There is an enormous amount of assumption about what would the Ax MBP look like. People assume the current MBP with a different chipset. That's however not the

There is an enormous amount of assumption about what would the Ax MBP look like. People assume the current MBP with a different chipset. That's however not the trend that Apple is currently following. For example it does not seem likely you would be able to run the software you want on it, especially not VM or Java or server side component. Think of it - if you prevent that, you solve the virus and malware problem and that's something that people are actually quite ok with in their iPad and iPhone. It is just such a win for regular people that it must be what Apple would be going for. Maybe Apple will do a special "Developer" application that comes with a developer friendly package, tied to your AppDeveloper account. It will probably allows you to do most of your development, but not the complete freedom you currently have on the MBP. (and it will probably be nice, as you as you develop in the Apple ecosystem for the Apple ecosystem) That's IMO the best case scenario. Most likely they will simply drop the developer entirely. Sure they will keep some way of coding in a restricted fashion, but a professional that does not have the same requirement as a hobbyist home ios developer will find nothing in Apple product line. ( you can see hint of that: you would need plenty of different MBP configuration just to please a handful of people, while the market reality is that the new MBP is selling like hot cakes. Developer are just too difficult to please to be worthwhile ) That's the meaning of post-PC world. People using a PC will be specialist, there are going to be specialist brand to cater to their need. That's not going to come from a consumer brand like Apple.