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The 13- and 15-inch varieties of Apple's next-generation MacBookPro, which will drop the optical disc drive for a thinner profile,are said to now be in production. Initial monthly shipments of the notebooks will be between 100,000and 150,000, sources at Apple's overseas supply chain partners told DigiTimes . Though the new MacBook Pros will ditch the optical drive, theupdated notebooks will feature "more advanced specs" than theMacBook Air, suggesting that the 13- and 15-inch Pro models willcontinue to exist alongside the Air. The new MacBook Pros are said to feature stronger CPU performanceand larger storage capacity than their MacBook Air counterparts.Shipments of the new notebooks to Apple will begin this month, thereport said. As suppliers ramp up production of the new MacBook Pro, monthlyshipments are expected to eventually reach 900,000 units, well upfrom the current numbers in limited production. Supply chain sources suggested that the new MacBook Pro modelsmight arrive around the same time as new Windows Ultrabooks alsobased on Intel's latest-generation Ivy Bridge processors. This week, a pair of reports suggested that Apple will debut a newMacBook lineup in April based on Intel's Ivy Bridge processors. Inparticular, Much attention has been paid to a new 15-inch notebookmodel. Reports have differed on whether it will be a 15-inchMacBook Air, expanding the thin-and-light product line to a newform factor, or if it will simply be a new MacBook Pro with athinner profile. One report on Thursday claimed that Apple will debut a new, thinner 15-inch MacBook Probased on Intel's latest Ivy Bridge Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs. It wassaid that the new MacBook Pro would still be thinner than thedifferent MacBook Air lineup. That was somewhat in contrast to a separate report issued on Wednesday that claimed Apple was to launch a new 15-inch MacBook Air inApril, "effectively killing the Pro." It was suggested that the 13-and 15-inch MacBook Air models could even completely replace theirMacBook Pro counterparts in the same screen sizes, leaving only the17-inch MacBook Pro as the only "Pro" laptop from Apple. Whether Apple's new 15-inch notebook is known as a "Pro" or anAir," the model has been rumored since last year. Like the MacBook Air, it is expected to lack a built-in opticaldrive and Ethernet port, as Apple continues its push for digitaldistribution of software through the Mac App Store. AppleInsider reported in February that Apple is gearing up to introduce radically redesigned MacBookPro models this year, borrowing the super-thin design the companyhas pioneered with its MacBook Air. One person familiar with thenew MacBook Pro designs said "they're all going to look likeMacBook Airs.". We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Hydraulic Lifting Device , China Steel Shipping Containers for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Mining Monorail.
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