Apple Mac event on October 27 (live blog)

Apple will introduce its newest laptops during an event in Cupertino, California.

3rd & 7 37yd

Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:32:10 PM
"This is so exciting. A new generation MacBook Pro, and it is seriously cool."
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:32:16 PM
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:32:29 PM
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:32:35 PM
"It has a whole new design made of aluminum. It its metal on all sides. ... This kind of design is only possible with unique collaboration between" different groups in Apple.
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:32:42 PM
"It is the new gold standard in notebook computers."
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:32:45 PM
13 inch and 15 inch
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:32:47 PM
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:32:48 PM
silver and space gray
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:33:00 PM
"It is simply the thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro we have ever made."
dan.ackerman 10/27/2016 5:33:02 PM
These images make the space grey look very dark and bold -- reminds of the classic black MacBook.
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:33:04 PM
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:33:05 PM
13-inch MacBook Pro.
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:33:18 PM
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:33:22 PM
14.9mm thin versus 18 in the old, 17% thinner
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:33:31 PM
And it's smaller too. 23% smaller in volume. Almost a quarter less.
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:33:40 PM
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:33:42 PM
It weighs less too, 3 pounds, almost half a pound less than the previous version
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:33:45 PM
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:33:52 PM
"It is an absolutely stunningly beautiful notebook."
dan.ackerman 10/27/2016 5:33:56 PM
Everyone is slimming down. 18mm to 14.9mm -- But that's still a far shot from the slimmest high-end Windows laptops, which are diving just under 10mm now.
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:34:09 PM
15 inch. New is 15.5mm versus 18 mm before. 14% thinner.
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:34:17 PM
It is smaller as well. 20% smaller in volume than the pervious one.
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:34:18 PM
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:34:23 PM
"It weights just 4 pounds, half a pound less."
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:34:27 PM
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:34:34 PM
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:34:36 PM
"Four pounds for a high performance professional notebook. That's almost unheard of."
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:34:40 PM
Inside "everything is all new"
dan.ackerman 10/27/2016 5:34:41 PM
Still even shaving three mm off a laptop is a pretty big deal. More important, dropping half a pound.
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:34:44 PM
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:34:51 PM
"There's a new trackpad. Force Touch trackpad. Twice as big as previous generation."
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:35:01 PM
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:35:04 PM
"This is really state of the art and the best trackpad we've ever made."
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:35:11 PM
"The keyboard is all new too."
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:35:18 PM
dan.ackerman 10/27/2016 5:35:19 PM
Now, that's a big trackpad. Force Touch is great -- if you didn't know it was there, you would have no idea it wasn't a hinged pad.
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:35:27 PM
Uses butterfly mechanism keyboard from 12-inch MacBook. This is a second gen of that keyboard.
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:35:31 PM
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:35:42 PM
"What our team has done in this area where function keys used to exist is remarkable."
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:35:43 PM
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:35:50 PM
"Requiem for the function key."
dan.ackerman 10/27/2016 5:35:55 PM
The keyboard, they're kind of jumping past this, looks like the flatter 12-inch MacBook style. Some people are not going to like that.
Shara Tibken 10/27/2016 5:35:58 PM
"This is an IBM 3270 mainframe terminal from 1971."
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:35:59 PM
James Martin 10/27/2016 5:36:15 PM