The year 2017 could be a great year for Apple, specifically for the MacBook 2017. Rounding up the latest speculations for the upcoming device, we cover the device's most likely specs, features, and designs.

The Cupertino-based tech giant released in April 2016 the previous version of the 12-inch MacBook. Currently, there are talks that the highly anticipated Apple device will be available by April 2017. As several analysts anticipated, the soon-to-be-released MacBook 2017 could be the device of this generation.

So far, most of the predictions of KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo are accurate. Most recently, he predicted the Apple March event as well as the products that will be launched. All of which precisely fall in place similar to what he said. The analyst was quoted saying that the upcoming MacBook 2017 will have a bumped up memory. He said that the 8GB of RAM will be boosted to 16Gb of RAM.

Aside from those, there are reports claiming that MacBook 2017 will come out packed with Intel's next generation Kaby Lake chips. With these chips on board, it is expected that the device will have improved graphics prowess. In addition, this will improve the battery life of the device and transfer from application to application will be fast and easy. Furthermore, a cutting-edge chip will increase productivity performance by up to 12 percent as well as 19 percent increase in web performance, reported MacRumors.

Apart from the internal power enhancements, reportedly the upcoming MacBook 2017 will allegedly sport a larger screen size. In addition, some reports claim that the device will be released in two variants. The new 14-inch variant will be introduced that will allegedly replace the 13.3-inch MacBook Air alongside the 12-inch variant. The 14-inch variant is also anticipated to sport a glossy new look and will release in Jet Black color.