Nope, it’s not the new MacBook. That review will need to wait until next month. What we have here is the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. For all intents and purposes, it’s the same one we last tested in late 2013, except for one important thing: It swaps out the old trackpad in favor of a pressure-sensitive “Force Touch” pad that responds differently depending on how hard you bear down on it. (A hard-press on the skip button in QuickTime, for instance, will let you fast-forward at warp speed.) In addition, the new MBP brings all the spec upgrades you’d expect in a system refresh, including faster SSDs, fresh graphics and Intel’s latest Core processors. At $1,299-plus, it’s priced the same as before, and since the design and Retina display haven’t changed, you’re likely to enjoy it as much as you did the last-gen model. I can’t promise you’ll love the new touchpad, though.
Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display review (13-inch, 2015)
MacBook Pro with Retina display (13-inch, 2015)
PROS
- Gorgeous screen
- Long battery life
- Good graphics, even faster SSD speeds
- Comfortable keyboard
CONS
- New trackpad takes getting used to; Force Touch gestures aren’t that useful
- Discrete graphics still not an option on the 13-inch Pro
- The machine isn’t any thinner or lighter than it was a year and a half ago
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