That's right, the ol' MagSafe power connector is a thing of the past. If you go with the entry-level MacBook 13, which does not have the Touch Bar, you'll have to make do with two Thunderbolt connections.Įither way, it's through one of those Thunderbolt ports that you'll charge the laptop. If you buy a MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar, you'll get four Thunderbolt 3 ports, which use the USB Type-C standard. Which is to say, less than on last year's models. Regardless of which size you choose, the port selection will be the same. It weighs four pounds, or about half a pound less than before, and takes up 20 percent less space. Meanwhile, the 15-inch Pro comes in at 15.5mm thick, a 14 percent slim-down. It's also 18 percent thinner, at 14.9mm thick, and has a 23 percent smaller footprint. The 13-inch model weighs just 3.02 pounds - a hair more than the 2.96-pound Air, and half a pound less than the last-gen MacBook Pro 13. That's especially true when the machine is powered on - the OLED strip displays millions of colors, the likes of which we're not used to seeing emanating from a Mac keyboard.Īnother noticeable change: The MacBook Pro is considerably thinner and lighter than before.
#NEW MAC PRO OR OLD FOR AUDIO PRODUCTION 2016 PASSWORD#
I much prefer it to entering a password or even logging in with an Apple Watch.Īgain, I'll have much more to say about the Touch Bar in just a moment, but suffice to say, as far as both design and features go, this is the single most obvious thing setting the new MacBook Pro apart from its predecessor. There's also a Touch ID fingerprint sensor built into the power button on the far-right side, which consistently delivered fast, accurate results in my tests. I'll spend a lot of time later explaining what the Touch Bar does and how it works, but for now, all you need to know is that this 2,170 x 60 touch strip offers a changing set of controls, depending on what app you're using. There's also a second display, if you will: the so-called Touch Bar sitting above the keyboard where the Function buttons used to be. In particular, you'll notice the biggest difference with reds and greens, or even colors that occupy a similar spot on the spectrum, like orange. (Notebook displays don't get much brighter than that.) Apple also promises a higher contrast ratio and a 25 percent wider color gamut that now includes the P3 color space - an important spec for photographers, videographers and other creative professionals.Īs I said in my review of the current iMac, which also supports the P3 color gamut, you might not notice the difference in color on your own, but once someone points it out for you, it can be hard to un-see. (Ditto for the 15.4-inch screen, with a resolution of 2,880 x 1,800.) What has changed is the quality of the screen: It's 67 percent brighter this year, with a max brightness rating of 500 nits. (I don't miss it, to be honest.) The keyboard has the same flat buttons as on the smaller MacBook, and the glass Force Touch trackpad is exactly what you're used to, just a lot bigger this time.Īlso familiar is the Retina display, whose 13.3-inch size and 2,560 x 1,600 resolution haven't changed from last year's MacBook Pro. As on the smaller MacBook, there's a metal logo on the lid where the glowing Apple used to be. Like its stablemate, the new Pro has a unibody aluminum chassis, available in silver and space gray - a first for the Pro series. The new MacBook Pro is a clear departure from the previous generation, but it does look an awful lot like the more recent 12-inch MacBook. Factor in a narrower selection of ports (almost guaranteeing you'll need a dongle) and the MacBook Pro isn't just a thinner or different-looking Mac it's one you're meant to use differently. Most notably, they mark the debut of yet another newfangled thing: the "Touch Bar," an OLED strip above the keyboard that replaces the age-old Function bar with touch-sensitive controls that change depending on the app you're using. Both of the new 13- and 15-inch Pros are thinner, lighter and more compact than their predecessors, with faster graphics and disk performance, a brighter, more colorful screen, Touch ID fingerprint sensor and louder, clearer audio. Thanks to that stale design and often neglected internals, many Mac fans out there have delayed upgrading - surely a new model was just around the corner, right? Though we're not sure you all were able to hold off until now, Apple has finally updated its MacBook Pro line, and it's not just a processor refresh either.
Though Apple has occasionally refreshed the processors (the last time being all the way back in early 2015), that design from 2012 is virtually the same one we've been reviewing all these years. It weighed 4.46 pounds (a heavyweight by today's standards) and it ushered in some newfangled thing called the Retina display. The last time Engadget reviewed a brand-new MacBook Pro design was in June of 2012.
0 kommentar(er)
