While we expect the planned debut of the new Apple M2 chip in a 13-inch MacBook Pro refresh in a month or two, we may have to wait a bit longer for an actual MacBook redesign.
A supply chain source close to MacRumors told the site that the new 13-inch MacBook Pro is on the way, but it will have the same design as the current 13-inch model, including the Touch Bar.
The new MacBook will also not include a notch or ProMotion display like the latest 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, according to the source.
The source, MacRumors said, is the same person who provided the last-minute leak on the display notch in the latest MacBook Pro models released late last year.
And since that leak turned out to be correct, there is at least some reason to credit this latest news, though any leak should be treated with healthy skepticism.
Analysis: We hate to see it, but we probably won't see a redesign yet
As we heard last week, there are likely to be no other spec changes to the 13-inch MacBook Pro this year aside from the change from the Apple M1 chip to the M2.
Given what we've heard about the new chip so far, it's unlikely to feature additional performance or efficiency cores, with perhaps a slight increase in the number of GPU cores.
Those cores may be faster, but the chip size probably won't be any different, so it would be a pretty simple swap-out design, meaning you wouldn't need to redesign the laptop to fit a different hardware setup.
Given that the 13-inch MacBook Pro is probably about to be released anyway, going to the trouble of redesigning a form factor that could be in its last generation just doesn't make sense.