This is going to be a big deal for creative professionals that work with media files that are high resolution, or require such a resolution to resolve minute details upon zooming in on a media file.Īt any rate, the MacBook Pro is uniformly thinner than the XPS 13 by a hair, which starts from 0.6 inches and tapers off at 0.33 inches. For instance, the XPS 13 can be configured with a 3,200 x 1,800 QHD touchscreen, easily outclassing the MacBook Pro in terms of pure sharpness. However, it’s far from the sharpest out there, even among its strongest rivals, making its “Retina” claims tougher than ever to swallow. Speaking of displays, Apple’s Retina display is as sharp and color-rich as ever, even more so with its new, professional-grade P3 color gamut. Still available in Apple’s standard space gray or silver colors (no rose gold yet), the MacBook Pro’s unibody aluminum shell is as gorgeous as ever, giving off a subdued shine through the anodization.Īpple also maintains its achievement of cramming a 13-inch screen into an 11-inch frame, much like the Dell XPS 13, but this laptop’s bezels are still noticeably larger. That said, not much – if anything – has changed about the MacBook Pro design year over year, and that’s A-OK. Luckily, Apple’s pedigree does wonders for maintaining the MacBook Pro’s shining reputation as an absolutely beautiful and sensible computing device. Still, you can save a ton of cash by trading in your old Macbook Pro to Apple itself for up to $2,500, if you live in the US. Looking at these prices, it’s not hard to see that you’re paying extra for that logo etched opposite your display, paired with a brilliant trackpad and a familiar operating system.
Moreover, the processor speed has been bumped from 2.3GHz to 3.1Ghz as well. That’s due in part to the fact that it sports four Thunderbolt 3 ports, double that of the non-Touch Bar models, all of which can be used to charge the device. Now, while you could simply fetch more storage than the base configuration for another couple hundred bills, the unit we reviewed is a supercharged beast.
That’s a lot more than the presumably forthcoming entry-level MacBook is going to be. If the Touch Bar, along with Touch ID verification, is a must-have feature for you, you can expect to shell out no less than $1,799 (£1,749, AU$2,699). Of course, that base MacBook Pro lacks another key element – the OLED Touch Bar that replaces the function keys. It doesn’t do anything especially new, but the MacBook Pro 2017 is a laptop mostly aimed at professionals – unlike other members of Apple’s MacBook lineup. Just like the rest of Apple’s Mac lineup, it’s built to impress when it comes to style. Luxurious, but not garish in any way, the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is an expensive device. This ‘Touch Bar,’ the main attraction of the MacBook Pro since 2016, remains both a selling point and one of contention. Like, if you want to use your old HDMI, USB and SD accessories, you’ll have to get used to living that #donglelife.ĭepending on which version of the MacBook Pro you go for, and even if you go for the recently released MacBook Pro 2018, you may be in for a narrow OLED display where the function keys used to be. Still, the new design of the MacBook Pro isn’t without controversy – some of the improvements came with a compromise. Coming in at just over half an inch thick, the new MacBook Pro uses the power of Thunderbolt 3, a single port that can do anything you could want.
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