Kuo: MacBook Pro redesign to lose Touch Bar, continue Apple's Arm-based silicon transition and pick up MagSafe charging Apple's next-gen MacBook redesign is said to drop the Touch Bar. (Image: Apple) Apple supply chain specialist Ming-chi Kuo has issued a new note to investors detailing some of the changes expected on the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models. According to Kuo, the new models will drop in mid-2021 and will include minor design changes but will most notably drop the somewhat controversial OLED Touch Bar. Internet of Things (IoT), iOS, Wearable, Ticker As many are aware, Apple is in the middle of a major transition from Intel chips to its own custom ‘M’ series Arm-based chips for its entire Mac range. The first new models dropped late last year featuring the potent Apple M1 chip. While the performance of the new silicon really caught the eye, it debuted in very familiar guises in the form of the existing 13-inch MacBook Pro design, long-in-the-tooth Mac mini design and the pre-existing MacBook Air chassis.