Even though the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar saw the light of day only four months ago, the beta version of macOS 10.12.4 already hints at the imminent arrival of the next generation. In the latest version of the system, which is currently only available to registered developers and public testers, namely the blog Pike's Universe discovered three motherboard designations that do not correspond to any current MacBook Pro model, but use the same processor performance manager data as the 13 15″ and 2016″ MacBook Pro models.
The upcoming MacBook Pros should have new and especially faster Kaby Lake processors from Intel, i.e. the successor to the Skylake architecture found in current models. The report goes hand in hand with the previous statement that MacBook Pros will receive a small update this year in the form of new processors and the ability to configure up to 32GB of RAM.
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Exposed labels in macOS 10.12.4:
Mac-B4831CEBD52A0C4C it will probably be for the 13″ MacBook Pro without Touch Bar and Touch ID. Individual configurations of this model should offer a Kaby Lake processor with Turbo Boost 3400 MHz and 4000 MHz.
Mac-CAD6701F7CEA0921 will be for three different configurations of the 13″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. These MacBooks will offer a Kaby Lake processor with a maximum Turbo Boost of 3500 MHz, 3700 MHz and 4000 MHz.
Mac-551B86E5744E2388 for the 15″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, the configurations of which will have a Kaby Lake processor with Turbo Boost 3800 MHz, 3900 MHz and 4100 MHz.
Pike's Universum blog compared the above motherboard identifiers with Intel's Kaby Lake range of processors and was able to determine which chips it could Apple to use for the upcoming MacBook Pros.
The menu will be as follows:
13″MacBook Pro without Touch Bar
Intel Core i5-6360U 2.0 GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.1 GHz) with Intel® Iris™ Graphics 540 (15W)
replaces:
Intel Core i5-7260U 2.2GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.4GHz) with Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics 640 (15W)
Intel Core i7-6660U 2.4 GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.4 GHz) with Intel® Iris™ Graphics 540 (15W)
replaces:
Intel Core i7-7660U 2.5 GHz (max Turbo Boost 4.0 GHz) with Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics 640 (15W)
13″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
Intel Core i5-6267U 2.9 GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.3 GHz) with Intel® Iris™ Graphics 550 (28W)
replaces:
Intel Core i5-7267U 3.1 GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.5 GHz) with Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics 650 (28W)
Intel Core i5-6287U 3.1 GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.5 GHz) with Intel® Iris™ Graphics 550 (28W)
replaces:
Intel Core i5-7287U 3.3 GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.7 GHz) with Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics 650 (28W)
Intel Core i7-6567U 3.3 GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.6 GHz) with Intel® Iris™ Graphics 550 (28W)
replaces:
Intel Core i7-7567U 3.5 GHz (max Turbo Boost 4.0 GHz) with Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics 650 (28W)
15″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.5 GHz) with Intel® HD Graphics 530 (45W)
replaces:
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2.8 GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.8 GHz) with Intel® HD Graphics 630 (45W)
Intel Core i7-6820HQ 2.7 GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.6 GHz) with Intel® HD Graphics 530 (45W)
replaces:
Intel Core i7-7820HQ 2.9 GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.9 GHz) with Intel® HD Graphics 630 (45W)
Intel Core i7-6920HQ 2.9 GHz (max Turbo Boost 3.8 GHz) with Intel® HD Graphics 530 (45W)
replaces:
Intel Core i7-7920HQ 3.1 GHz (max Turbo Boost 4.1 GHz) with Intel® HD Graphics 630 (45W)
So when will MacBook Pros with new processors be shown to the world? It is unlikely to be the case anytime soon. The closest date is around WWDC 2017, which takes place in June. In this period Apple has updated MacBook Pros several times in the past, so it seems likely that it will be the same this time.
That weird feeling when you just paid 100k for a laptop and you're reading this…
With Kaby Lake, there will be an increase in performance in the order of percent, so whoever owns a 2016 MBP can be completely calm in this regard.
It is written in the article that the Mac will have the option of adding up to 32 GB of RAM, and I think that it is worth postponing the purchase by a few feet. There is at least a 6GB base on the virtual desktop, and if you want to run two at the same time, it is better to go over 16GB
@kubisv: yes, more RAM will probably be the most insignificant benefit (for those who need it) of the newer model.
It is not certain that it will be this year, and then the price for a faster model may be much higher
Will be
It's a shame that MacBook Pro without touch bar does not have the same HW as with touch bar. :-(
Yeah, unfortunately :-(