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2008 MacBook Pro concept
The MacBook Pro is due for a re-design, this much we know. But is this the new professional notebook from Apple?
![jason-d-ogrady.jpg](https://www.zdnet.com/a/img/resize/6fa2620d5ec52b0e82d5cf31ef1e9f4f95dff145/2014/07/22/59e04b7a-1175-11e4-9732-00505685119a/jason-d-ogrady.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&frame=1&height=192&width=192)
The MacBook Pro is due for a re-design, this much we know. But is this the new professional notebook from Apple?
![2008 MacBook Pro or clever fake?](https://www.zdnet.com/a/img/2014/10/04/3ad0d05d-4b97-11e4-b6a0-d4ae52e95e57/2008-mbp-485.jpg)
Some people find the more rounded MBP design to look cheap, but I like it. I'd like it more if it shipped with a Blu-Ray drive though.
The conventional wisdom is that the MBP update will be released on 16 September 2008. The logic is that it's the Tuesday right after Apple's current Back-to-School promotion ends and it falls within the third quarter when Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer alluded to a "product transition."
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Update: As clindhartsen noted in the TalkBack the "ad" is actually a concept created by halfwayglad on DeviantArt...