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In everyday use, the Pro feels roughly like my Air. The 13-inch Pro performs basically like the Air
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I was able to play two 1080p videos side by side without issue, but a third would occasionally make another jerk through a few frames. Heavy websites like The Verge stutter occasionally, in a way that's so familiar to my Air as to be unnoticeable, but that can't compare to the buttery smoothness of the larger Pro. As with last year's model, I noticed a distinct difference between it and the Iris Pro-powered 15-inch Pro, and especially compared to the larger model with discrete graphics (an Nvidia chip that isn't an option at 13 inches).
One thing you can't customize are Intel's Iris graphics, which are responsible for constantly powering the 13-inch Pro's pixel-rich display. Budget carefully when you're picking a MacBook Pro
Since this is a computer you'll have for a while, and since none of the components are easily upgraded, it's worth spending a little more now.
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You can also upgrade to 512GB of storage and a 2.6GHz processor for $1,699, and there are configurations up to 1TB of storage and 16GB of RAM. Configured this way, the 13-inch Pro costs $1,499 for $1,299 you get the same processor, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. My review unit is powered by a 2.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, one of the latest-generation Haswell chips, along with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of solid-state storage. That machine was a beast, a gaming and productivity powerhouse - the 13-inch Pro is not. It's only a hair thicker than the Air, and about a half-pound heavier it's not nearly the sacrifice the 15-inch model is.Ĭonsidering the 13-inch MacBook Pro in the same class as the 15-inch model I reviewed last week is almost unfair. This year's model is a little thinner than last year's - 0.71 inches rather than 0.75 - and weighs 3.46 pounds instead of 3.57. Slowly, the Pro appears to be inching downward toward the Air lineup. All that's technically new is a second hole for a second microphone, which Apple says is for noise cancellation I can't say for sure that it works, but it definitely doesn't make anything worse. The port arrangement is the same as the 15-inch model, and the same as last year's 13-inch Pro: with two Thunderbolt 2 ports, two USB 3.0 jacks, a headphone jack, and an SD card slot, there's little want for more anyway.
I do wish Apple would upgrade its speakers: audio comes through the Pro's keyboard, and is tinny and shallow. Neither has changed in years, and neither really needs to - other manufacturers still need to catch up. It also still has a roomy, clicky black keyboard, with a customizeable backlight and slightly more travel than the MacBook Air. It still has a big, roomy, class-leading glassy trackpad, with responsive gestures and two-finger scrolling. There has to be a catch this year too, right? Last year it was the Pro's processor, which all too often appeared to be teetering on the edge of its capabilities. But for that kind of laptop, there's always a catch - a terrible trackpad here, a hideous heat or battery problem there. And it starts at $1,299, only $100 more than the same-size MacBook Air and $400 less than last year's model.
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On paper, it looks like the perfect balance: pretty portable and pretty powerful, in a pretty package. It has a great screen, and Apple claims it'll last for up to nine hours.
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It's powerful, but it's not much thicker than the MacBook Air or your average Windows ultrabook. That's why the new 13-inch MacBook Pro is so intriguing. There's no such thing as having it all, no matter what you're willing to pay for it. Good speakers and screens are hard to come by so are great keyboards and trackpads. You want long battery life and a slim build, gaming's all but out the window. You want power, you're going to need a big, expensive, probably ugly machine. Do I play games? Will I want to play games sometime in the next four years? How much do I travel? How much will I travel? Am I going to be using Office much, or at all, or ever again? I have cable now, but am I going to become a cord-cutting Netflix aficionado sometime before I'm back here shopping for another new laptop?Įverything's a choice with laptops, everything a tradeoff. More so than with any other product category, buying a laptop forces you to make all manner of decisions and prognostications about yourself. Yet it's an almost certain occurrence, at least when you're there shopping for a laptop. Standing in a Best Buy is an odd time for an existential crisis.
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