New MacBook Pro 2021 rumor delivers both good and bad news
64GB of RAM supposedly not happening, but UHS-II SD card slot could be
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The incoming redesignedMacBook Promodels (rumored to be theMacBook Pro 14-inch (2021)andMacBook Pro 16-inch (2021)) fromApplewill top out with a memory configuration of 32GB RAM according to a fresh rumor.
This comes from Apple leaker Luke Miani onYouTube, who believes that the incoming laptops will be capped at 32GB, and won’t offer the ability to ramp that up to 64GB as speculation (from the likes of Mark Gurman at Bloomberg) previously indicated.
If true, this would obviously be disappointing for those who are keen on getting a MacBook Pro with the purportedM1Xchip (or whatever the M1 successor ends up being called) and pairing it with a ton of memory.
That said, whichever way you dice it, 32GB is still a lot more than you can get with the current M1-powered MacBooks, which max out at 16GB of system memory. And of course, we must take this claim with a suitable heap of condiments (just like Gurman’s assertion – which may, of course, still turn out to be correct).
Better news
There’s some more positive news in Miani’s spillage, mind you, in terms of the redesigned MacBook Pro supposedly benefiting from an SD card slot with UHS-II support to allow for speedy file transfers, and a backlit Touch ID button. The latter could consist of multiple small LEDs leading to the possibility that it might feature animations of some kind.
We’ve already heard that the revamped laptops are expected tobring back MagSafe charging, and will run with aflat-edged design rather than curves. As mentioned, the new MacBook Pros are rumored to bepowered by the M1X chip, andshould launch later in 2021 going by the latest gossip.
The biggest change, if it happens, will be that much-talked-about Mini-LED screen, but that could also be the biggest pain point in terms of a potential stumbling block to a timely launch, given current component shortage woes.
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