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New all-metal design for Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro imminent

 There are whispers on the web that some of Apple's longest-standing designs, the MacBook and MacBook Pro will be getting redesigns. Apple Inside

There are whispers on the web that some of Apple’s longest-standing designs, the MacBook and MacBook Pro will be getting redesigns.

Apple Insider is reporting  that the new MacBook will dump its plastic enclosure in favour of a more eco-friendly (apparently) aluminium enclosure. That means the long-predicted end for Apple’s white enclosures (though the new Time Capsule backup device is, weirdly, in white).

The MacBook Pro will likely feature the low-profile keyboard used on the iMac keyboard and Macbook Air. It’s likely it’ll be slimmed down, too, but not to the extent that the Air has been (ie it’ll still be full powered… we hope!).

And not before time, I reckon. The MacBook Air’s biggest appeal is the way it looks (it’s so lovely that I took the plunge and bought one last week when my PowerBook G4 finally flopped its final giga – yes, I’m a superficial fool). But the MacBook is really a repackaged iBook and the MacBook Pro is the Powerbook’s twin. 

Both redesigned laptops are expected to arrive in the middle of the year. Maybe they’ll even get names that don’t make them sound like MacDonald’s sandwiches. But I doubt it.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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