When it comes to getting work done, there’s nothing quite like the MacBook Pro. That’s not quite as much as some of the Windows-based competition, but it’s still enough to leave the power adapter at home while you get on with your day.ĪPPLE MACBOOK PRO (2017) KEYBOARD & TRACKPAD Trickier tasks like image editing and video will drain it quicker, but I consistently squeezed eight to nine hours out of a single charge. For web browsing, word processing and other basic jobs, the MacBook Pro consistently gets close to ten hours of battery life. You won’t need to stay hooked up to the mains while you do it, either. You’ll be able to use this on your lap without roasting your unmentionables.
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It never gets toasty, either: even after a full working day of Photoshop, video playback and furiously wrestling with the CMS, it stayed fairly cool to the touch. The 8GB of RAM and crazy quick 256GB PCIe SSD help keep macOS running to speed, with file transfers finishing before you can blink. Hankering for some Hearthstone at the native resolution? Not a problem, but for anything more demanding you’ll need to drop those details. This chip is also capable of some light gaming, if you’re realistic with the graphics options.
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That’s partly down to the uprated Intel Iris Plus 640 onboard graphics, which are better suited to decoding 4K video. Don’t expect to see any slowdown, even when you’re chopping up multiple 4K videos in Final Cut. This £1449 review sample has a Core i5 chip that usually ticks along at 2.3GHz, which is perfect for day-to-day stuff like web browsing and writing, but it can boost up to 3.6GHz when you need some extra grunt.Įven with a gaggle of Mac apps running in the background, multiple Safari tabs and a YouTube video streaming at 1080p, everything felt super-smooth. Or, y’know, look in System Preferences, if you don’t fancy voiding your warranty.Įssentially, Apple has made the jump to Intel’s 7th generation Kaby Lake processors, which squeeze a little more performance out of the silicon than last year’s Skylake CPUs, without sapping any extra electricity from the battery.
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You’d needs to crack open the 2017 MacBook Pro to see what really separates it from last year’s model. You can hook up a pair of headphones, as the good ol’ 3.5mm port is still present and correct, but the speakers are decent enough for just about anything other than critical listening or audio production.ĪPPLE MACBOOK PRO (2017) PERFORMANCE & BATTERY LIFE They can really pump out sound, too, with ample volume and clear vocals. The last-gen 13in MacBook Pro didn’t have room at the sides of the keyboard for speakers, but Apple has managed to squeeze a pair in here. Colours are decent enough, but even brightly-lit shots come out a little grainy – not what you’d expect given the price.Īt least audio is on par with the screen.
The 0.7MP FaceTime HD camera built into the screen bezel could be better, though. If there’s a better quality laptop screen, I haven’t seen it.īrightness is impressive as well: Apple says it can hit an eyeball-searing 500nits, but whatever the figure, I could work on it outdoors and still see everything onscreen clearly. Graphics pros will be more than happy with complete sRGB coverage, too. It really shows, with brilliantly bright hues, crisp pure whites and deep, inky blacks all sharing screen time together. It covers the DCI-P3 wide colour gamut, y’see – the same colour space all of today’s blockbuster films are mastered in. Photos and videos are bursting with detail, but it’s colour vibrancy and accuracy where the screen really stands out.
The 13.3in panel is absolutely bursting with detail, and even the macOS desktop looks pin-sharp. OK, so it might not take the overall resolution crown, but the MacBook Pro’s 2560×1600 pixels are plenty, thank you very much.
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