The analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, historically attentive to the moves of Apple, has issued a note to investors with which he hypothesizes the road that the Apple is taking in development of the next portable systems of the MacBo family ok Pro which could contain, in your opinion, some interesting surprises.

According to Kuo, Apple is currently working to develop two new MacBook Pro models in the form factors of 14 is 16 inches . According to the analyst, first of all there will be a significant renewal of the design, with the new machines that will turn out to be more squared, similar to the stylistic approach of the recent iPhones 12, thus losing the slightly rounded lines of the versions currently on the market.

New MacBook Pros may also lose the Touch Bar and find the physical function keys . Evidently the experiment of inserting a system of virtual and contextual commands to the activity that is taking place on the screen has not given the expected results, and in general the response of users to the Touch Bar has been rather lukewarm in recent years.

Next Generation MacBook Pro: MagSafe Connector Return?

What seems to be good and surprising news, assuming that it is reflected in reality, is the reintroduction of MagSafe charging connector . The indiscretion in this case is not entirely clear, given that Apple has recently chosen to switch to USB-C connectors also for charging operations. However, as we have noticed several times, the choice to abandon the MagSafe connector represented, in our opinion, an involution of the user experience. In any case, the return of the magnetic connector for charging would certainly be appreciated.

Another perspective indicated by Kuo, also positive, is that the next MacBook Pro could offer the user more connection ports , which would put most users in the condition of not having to resort to hubs and adapters for connecting their peripherals. The latest versions of the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air portable systems, even in the very recent editions with Apple M1 processor, have only been equipped with USB Type-C ports, a choice that we have always considered to be quite limiting for the user.

Finally, according to Kuo, all new MacBook Pro models will be equipped with Apple Silicon SoC and there are no versions with processors Intel . The new laptops will apparently adopt a cooling system very similar to that used in the current MacBook Pro since 16 inches.

According to the analyst these new laptops will arrive on the market during the third quarter 2020 , in the so-called “back- to-school “. Kuo predicts that the important gift of updates should catalyze more demand for replacement, so as to push deliveries upwards with year-over-year growth of 25%-30% until 20 millions of pieces.