Apple’s New Macbook Pro: To Ditch Or To Buy? ‘New Improvement’ Disappoints
Apple unveiled its thinnest and lightest flagship laptop Macbook Pro last month. The dongle issue that surprised - or rather dismayed Apple fanatics, still dangles, but in terms of performance, usability, and practicability, how does the Apple’s newest flagship laptop fare?
The MacBook Pro sports major improvements over previous MacBook laptop models. The exterior design of the Macbook Pro is pretty much the same, save for the now non-illuminating Apple logo which was replaced by chrome. The interior, however, changed a lot. The 13-inch model is 17% thinner around 14.99mm-thin and weighs 3 pounds while the 15-inch model is 14% thinner at 15.5mm-thin weighing merely four pounds. The keyboard in the MacBook Pro has second-generation butterfly hinges that enhance users’ typing experience, and TechRadar strongly agrees. Upon testing the Touch Bar with Touch ID of Macbook Pro, TechRadar reports that it works seamlessly as would any Apple device.
The Verge’s reaction to Apple’s move of cutting off USB drives, HDMI cables, MagSafe chargers is that Apple is forcing users to adapt to their new features when it should ideally be adapting to user’s needs. The report finds the Apple’s USB-C connector is difficult to pull out and will require a lot more attention to doing so. Apple also removed the charging indicator in the new Macbook Pro.
The good side is that the laptop’s battery life, indeed, lasts 10 hours. But, with the thinness of the laptop has sacrificed one feature that gamers would like to have in their almost-perfect Macbook Pro - the NVIDIA GPU. In a Forbes report, the NVIDIA being a no-show is basically to conserve energy. Apple cut back on the GPU as it would not fit the MacBook Pro. The New MacBook Pro is bearing an AMD GPU which is a 35-watt part, and the comparable NVIDIA GPU is 75 watts. While the performance has yet to be tested in actual use, the report by Forbes concludes that the AMD offering is more efficient, portable, and has lower Thermal Design Power (TDP) which is a good fit for Apple’s thinner Macbook Pro.
Apple’s new MacBook Pro is beautifully built and has sacrificed a lot to appear that way.
