Significantly updated MacBook Pro lineup last happened in 2012, so it is not surprising that people were waiting for him with great interest. Autumn line of professional upgrade “MacBook” is available in three versions: two 13-inch laptops, and one 15″. At first glance, the changes only external, but the number of possible disputes and disturbances on niche sites suggests otherwise. Let’s understand, then this laptop so interesting and why has attracted so much attention. And as a guinea, we MBP MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review and in the top configuration.
Small MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review this year received two versions, which differ in the presence of Touch Bar, a pair of additional Thunderbolt connectors 3 and a slight difference in the performance. Naturally, the price also plays a role here, at the price tag difference models without Touch Bar and it is $ 300. At the same time, both models can be complemented by other processors, 16 GB of RAM and 1TB of the SSD, which will increase the cost of the most expensive models to nearly $ 3,000. It is worth noting that the MacBook Pro has never been cheaper.
PACKAGING AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS: MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW
In the box with your MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review usually, there is nothing superfluous. The biggest bonus that the user could get was cleaning cloth for the display, but now it is not supplied. Anything that will get the buyer to a computer, this charger and detachable cable (2 meters). By the way, the ability to simply replace the power cable, buying a new – a good move. Earlier replacement of the cable to create many unnecessary problems. But now with the MagSafe, I had to say goodbye to the format of 3 cable Thunderbolt / USB Type-C.
Opening the lid, the eye catches the first thing not Touch Bar, and the size of the trackpad, which is very grown up. As for the rest, for those who are familiar with the MacBook and the MacOS, other notable surprises will not.
DESIGN AND USABILITY: MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW
MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review design has always been very good. Certainly, it is a matter of taste, but the amount borrowed design elements from Apple notebooks other companies speaks for itself. The novelty is no exception and it looks pretty cool. At the same time, the differences are much greater than it was before.
Let’s start with MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review size, which was, you might say, a miniature: 30,41h21,24h1,49 cm This is less than the MacBook Air, which is still competitive compared device. And the new building all the less than the previous MacBook Pro. Globally, if you are familiar with the latter the MacBook, the “Proshka” something similar to it, just a little “swollen” version. It weighs 1.37 kg of the MBP, it’s just wonderful, for this laptop. It is very light, yet takes up little space. For me personally, this is the perfect laptop.
As before, the body is made from a single piece of aluminum. Predictably, there were color options that were limited to the classic gray and Space Gray. Changes to the “ornaments” caused outrage among fans of light – “bull’s eye” on the cover is no longer illuminated. I would not say that the mirrored logo looks bad, but yes, a glowing icon brand I like. Once again there was a «MacBook Pro» label under the display in the MBP Retina she moved to the bottom cover top keys.
The use of the laptop MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review gets a perfect score. With him a pleasure to work at the table, and on his knees. In this case, the rotation angle of the hinge allows comfortable in almost any situation. But it is not always possible to open the lid with one hand without sticking, because due to the ease of the body, sudden movement of the notebook can accidentally move or pivot top keys still drags behind him.
Input/output still air through holes in the sides of the display bracket. In this case, air flows can not be felt to the user. Therefore, it is absolutely not important, to sit at the table or to collapse on the couch, the computer is perfect for all use cases.
The only thing that can be unpleasant, it is quite rough edges on the cut top keys to open the lid. This is one of the traditions from which it would be good to refuse.
DISPLAY: MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW
Apple Laptops are always equipped with one of the best screens. In 2012, it was presented MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review with Retina display, the resolution of which is significantly higher than the average value among laptops. IPS-matrix of the new 13.3-inch MBP also has resolution 2560×1600 pixels (227 ppi). Personally, I prefer the picture scaled not to 1440×900 pixels, but there are still a few steps from the 1024h640 to 1680×1050 pixels. Of course, use the display with the resolution of a pleasure.
Color reproduction matrix deserves the highest praise. As for the ordinary office worker, and for professionals, such displays will be an excellent working tool. Talking about the viewing angles and stuff makes no sense, this screen is almost perfect. But there is one very significant difference from the previous models – color space DCI-P3. After working with such a display, the colors on older devices screens (eg, iPhone 6) seem bleak and cold.
Significantly increased illumination brightness – 500 cd / m², and protects the glass matrix has a good anti-reflective coating. It will do the job, for example, on the terrace, more comfortable. Like other Mac, the new laptop is quite good adjusts the backlight level. Sadly, a matte display option there ever since emerged Retina MBP, but certain accessory manufacturers will release a label for the new generation. In any case, before these were.
SOUND: MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW
Speakers – definitely one of the strengths of the new items. From such a thin device do not expect such a surround sound (approximately, as with the iPad the Pro, the dynamics of which I liked). The capacity of the speakers is enough for the average room. This sound will be enough for both movies and music for.
What is important, the sound output does not overlap with his hands and distortion input operation, the user receives. Excess vibration is not. More precisely, if the “unscrew” the volume to maximum, then the body will still slight tremor, but it can not be called excessive.
The specifications of MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review can be found mention of three microphones at once. The main is located near the left edge of the Touch bar’a. The system is well “hear” the user, and this time the caller will not feel much of a difference when in a quiet environment, you answer the call with the laptop and not from your smartphone.
KEYBOARD AND TOUCHPAD: MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW
Since the MacBook 12, the company began to use the new switches with a short stroke. The MBP put the revised version, which should be less sticky and produces very nice for my taste, “click”. Nevertheless, the support site has a page with instructions for cleaning the keys, which by itself is not a very good sign. Dinner is clearly not worth it on a laptop, so as not to clutter up the crumbs keys and something else.
The keyboard itself does not require much time to get used to it and it’s great for the blind and set long-term work. I did not like the only block arrows, which although can be used to, but they are still too small. In the past, they were also not the very convenient option. But otherwise, the keyboard is completely satisfied.
The touchpad in the new “Proshko” just huge. He also simulates the click and supports Force Touch. Due to the size of the surface of the excitement occurred, whether it is on the phantom TOUCH impact. But MacOS remarkably distinguishes pointer movement and accidental contact during printing. So work with all as the nice trackpad (although it is difficult to say that the last sample is somehow limited the work).
TOUCH BAR: MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW
The most interesting thing in the new MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review is a touchscreen OLED-display above the keyboard instead of the F-keys. Frankly, I am skeptical of the rumors, and after the presentation was not sure whether it can’t the convenient solution.
It turned out that this is the case when you need to try to use the thing, and then it becomes clear how to live with it. During familiarization with the laptop, I went on YouTube, to include something for the sound check. In Touch Bar (TB) appeared slider scrolling and video playback controls. Immediately it becomes clear that this addition is very convenient.
And such examples are many. For example, you close the application and turn off the confirmation window appears. Instead of having to drag the mouse button is enough to touch the buttons on the Touch Bar. Almost every program can be applied to this display, but not all developers to unleash the potential of TB in full. I am sure that in a year when the software will acquire useful use cases and users will get used to it over (it will take some time), it will work with at times more convenient.
Most of all I was worried about switching to music and volume control, it’s what I use most often among the F-keys. The fears were not confirmed, because the touch and do not leave your finger on TB can pull the volume in the right direction, it nicer than a few times to hit the button. A lack of physical ESC key in the daily work did not bother me.
However, the downside to this is. The specialized software, where the F-keys were needed, their lack is felt. In games such as blind on the ESC can not immediately get into. We’ll have to either change the button or looks. And the most awkward moment in the use of TB – it requires attention. On the need to look at it to make sure everything is as it should be. That’s why using the predictive text is simply impossible (to print out banal faster), and the constant changes in the TB when printing a little distracting, because the eye sees some changes in the images and they should be always ignored. Still need a little getting used to not put his hands on him unnecessarily, because you can accidentally get on some virtual button (several times I accidentally turned off the sound or to start/stop the music).
But in most cases to use them all the same pleasant. Customizable shortcuts, fast song/podcast, convenient adjustment lighting, and sound – this is just the beginning. After that, everything will be just more convenient and faster. In addition, almost all say that such a display on the keyboard looks very impressive.
TOUCH ID: MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW
Right Touch Bar end button with an integrated fingerprint reader. She can turn on / off the computer. But more importantly the appearance of Touch ID in Mac. Not only is it a convenient way to unlock the device, it is also a good way to accelerate the introduction of passwords.
Most of all to me it was useful to work with 1Password password manager, not unlocking after sleep (though it is also convenient). Now, like on a smartphone, instead of entering a long password, make enough finger on the scanner and access to the right information. Of course, now with a Mac, you can make purchases, confirming them using Touch ID. It works perfectly and the scanner during use never fails.
CONNECTING PERIPHERALS: MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW
Another very serious issue that has arisen in all, it belonged to the possibilities to connect different devices to the new MBP. The fact that the laptop has only 3 4 Thunderbolt port (compatible with USB Type-C) and a combined 3.5 jack for a headset. This means that for memory cards, external hard drives, flash drives, TVs, keyboards, mice, and other peripherals will need adapters (unless, of course, they are not connected by USB Type-C). Even the iPhone has set 7 do not need cables to connect to the new MacBook Pro.
However, now the problem is solved quite simply. There are both proprietary adapters and third-party docks with sets of all necessary ports. The cost of these kits or docks can easily pass for $ 100 if you want to be prepared for any situation. Of the decisions that I have seen, it is quite universal dock will cost about $ 70. However, buying without this expensive laptop does not really want to spend the extra money for basic needs. To all, dock/adapter to forget, lose or break that, as usual, will happen at the most inopportune moment.
On the other hand, is one of the first steps towards unification. Thus, for example, with just a single cable to your laptop, you can connect a monitor, keyboard, mouse, external drive, and something else. In addition, the laptop itself will be powered and can be connected to any convenient port.
Now it looks strange to have so many adapters or docks, but the problem is not in the future, soon USB Type-C connector will become more popular.
HARDWARE PLATFORM AND SOFTWARE: MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW
On the test, I got a top grade MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review with a dual-core processor Intel Core i7-6567U (2/4, 3.3-3.6 GHz), integrated graphics Intel Iris 550 (1.5 GB), 16 GB LPDDR3 RAM (2133 MHz) and 1 TB SSD. We can not say that performance will be enough for all that can be engaged in a demanding user, but some figures are still impressive. For example, the read / write speed of the drive 2000MB / s.
The capacity of the notebook with his head enough to simply “office” use. At the same time, programs are loaded instantly, the computer user to quickly respond and never thinks. CPU temperature did not rise above 40 degrees, and coolers are not included in this mode of use.
Installation of video in Final Cut Pro X when working with 4K video is carried out without any problems, but the rendering takes too much time. I also tried to play GRID: Autosport, which worked fine on maximum settings in the graphics resolution of 1440×900 pixels. Naturally, such a system load problem and activate CO. Even so, the computer not warmed above 65 degrees, but the rotation speed of the fans with nearly 7,000 rpm were clearly audible. On the CPU graph, you can see that it is under maximum load at regular intervals a little “relaxed” just half a minute, but it does not affect the work.
The slight disappointment was the assembly of all the iron. iFixit appreciated novelty in one point of maintainability. This is because absolutely all components soldered on the motherboard and in the event of a problem with anything, it is necessary to contact the service center and, most likely, the repair will be expensive, as well as the high cost of components themselves.
MacOS Work on the new MBP is different only in that in the settings there are new items to the Touch Control Bar. It is possible to change the buttons and their location. Otherwise, all (including the popular error) works just as well as, for example, in my old MBP 15, 2012.
AUTONOMY: MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW
Alas, while praise laptop MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review for a long work without outlet, I can not. Of course, the unit held me quite a little time (less than a week), but during this period had to be recharged at least twice a day. That is, in the middle of the day and night. But it was enough to start something heavy (a game, for example) and melted battery in his eyes. Actually, due to problems with autonomy, Consumer Reports first advised not to buy a MacBook Pro.
If the problem is fixed, the laptop will have to work up to 10 hours on a single charge. Judging by the experience of past models, this figure may be higher, because Apple used a slightly underestimated the actual rate. But while it is necessary to settle for 5-7 hours, depending on the circumstances. A full charge from the included PSU takes 1:35.
PROS MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW: THE DESIGN AND EASE OF USE, MOBILITY; SCREEN; SOUND; KEYBOARD AND TOUCHPAD; TOUCH BAR AND TOUCH ID; PERFORMANCE, COOLING PERFORMANCE
CONS MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW: PROBLEMS WITH AUTONOMY (PROBABLY TEMPORARY); POOR MAINTAINABILITY; NEED BUY MORE ADAPTER/DOCK OR CHANGE PERIPHERALS; PRICE
CONCLUSION: MACBOOK PRO 13 TOUCH BAR REVIEW
New MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review has demonstrated progress in the design and innovations in the form of Touch Bar And no matter how much you read about it, see how it is convenient, it is possible only after some time working with it Another controversial point – ports – not such a problem, if you just find the appropriate dock to all, display, sound, keyboard, touchpad -. all this leaves the best impression of the work of True, to pay for all these amenities will have a very considerable sum, which will not guarantee trouble-free future, and so.. However, the prefix “Pro” refers more to the 15-inch model, which is better suited for the installation, programming, processing photos, and even games as its performance with demanding tasks much higher. But if so heavy tasks not in the list of your requirements, MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar review is an excellent choice.
Source: Apple
Title: Review MacBook Pro 13″ with Touch Bar
Updated: 2017-01-05
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