Forget the MacBook Pro, Apple reveals bigger plans

The upcoming release of Apple’s MacBook Pro will feature several steps forward in terms of technology, which will make much of the MacOS laptop hardware fit the competition of Windows 10, but Apple maintains the true innovation for 2022 and beyond?

A quick reminder; with a launch scheduled for early November, the big talking points of Apple’s new laptops include the high-chip M1X system, the screen equipped with brighter and more vivid miniLED and a redesign of the laptop to offer a slightly more wedge shape to the MacBook Pro.

While these new features will be new to Apple’s geekerati and are certainly new to the macOS platform, are these features really new? Or does Apple essentially play into the competition? A look at the competition shows that miniLED laptops are available from early 2020 and, given the army of manufacturers, you can find countless laptop designs that suit all needs.

Of course, Apple has a unique advantage with the chip system, the tight integration of Apple Silicon with the operating system and Apple applications is something that Windows will always fight for; the former publishes impressive benchmarks and gross performance, but includes blocking Apple’s tool and application ecosystem.

But Apple is certainly planning a future with a radical laptop design that goes along with advanced silicon, and another indication that the future of Apple laptops won’t get caught up in a routine. The latest details on Apple’s R&D plans were released this week. Jack Purcher reports:

“Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued an Apple patent application that refers to a dual-screen-based laptop with an advanced interface system that replaces the traditional keyboard area. for a virtual transformation interface for various keyboard configurations or changing the virtual interface to support games, such as in a game controller.Virtual interfaces can also support new virtual buttons and glyphs that are not associated with traditional mechanical keyboards. “

The patent also talks about incorporating a wireless charging space, support for touch-based gestures, and of course replacing the traditional keyboard with environmentally specific interfaces, custom game designs, or simulated turntables for a DJ.

In essence, Apple is ready to do with the traditional laptop base what the iPad did for the Etch-a-Sketch.

This is not happening with the next version, but Apple has been working hard on redesigning the main interface of the laptop, with previous patents along with other work for configurable labels on the physical keys, improved lighting for color effects, microtots on the chassis to highlight and label all tactile areas had been noted over the past year.

Of course, if your current laptop is on its back foot or you need a little more power for the work you need to do right now, the next MacBook Pro upgrades will do the job. But if you’re looking for a state-of-the-art laptop, there may be plenty to come with more than what the 2021 update offers.

Now read the latest Mac and iPhone headlines from this week’s Apple Loop …