IMacBook Pro yamanje ibone ukukhanya okokuqala emuva ngo-2012 lapho, kungazelelwe, i-Apple yethula iMacBook enamandla amakhulu ngokuklanywa kabusha komzimba wayo ongabonakali ukuthi yilokhu okuncane, kususa iDVD drive njenge futhi njengoba kwenzeka ngeMacBook Air kanye nokufika okokuqala kwezikrini zeRetina kuma-laptops e-Apple.
Kusukela lapho, sekudlule iminyaka emine futhi okuwukuphela kwento ebiyenziwe ngokubhekisele kulolu hlu lwama-laptops ukuthuthukisa iprosesa esenobuchwepheshe obuvela ezizukulwaneni ezimbili ezedlule, njengoba isikhathi esiningi kwenzeka ku-Apple hhayi ngenkampani uqobo, kepha ngemephu ye-Intel ejabulayo.
Namuhla sifunde ngezitatimende ze- umhlaziyi uMing-Chi Kuo, okuqinisekisa ukuthi ngasekupheleni kuka-2016 sizobe sesakhiwe kabusha iMacBook Pro entsha, encanyana kakhulu ngokulandela iMacBook engu-12-intshi eyethulwe ngo-2015 nezindaba ezimayelana nokufakwa komugqa ophezulu wokhiye bokusebenza obekungokokuqala kube isikrini sokuthinta se-OLED lapho okhiye bokusebenza abazovela ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi kuyakhulunywa ukufakwa kwabadumile I-ID yokuthinta kusuka kuma-iPhones nama-iPads kuye kuma-MacBooks I-Pro esikhuluma ngayo, ngaleyo ndlela iqinisekise ukuthi abasebenzisi bangaba nokuvikeleka okuningi kuma-laptops abo ngesenzo esilula njengokubeka umunwe kuyo.
Ngokuqondene nomzimba we-laptop, njengoba sikutshele, uzoqhubeka nokuncipha ngaphezu kokuzuza ihenjisi lensimbi kumfowabo omncane, iMacBook eyi-intshi engu-12. Kodwa-ke, umhlaziyi akasho lutho mayelana nekhibhodi ecatshangelwayo azoyikhweza, noma ngabe nakanjani uzophatha ikhibhodi entsha ngomshini owenziwe kabusha kanye nokukhanya kwe-LED kukhiye ngamunye.
Ama-MacBook Pros amasha angavezwa eWWDC 2016, yize engeke asatshalaliswe kuze kube nguSepthemba noma ngo-Okthoba, ngakho-ke Kulinganiselwa ukuthi umkhankaso kaKhisimusi yilapho sizokwazi ukuthola lezi zimangaliso ezintsha kwa-Apple.