The new MacBook Air and Pro can use a thinner keyboard

The thinness of the backlight for the keyboard on the 2013 MacBook Pro and Air versions will be reduced from 0.4 mm to 0.25 mm.

The keyboard of the MacBook Pro and Air 2013 will be half thinner. (Photo: Anandtech).

If this is true, the new generation of MacBook Air and Pro models will be much thinner than current models.

However, according to DigiTimes , the production process of MacBook Pro and MacBook Air 2013 may be a little difficult because the technology to create the base plate to set the light for the keyboard size of 0.4 mm has been fully optimized. may. Apple is hiring two keyboard makers for themselves, Japan's NJK and Taiwan's Global Lighting Technologies.

The number of Apple laptops shipped this year is reaching 15 million units. As expected, this number will continue to increase from 15 to 20% in 2013.