What’s expected of the new MacBook Pro

Rumor has it that new MacBooks are expected to be unveiled at an October 14th Apple event (yes, that’s an Apple Tuesday). Seth Weintraub of Computerworld noted that a re-design of the MacBook Pro is needed, and he took some educated guesses as to what the next-gen MacBook Pros may look like:

• Single-piece aluminium, tapered edges
• Much thinner (and possibly lighter) form factor
• 16:9 LED backlit display instead of today’s 16:10
• HDMI output
• Solid-state Disk Drive option
• Centrino 2 chipset with 1066 MHz FSB

Weintraub says he’s not sure about Blu-ray, virtual keyboard and an HD camera, but these are all possibilities. The above list looks pretty accurate as to what a high-end consumer laptop is on the PC market today. 16:9 displays are slowly becoming a trend because they are far better suited for watching movies, but you do lose a bit of vertical screen space. HDMI outputs are becoming increasingly common, too. Following on from the MacBook Air, a Solid-State Drive could potentially be in the MacBook Pro—for those who want speed over capacity. Centrino 2 is Intel’s newest and fastest mobile chipset, which replaces the ageing Core 2 chips in current MacBook Pros.

Via [The Mac Observer]