Next-gen MacBook to Get Thunderbolt Port Too?

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The iPad 2 is coming tomorrow but not everyone is interested in tablet computers right now. Some people will want to buy the new MacBook Pros laptops that came out last week, and some will want the new MacBook notebooks that should be made official at some point in the future.

And the picture above suggests exactly that a new MacBook is coming. We’re looking at a leaked image that shows us the next-gen white MacBook, which will offer buyers Thunderbolt support. Granted the plastic MacBook isn’t as glamorous as the MacBook Pro generation, we’re still looking at an upcoming Apple device, which will sell well to a certain demographic.

Unfortunately besides the Thunderbolt port, clearly detailed in the image above, we don’t have any MacBook specs and features for you at this time. And while it’s interesting to see that Apple will include Light Peak ports in all its 2011 computers (we definitely assume the next iMacs and Mac Pros will also come with Light Peak support based on what we’ve seen so far), that’s not going to be a detrimental feature for the success of the white MacBook.

But we’ll certainly interpret this leak from a different perspective too: if Apple is interested in fitting its laptops with Light Peak ports then how long will we have to wait before we see iPhones, iPads and iPods come with Light Peak support too?

Thunderbolt, an impressive technology that will bring some remarkable transfer speeds between various devices and our computers, is still going to be just a concept at least until we get more Thunderbolt-ready peripherals and devices. Therefore the white MacBook will have to also impress with other characteristics other than the Light Peak connectivity.

We’ll definitely be back with more MacBook details as soon as we get more info on the launch of the next-gen plastic MacBook, and we definitely want to hear your thoughts on this particular item in Apple’s 2011 line-up. Anyone looking forward a white MacBook refresh?