In addition to the 13-inch and 15-inch models with the Touch Bar, Apple is also introducing a 13-inch model without the touch strip, which is designed to take the place of the MacBook Air. Battery life is said to be 'up to 10 hours' for both versions, which is slightly longer than the previous models. Unfortunately, this means that the new MacBook Pro doesn't have a MagSafe power cord anymore, much like the 12-inch MacBook. Apple says the USB-C ports replace power, Thunderbolt, USB, DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA ports. They also have a 3.5mm headphone jack, but no SD card slots or other types of ports. Both machines have four Thunderbolt 3 USB Type-C ports, any one of which can be used for charging. It has the same faster memory as the larger model, but only has 8GB of it. The 13-inch model has either sixth-gen Core i5 or i7 processors and Intel Iris Pro graphics. Apple claims the 15-inch's speakers are louder and have twice as much dynamic range.

You can get up a 2TB SDD that's up to 50 percent faster and the 15-inch model comes with 16GB of RAM.

It has an ATI Radeon Pro graphics card with up to 4GB of RAM. For processor, the new 15-inch MacBook Pro has a quad-core sixth-generation (NOT seventh-generation) Intel Core i7 chip and 2,133mHz memory. Apple says that despite these developments, it consumes 30 percent less energy than before. The new display is 67 percent brighter, has a 67 percent better contrast ratio, and displays 25 percent more colors. Much larger Force Touch trackpad, twice the size on the 15-inch model (46 percent larger on the 13), in fact, and the butterfly mechanism keyboard - second generation of the technology - of the thin MacBook. The 13-inch MBP weighs 3 pounds and measures in at 14.9mm of thickness, down from 18mm currently. Comes in silver and space gray color options. Thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro ever. It's the second-generation Touch ID and it's protected by a sapphire glass cover. To the right of the Touch Bar is a Touch ID fingerprint authentication module. It's claimed to be a Retina display in its own right, and it responds to both taps and gestures. Apple calls it Touch Bar and it does actually have an Esc key, it's just in software rather than a dedicated button.

The OLED touch strip at the top that had been rumored is present, as expected. Metal on all sides in the new design, 'incredibly extreme,' according to Phil Schiller. But today Apple is rectifying all that in a big way with a fundamentally redesigned MacBook Pro.įollow along here as we enumerate everything that's changed with the brand new MBP. It’s been a very long time since Apple meaningfully redesigned its flagship laptop, which has felt somewhat neglected with only the addition of a Force Touch trackpad as a major change in the past two years. The main attraction of Apple’s 'Hello Again' event today has just been made official with the new 2016 MacBook Pro.

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