Apple MacBook Pro



   


Apple MacBook Pro (13" Retina, Touch Bar, 2.8GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) - Space Gray (Latest Model)










Once you crack open the MacBook Pro's magnetic latch—easy to do, thanks to the generously sized cutout in the center of the laptop's front edge—the MacBook Pro's best physical features greet you: the Retina Display, and the ingenious, giant Force Touch trackpad. (So does its most polarizing one—Apple's "butterfly"-switch keyboard—but I'll touch on that later.)


The display is mostly the same as the one on the previous entry-level MacBook Pro. That means it uses an LED backlight to achieve a very bright maximum 500 nits of luminance, and its 16:9 aspect ratio results in a not-quite-4K native resolution of 2,560 by 1,660 pixels. The Retina Display has excellent contrast and can display more colors than many competing screens, thanks to its support for the P3 color gamut rather than the more common sRGB one.

Design

This is going to sound like a broken record, but Apple really needs to shake things up on the design front. The 13-inch MacBook Pro has sported the same aesthetic for years. It's a handsome and elegant look, for sure, with a solid unibody aluminum chassis. But the design is a bit on the chunky side, and the bezels look chunky, too, next to the likes of the Dell XPS 13.

Display
Whether you're a creative pro or you just appreciate a stellar picture, the 2560 x 1600-pixel Retina Display on the 13-inch MacBook Pro is one of the best I've seen on any laptop.

The MacBook Pro's panel also impressed in our labs, as it registered a very good 163% of the color gamut and a bright 441 nits. That MacBook Air's screen is good, but it's dimmer and covers less of the color spectrum (100% / 343 nits). The 1080p version of the Dell XPS 13 (126% / 357 nits) also falls behind the MacBook Pro, as does the 4K display model (119% / 375 nits. The screen on the HP Spectre x360 (150%/287 nits) is about as colorful as the MacBook Pro but notably dimmer.


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MacBook Pro has a new eighth-generation quad-core Intel processor with Turbo Boost up to 4.1GHz. A brilliant and colorful Retina display with True Tone technology for a more true-to-life viewing experience. The latest Apple- designed keyboard. And the versatile Touch Bar for more ways to be productive. It’s Apple’s most powerful 13-inch notebook. Pushed even further.



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