Because it has, and with some very cool tech. Force Touch trackpadīut that's not to say the feature set hasn't progressed. A smaller bezel encasing the MacBook screen would be welcomed, but we'll have to await a future design for such things to transpire. Overall the design is strong the MacBook Pro looks as good as ever, although it is starting to date compared to efforts being made elsewhere, such as the slim-bezel Dell XPS 13 or quirky designs from Lenovo in the Yoga range. In real terms it's about the same as a tub of butter or margarine - a minimal difference when factoring in the extra power and performance the Pro offers. Only you will know if you are happy carrying the extra weight in your bag or not. In comparison, the MacBook Air is sloped from 3mm to 17mm in depth and weighs 570 grams less, at almost exactly 1kg, but is the slightly wider and deeper device of the two. It's not as thin as its new sibling the 12-inch MacBook, but it is a lot more powerful - which is much the point of the Pro series. That's fairly compact, but it's nothing outstanding against its competitors any more.
Nothing has changed in looks since the introduction of the slimmed-down Pro design in 2013, with the 2015 model comprising a single aluminium shell complete with a chiclet keyboard and large glass trackpad, with the crisp and glossy Retina display mounted in black bezel above.įor those counting it measures 314 x 219 x 18mm and weighs 1.58kg.
There's still no discrete graphics, and there's no leap forward in design terms compared to the last generation, but that doesn't hold it back from being one good looking and powerful laptop.ĭoes this mean it's the MacBook to own now it sets a wider gap between the MacBook Air, or is there a better choice elsewhere in the market? We've been getting to grips with the 2015 MacBook Pro to see how it fits into our workflow. While the MacBook Pro range is available in a 15-inch variant, the updated model is only available in its 13-inch form with Retina display.
2015 MACBOOK PRO 13 INCH CHARGER UPDATE
Dell's non-touch version of the XPS 13 and HP's Spectre x360 are examples of Windows laptops with Broadwell processors that also score very highly, each running close to 12 hours.(Pocket-lint) - The 2015 update to Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro includes the latest Force Touch trackpad, new Intel Broadwell processors, faster storage, and the promise of an even better battery life. We tried running the same test with the system's Wi-Fi antenna active, and it ran for about 13 hours. In our standard video playback battery drain test, the 2015 MacBook Pro ran for 15 hours and 46 minutes, only 40 minutes behind our all-time leader, the 2014 13-inch MacBook Air. But, both this new model and a 15-inch MacBook Pro from 2014 led in most of our tests (note that the 15-inch Pro from 2014 had a more powerful, but older, Core i7 processor and twice the RAM, at 16GB), although Apple's promise of a faster hard drive didn't help this system in our Photoshop test, where it groups with other Broadwell systems and last year's MacBook Air.Īpple has promised an extra hour or so of battery life from the Broadwell leap, and we were very impressed with the lifespan of this system. These new CPUs have made greater gains in efficiency, which can lead to better battery life. For this 2015 model, the jump to Intel's Broadwell line of fifth-generation Core i-series CPUs, in this case a Core i5-5257U, didn't move the needle much on application performance, but we didn't expect it to. MacBook laptops, especially the Pro models, which generally have faster CPU options and more RAM, always perform well in our benchmark tests. Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display (13-inch, 2015) That leaves this 13-inch Pro as the best balance of performance, battery life, portability and expandability in the current Apple laptop lineup, and one of the first places you should look if you're looking to buy a premium-priced laptop. There's a lot of buzz around the new 12-inch MacBook, but its low-power Intel Core M processor, lack of ports and low-res webcam mean it likely won't be the workhorse that other Macs are. The classic non-Retina-Display MacBook Pro is surprisingly still hanging on as the last MacBook with an optical drive, but it has little else to recommend it. The current Air models are held back by aging designs and low screen resolutions, and the 15-inch MacBook Pro has not received the same updates or new trackpad, and is simply too big to lug around more than once or twice a week (although it's great for a desk-bound system). It's perhaps because this model has best kept up with the changing laptop landscape.
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