When Apple unveiled itssleek new line of MacBook Proson Thursday , it did n’t just end the years - long waiting for all - new , professional - layer notebook , but it also may have marked the end of an era . While the company ’s demonstration truly focalize on thespectacular new Touch Bar , it reckon like Apple softly replaced the iconic illuminated Apple logotype that has long lived on the computer ’s palpebra .
Although Apple made no mention of removing the beloved icon , promotional videos and images reveal that it ’s gone – likely replaced by thereflectivechrome Apple logotype we saw with the introduction of the MacBook last spring , and of course , on the back of iOS devices like iPhones and iPads . In fact , if you look closely at the 0:20 second mark of Apple ’s raw " design film " ( shown below ) , which details the MacBook Pro ’s novel spirit , you ’ll see how the logo understandably no longer emanates clean from the sieve ’s backlight .
public press images of the novel machines also come along to confirm the change :
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The remotion of the shine Apple logo is hardly surprising , considering Apple ’s decision to do the same with the most late MacBook , but it go out the 2015 MacBook Pros ( which Apple still offer alongside the new I ) and the remaining 13 " MacBook Air ( they killed off the 11 " one ) as the only notebooks Apple currently proffer with the glowing logo . Basically , the Apple - shaped light that blinds you in sour way and often point that you ’ve walked into a crowded coffee bar , is almost entirely gone after about 17 years . The iconic light was first introduce in Apple ’s PowerBook G3 back in May 1999 , agree to areportby Cult of Mac .
Of course , the change will have absolutely zero outcome on how you use a MacBook Pro , which are more powerful than ever before , but it ’s believably dependable to say that your local Starbucks ' seating orbit is about to get ever so slightly darker .
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