So what does all this skinniness mean besides easy portability? A scarcity of ports and a butterfly switched keyboard. Two of the four Thunderbolt ports, plus the 3.5mm headphone jack, of the 2018 MacBook Pro. This means it’s very slender compared to other performance laptops and wonderfully satchel-friendly. It’s fairly light, too, weighing 1.37kg – which is on a par with your average laptop.Īt 14.9mm, this model is remarkably slim the most recent MacBook Air measures 17mm. Measuring 212.44 x 304 x 14.99mm, the MacBook Pro 2018 isn’t going to take up much space in your bag. Unlike the tack the company has taken with phones like the iPhone X, Apple hasn’t seen fit to banish the 3.5mm headphone jack here, so you can plug in regular ‘phones and crack on with your work in peace. However, when you’re working, their position means that your hands will more than likely obscure some of the sound, so you’re best off using the headphone jack if you’re listening to music while working. Two sets of micro-drilled holes sit either side of the keyboard Music blared out at full blast feels nice, loud and clear, with minimal distortion at high levels. It has an almost sheer finish that’s as pleasing to the touch as it is to the eye. The MacBook Pro’s body is – like those earlier versions – made from a fetching metal alloy. The 2018 MacBook Pro 13-inch is virtually identical to the previous model and the 2016 model before that.
Plus, the presence of Apple’s voice-activated assistant, Siri, also points towards greater accessibility.Īside from that it’s business as usual, with Apple presenting a compact and good-looking metal body that’s bulging with promise.Īn open 13-inch 2018 MacBook Pro viewed from the rear, with two of the Thunderbolt 3 ports visible. It features improved specs on last year’s model and a revamped keyboard, which should hopefully address some of the issues experienced by buyers of the 2017 models.Īpple’s True Tone software, which dynamically adjusts screen colour temperature to better fit with the ambient light of your surroundings, features in this year’s lineup.
The MacBook Pro 13-inch is the more portable option and aimed at creatives that need a powerhouse mobile workstation, rather than anyone who needs a MacBook for general work – in which case, one of the MacBook Air 2018‘s hitting shelves later this month might be better fit. Apple’s 2018 refresh represents an incremental upgrade to the company’s range of MacBook Pro laptops, which are aimed at professional photographers and video editors – or, in fact, any power user who wants to be able to run-and-gun.
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