While the 15” comes with an Intel quad-core i7 processor with 16GB memory, a Radeon Pro GPU, and up to 2TB of storage, the 13” comes with either an Intel dual-core i5 or i7, 8GB memory and Intel Iris graphics with 64MB eDRAM. A newly revamped display is also the best Retina to grace a notebook yet and is 67% brighter with 67% higher contrast while displaying 25% more colors. Aluminum on all sides, the 15” and 13” notebooks measure just 15.5mm and 14.9mm thin and weigh four and three lbs, respectively - making them 14% and 17% thinner than their predecessors and a half-pound lighter while also taking up 20% and 23% less volume. Touch ID can even be used for fast user switching if you set up multiple user accounts on the notebook.Īs far as design goes, the new MacBook Pro is Apple’s thinnest and lightest ever. The Touch Bar is also coupled with Touch ID integration and a brand new proprietary T1 chip with Secure Enclave - meaning that you can make impulse purchases in a breeze right on your MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar. And the best part is that the Bar doesn’t only work with Apple’s apps: you can use it to better control third-party apps like Photoshop, too.
A miniature Retina Display with integrated Multitouch, the customizable Touch Bar can be used for traditional system functions like brightness and volume and dynamically adapts to showcase relevant controls for increased efficiency in whatever task you’re completing QuickType suggestions pop-up when composing an email, emojis appear when using iMessage and scrubbing controls can be used when viewing or editing a video. Officially dubbed the Touch Bar, the new addition sits above a revamped keyboard (one based on the 12” MacBook‘s butterfly mechanism), as well as a larger Force Touch trackpad and replaces the traditional function keys that have graced computers since IBM introduced them in 1971.