{"id":284910,"date":"2026-07-02T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/macbook-pro-models-sharing-the-macbook-ultra-redesign-is-and-isnt-surprising\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T08:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:55:10","slug":"macbook-pro-models-sharing-the-macbook-ultra-redesign-is-and-isnt-surprising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/macbook-pro-models-sharing-the-macbook-ultra-redesign-is-and-isnt-surprising\/","title":{"rendered":"MacBook Pro models sharing the MacBook Ultra redesign is, and isn&#8217;t, surprising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/07\/02\/macbook-pro-models-sharing-the-macbook-ultra-redesign-is-and-isnt-surprising\/\">MacBook Pro models sharing the MacBook Ultra redesign is, and isn&#8217;t, surprising<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/07\/02\/macbook-pro-models-sharing-the-macbook-ultra-redesign-is-and-isnt-surprising\/\">https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/07\/02\/macbook-pro-models-sharing-the-macbook-ultra-redesign-is-and-isnt-surprising\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-02 08:16:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"9to5mac.com\">9to5mac.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve been hearing for a long time now that a new high-end MacBook Ultra model with a touchscreen will get a significant redesign with a slimmer form factor. The new design appeared to be one of the things that would differentiate the high-end model from the MacBook Pro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, a report yesterday said that an entry-level MacBook Pro set for release early next year will have a new design in line with that of the Ultra \u2026<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-1059357\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As things stand, the MacBook Pro is the most expensive laptop in Apple\u2019s range \u2013 which now comprises the low-end MacBook Neo, mid-range MacBook Air, and high-end MacBook Pro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re expecting this to change when an all-new MacBook Ultra launches later this year. This will reportedly have four features differentiating it from the MacBook Pro:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>OLED screen<\/li>\n<li>Touchscreen<\/li>\n<li>Dynamic Island<\/li>\n<li>Lighter &#038; thinner form factor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, a Bloomberg report suggests that the latter point of difference may not last for long.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple is also preparing a revamped entry-level MacBook Pro, code-named K104, for as early as the first half of next year. The 14-inch laptop will adopt a new design in line with what Apple is preparing for higher-end MacBooks with touch screens.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-it-s-surprising-in-one-way\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">It\u2019s surprising in one way<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report comes as a surprise in one way. The MacBook Pro doesn\u2019t get design upgrades very often, and Apple typically makes a big deal of them. If an all-new MacBook Ultra model is indeed lighter and slimmer than the MacBook Pro, you\u2019d expect Apple to want to retain this as a point of differentiation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea that an entry-level MacBook Pro could get the same or similar design upgrade so soon after the launch of the MacBook Ultra seems surprising.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-but-not-in-another\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">But not in another<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While many who are loyal to the Mac for a variety of reasons, it\u2019s still the case that Apple isn\u2019t operating in a vacuum. If other laptop brands are producing sleeker models at a similar price point to an entry-level MacBook Pro,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/07\/02\/macbook-pro-models-sharing-the-macbook-ultra-redesign-is-and-isnt-surprising\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MacBook Pro models sharing the MacBook Ultra redesign is, and isn&#8217;t, surprising https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/07\/02\/macbook-pro-models-sharing-the-macbook-ultra-redesign-is-and-isnt-surprising\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":284911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/macbook-pro-glow-colorful.jpg?resize=1200%2C628&quality=82&strip=all&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[50,51],"class_list":["post-284910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-macintosh","tag-macbook-air","tag-macbook-pro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284912,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284910\/revisions\/284912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}