is extremely lightweight, and relies on a "teardrop" shape to minimize its size. A new Pro would likely remain bigger though, as it would have to support a larger number of ports than the Air, as well as more advanced processors.
A redesign will also probably have to wait several months, unlike the iMac or the Mac Pro. The computer was just updated in February, and components have not advanced far enough to do much more than a cosmetic change. The next opportunity may come when Intel's Ivy Bridge platform ships by early 2012.
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It's perfect as is
Aside from maybe changing the bezel to silver (which I wouldn't like) or rounding off the edges of the dip to pull the screen up, I can't see much reason for change unless they want to start taking out the optical drives.