

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.

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.
