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Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than on our Cinebench R15 3D rendering benchmark, a relatively simple test that heavily favors CPUs with more cores and threads. Together with 32GB of 2,400MHz DDR4 RAM, it significantly narrows the performance-for-dollar gap that the MacBook Pro has long suffered when compared with Windows laptops, at least when it comes to the types of tasks that video editors, architects, digital artists, and other similar users care about. It's capable of clock speeds up to 4.8GHz, even though thermal constraints keep it much closer to its base 2.9GHz most of the time. The new Intel Core i9-8950HK is the star attraction of our review unit, boasting six cores and 12 threads.
Apple refers to this as Force Touch, and it means that you get a uniform clicking sensation no matter where your finger meets this 7.28-inch surface.Įnough about all the warranties, ports, and Force Touch, though.
I find it to be one of the most precise and comfortable pads of any laptop, thanks in part to the fact that it uses haptic feedback to simulate clicks instead of a physical clicking mechanism. The enormous touchpad is unchanged from last year's model.
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Apple claims to have addressed this problem with a macOS update issued late in August 2018 the update had been installed in the unit I tested. I did not, however, experience any of the crackling issues that some early MacBook Pro owners have reported. I actually noted better sound quality on the Huawei MateBook X Pro, which mimics the MacBook Pro's speaker arrangement. Unfortunately, vocals can be distorted when you max out the volume, as I found while watching the trailer to Ant-Man. The sound system offers richly detailed and impressively loud audio, thanks to a total of four speaker grilles: two upward-firing ones that flank the keyboard, and two downward-firing ones that add bass.
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Its 720p resolution trails the full HD (1080p) resolution that you'll find on the camera in the Apple iMac Pro, but it nevertheless captured videos and photos that were almost entirely free of the graininess that many portable webcams suffer from. That said, the MacBook Pro's webcam is among the better laptop cameras I've used.
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True Tone uses a sensor to evaluate the color temperature of the light around you to provide what Apple calls, cryptically, a "more natural viewing experience." In practice, I found the color temperature becomes noticeably warmer (that is, more red) in fluorescent-lit environments like PC Labs, while it's noticeably cooler (more blue) in my softly lit living room. It now features the True Tone automatic white-balance adjustment that debuted on the Apple iPad Pro. Truer Colorsīesides the Core i9 CPU offering, the updated Retina Display on the MacBook Pro is the only other significant new feature offering for 2018.
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And you can find several professional and prosumer external hard drives that connect via USB Type-C or Thunderbolt 3 and include built-in card readers.
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Apple iPads, computers, and iPhones can quickly transfer data among themselves wirelessly using AirDrop (a proprietary interface that uses the MacBook Pro's built-in 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0). More important, multimedia pros probably won't need any adapters if they've bought into the Apple ecosystem.
Four Thunderbolt 3 ports is a rarity on any computer, let alone a laptop. For example, any of the four USB Type-C ports can accept the MacBook Pro's power adapter, and all of them support Thunderbolt 3. There are a few silver linings to this port setup. For instance, the gargantuan Alienware 17 R5 gaming laptop measures 1.18 by 16.7 by 13.1 inches and weighs 9.77 pounds. Other laptops with Core i9 CPUs and similar price ranges are bulkier still. Even though it weighs about the same as the MacBook Pro (4.1 pounds), the ZenBook Pro's taller and wider stature makes it feel considerably heftier. Still, this is by far the sleekest Core i9-powered laptop, even though the chassis design has been around for a few years now.Ĭonsider that the only other Core i9 mainstream laptop we've tested is the Asus ZenBook Pro 15, which comes in at 0.75 by 14.37 by 9.88 inches. Of course, the mobile version of the Intel Core i9 consumes far less heat and requires far less power than the desktop versions. Our review unit is the very same size (0.61 by 13.75 by 9.48 inches, HWD) and weight (4.02 pounds) as last year's 15-inch MacBook Pro. The new MacBook Pro's crowning achievement is shoehorning a much-upgraded processor and a potent graphics chip into the same enclosure as last year's model without changing the physical design.