If you get the base panel off, you'll find processor and memory are of course soldered in. Meanwhile the old 15-inch MacBook Pro was 4.49 pounds and 0.71-inches thick, which drops to 4.02 pounds and 0.61-inches with the new model.Īs has been Apple's way for the past few generations, user-upgrades aren't encouraged. The old 13-inch MacBook Pro was 3.48 pounds and 0.71-inches thick its replacement is 3.02 pounds and 0.59-inches thick. No sign of Rose Gold, however, and though Jet Black would be eye-catching, it'd also be a sea of scratches after one trip in your bag. Biggest change for this new version is the addition of a second color, the same Space Gray as the 12-inch MacBook is offered in, alongside the original Silver. At first glance you can't confuse the MacBook Pro with anything else, but look closer and the differences this time around start to make themselves noticed. In a keynote filled with DJs, and family galleries in Photos, and Touch Bar access to emojis, was this new notebook no longer the machine of choice for the work-horse pro? Hardware and Designįamiliar and yet different.
Why not a full touchscreen? Why have you abandoned the legacy ports? Why make it thinner when pro-users care about power? Why aren't the processor and graphics the very fastest, most cutting-edge? Why is memory limited to 16GB at most? Why are you forcing the MacBook's keyboard on us?Īmid it all, a common theme: Apple has forgotten the "Professional" in recreating the MacBook Pro.