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When Apple updated the MacBook Pro 13 in early May 2020, it dashed the hopes of anyone hoping to see a revamped MacBook Pro 14 this spring. Now it looks like we’ll have to wait until 2021 for Apple to review its smallest pro-level laptop with the same kind of features it added to the MacBook Pro 16.
The news that the MacBook Pro 14 will not go out this year comes from the Twitter filter L0vetodream, and was seen by MacRumors. On May 11, he declared that the MacBook Pro 14 would not appear until 2021. The exact and cryptic tweet read: “In my dream MBP14 next year.”
Since Apple replaced the MacBook Pro 15 with the MacBook Pro 16, it is expected to provide the same treatment to its smaller MacBook Pro. The MacBook Pro 16 came with a new magic keyboard, overhauled cooling system, upgraded speakers, slimmer screen bezels, and perhaps even ARM processors.
While the MacBook Pro 13 now uses the Magic Keyboard, it hasn’t been updated yet to get the rest of these features. That’s what we expect to see in the MacBook Pro 14. We were very impressed with the MacBook Pro 16, calling it “the best Mac in years”. If Apple can replicate these features when it releases the MacBook Pro 14, the MacBook Pro lineup will likely be in its healthiest state in quite some time.
L0vetodream has a decent track record when it comes to Apple’s predictions. The account predicted that Apple would launch the iPhone SE in three storage capacities (correct) and in the second week of April (incorrect, but only for one day). They also projected the launch of the latest iPad Pro in the third week of March, which it did.
Meanwhile, well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has argued that the MacBook Pro 14 will launch in late 2020 or early 2021, so a release date sometime next year was always a possibility. He also stated that the coronavirus pandemic was unlikely to delay significantly. If Kuo’s 2021 date is correct, it would line up nicely with L0vetodream’s tweet.
As with anything related to Apple’s predictions, accurately measuring what the famous secret tech giant is doing is notoriously difficult. Given the ongoing global pandemic, a MacBook Pro 14 launch in 2021 seems more likely than one in 2020.
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