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November 2016
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237 Reviews
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The editors liked
Excellent design
Great keyboard and trackpad
Lighter and thinner than ever
Beautiful Retina screen
Solid performance
Excellent battery life
Gorgeous design
Lighter
Thinner
Smaller than last MacBook Pro
Touch Bar will win you over
Another great showcase for macOS
Excellent Butterfly keyboard
Rock-solid design that looks and feels great
Thunderbolt 3 is a tremendously versatile port
And Apple will benefit from increased adoption in the wider PC industry
Low-travel keyboard still isn't for everyone
But it's a marked improvement over the fir
Nice new designs that are thinner and lighter than their predecessors
Four Thunderbolt 3 ports each
Two on each side—this is super convenient for charging
Especially
But it's a marked improvement over the
Excellent chassis and build quality
Huge trackpad – still best in class
Silent without high workloads
Very good speakers
Fast WLAN
Very good display with perfect scaling (typical for macOS)
Huge trackpad with great precision
Quiet and good cooling
High WLAN transfer speeds
Very good display with perfect scaling
Good speakers
Good battery runtimes
Steady performance
Also on battery
4x Thunderbolt
Superb screen
Thinner and lighter than previous MacBook Pro models
Excellent touch pad is now bigger
Great battery life
First P3 color gamut Retina display in a Mac laptop
Excellent overall performance
Brilliant display
Powerful speakers
Superfast SSD
Compact design
Very bright and colorful display
Improved butterfly keyboard
Impressive stereo speakers
Almost 12 hours of battery life
Compact and sturdy chassis
Two USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports
Display supports DCI-P3 color spectrum
Fantastic build and good looks. Superb display
OS X Sierra is a fine OS
Useful
Versatile Touch Bar
Four USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports
An incredibly portable pro laptop
Blisteringly fast storage
The latest ports
Touch Bar and Touch ID
Strong
Sleek unibody design
Prettier. There's no such thing as a toobig trackpad. The Touch Bar is remarkably wellexecuted. The ability to charge from any port is pretty great
The inventive Touch Bar streamlines work and saves clicks
And Apple has improved almost every part of the thinner
Lighter MacBook Pro
Including a larger touchpad
Faster components and a flatter keyboard. iPhone's Touch ID is handy on the Mac
Too
So light
And so thin. Never buy a laptop without a screen this good. The battery is actually allday this time. There's almost certainly enough power here for you
Attractive and well-built
Thinner and lighter
Retina screen is brighter and more colorful than ever
Impressive audio quality
Fast performance
Especially the disk speeds
Touch ID is a useful addition
Spacious trackpad
The editors didn't like
No legacy ports
No signature innovation
You're still paying an Apple premium
This is a pricey 13-inch device
Information on Touch Bar too easy to miss
Limited number of ports
Limited port selection
And need for dongles will be inconvenient
Especially at first
Extremely limited repairability and upgradeability
Intel's CPU speed increases in the last few years have been discouraging
Occasional probl
13-inch Touch Bar model doesn't have the same battery life as the non-Touch Bar model
Need for dongles will be inconvenient
Esp
Connectivity issues with 2.4 GHz WLAN and USB-C devices
Clattering fan on our test model
Only 3 ports
Very expensive – especially the upgrades
Poor webcam
But reduced bandwidth for the ports on the right side
Neither USB-A nor HDMI-out
2.4 GHz WLAN issues with attached USB-C device
Pricey
Given the components
Only two ports
Requiring added-cost adapters for most users
Shorter battery life than previous-gen model
Last-generation CPU means some similarly slim Windows machines perform better
Last longer
Keyboard is a step backward from old MacBook Pro keyboards
Two Thunderbolt 3 ports instead of four
Limited to 16GB RAM maximum
And graphics aren't upgradeable
Expensive
No USB Type-A ports
Not as fast as 7th-gen Intel-powered laptops
No SD card slot
Shallow key travel
No USB 3
0 (Type-A) ports
Requires adapters for legacy peripherals
Expensive- what a price hike! More for good looks than Pro work
Oddball butterfly low travel keyboard
No legacy ports except headphone jack
0 ports
High end graphics
Large amounts of RAM
Legacy ports
Touch screen
Low
Low pricing
The world is not quite ready for USBC
And you're not either. The Touch Bar needs more customization
And soon. Laptops aren't supposed to be this expensive
Are they?
You're paying a hefty premium for the Touch Bar
Which supports only a limited handful of Apple apps for now. The USB-C-only ports mean carrying a bag full of dongles. The lack of high-end graphics or huge RAM options in the 13-inch model may frustrate ph
It is so
So very expensive. The transition from many ports to one is scary. No one's going to look good in this webcam
Expensive with the Touch Bar
Easy to accidentally hit the Touch Bar instead of the Delete key
Abstract: When you show someone Apple's new 13-in MacBook Pro -- the one with the virtual Touch Bar -- the first thing they'll want to do is play with the darn thing. They'll adjust the screen brightness or turn up the volume. Launch some apps to see the virtual bu...
The inventive Touch Bar streamlines work and saves clicks, and Apple has improved almost every part of the thinner, lighter MacBook Pro, including a larger touchpad, faster components and a flatter keyboard. iPhone's Touch ID is handy on the Mac, too
You're paying a hefty premium for the Touch Bar, which supports only a limited handful of Apple apps for now. The USB-C-only ports mean carrying a bag full of dongles. The lack of high-end graphics or huge RAM options in the 13-inch model may frustrate ph
Apple's smart, useful Touch Bar makes it well worth splurging on the step-up version of the streamlined 13-inch MacBook Pro...
Despite that, there's no doubt that the new MacBook Pro is a great laptop. It's slimmer, lighter, has a slightly nicer display and in general is a more pleasant device to use than its predecessor.It even sounds better, but there is a price to pay, and it'...
Great battery life, first P3 color gamut Retina display in a Mac laptop
Keyboard is a step backward from old MacBook Pro keyboards, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports instead of four, Limited to 16GB RAM maximum, and graphics aren't upgradeable, From $2199
As solid as this entry-level MacBook Pro is compared to the aging MacBook Air I use day-in and day-out, pro users seeking a real MacBook Pro replacement will probably compare this model's specs and price against the Touch Bar versions and find them lackin...
Which should you buy? As solid as this entry-level MacBook Pro is compared to the aging MacBook Air I use day-in and day-out, pro users seeking a real MacBook Pro replacement will probably compare this model's specs and price against the Touch Bar ver...
Published: 2016-11-05, Author: David , review by: crn.com.au
and pricesDespite that, there's no doubt that the new MacBook Pro is a great laptop. It's slimmer, lighter, has a slightly nicer display and in general is a more pleasant device to use than its predecessor.It even sounds better, but there is a price to p...
Published: 2016-10-28, Author: Juha , review by: itnews.com.au
Abstract: Apple has unveiled a much-awaited refreshed MacBook Pro laptop range which have lost the physical function keys in favour of a software-driven "touch bar".Only one of the three new laptops Apple showed off today retain physical function keys. The two pric...
Superthin and light, Touch Bar smartly designed, Loads of USBC ports, Huge trackpad
Touch Bar needs more app support, Direct light washes out Touch Bar display
To say the new MacBook Pro is a massive improvement over the previous model would be an understatement. It's more portable and more powerful, not to mention more enjoyable to use. But it's tough to justify the premium for that Touch Bar, no matter how coo...
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Published: 2017-06-22, Author: David , review by: macworld.co.uk
Glorious vast trackpad with Force Touch, Unlock with Touch ID, Tremendous possibilities of Touch Bar
Cramped and slightly rattly keyboard with almost unusable arrow keys, Very expensive
We're rather in love with the 2016 MacBook Pro, but as with many love affairs there are irritations.The trackpad is huge and wonderful to use; but it's so big that the keyboard has been pushed up to make room, as well as flattened down to make the laptop...
It's been a long wait for a new MacBook Pro, and in many ways it feels like this new 13-inch model has been worth it. There are just so many positives about the machine that make it a joy to use – from its svelte dimensions to its eye-popping display, gre...
