How The MacBook Pro Has Changed In The Last Five Years
The MacBook Pro has undergone significant hardware changes since its 2021 redesign, shifting toward more powerful proprietary chips and improved thermal designs. Future iterations are expected to focus on AI integration and potential display upgrades like OLED technology.
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It tracks the evolution of professional computing hardware and sets expectations for future consumer technology trends.
José Adorno/BGR In late 2021, Apple completely redesigned the MacBook Pro. It was the first major redesign in years, and just a year after the company bet on a new, house-made processor called the M1. With new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, more powerful variants of the first processor introduced in November 2020, the company bet on fixing the flaws of previous iterations by offering a new industrial design with enough space for thermal cooling, a better webcam, an old-new keyboard system, more ports, the return of MagSafe charging after it'd been discontinued , and a mini-LED display. These laptops remain hardware powerhouses , even as we approach their fifth anniversary. That said, if we were to buy a new MacBook Pro in 2026, what would it look like?
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