For starters: What a risky thing for Apple to do, replacing the touchpad that's already the best in its class.

With that, I am done talking about the MacBook Pro's hardware.Įxcept for the new trackpad, of course. Oh, and the aluminum lid and chassis are still scratch-prone. Nope, no USB Type-C ports like on the new MacBook - at least not this time around. Big whoop.Īround the edges, you get the same selection of ports: two USB 3.0 connections, a full-sized HDMI socket, two Thunderbolt 2 ports, an SD card slot and a headphone jack. As before, the machine measures a slim 0.71 inch thick, though Apple is listing the weight as slightly heavier this time around: 3.48 pounds, as opposed to 3.46. The new MBP, like so many before it, is constructed from a seamless block of machined aluminum, with springy, well-spaced keys and a crisp 2,560 x 1,600 display, framed by a thin, barely there bezel. Nothing more.If you already own a recent MacBook Pro, or have even futzed around an Apple Store, then you know what to expect here. In addition, this model has a backlit keyboard, a clever haptic-capable “Force Touch” trackpad and an internal, sealed battery that provides an Apple estimated 10 to 12 hours of battery life depending on use.Ĭompared to its predecessor, this model looks nearly identical externally, but it has a more advanced processor and architecture, more advanced graphics processor, faster RAM, a faster SSD, and a higher capacity battery as well as the aforementioned more advanced “Force Touch” trackpad.ġ3.3″ widescreen high-resolution LED-backlit 2560×1600 (227 ppi) “Retina” display It does not have an internal optical drive.Ĭonnectivity includes 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, two USB 3.0 ports, two “Thunderbolt 2” ports, an HDMI port, an audio in/out port, and an SDXC card slot. It also has an integrated 720p FaceTime HD webcam, and a high-resolution LED-backlit 13.3″ widescreen 2560×1600 (227 ppi) “Retina” display in a case that weighs just less than 3.5 pounds (1.58 kg). The MacBook Pro “Core i5” 2.7 13-Inch (Early 2015 Retina Display) features a 14 nm “Broadwell” 2.7 GHz Intel “Core i5” processor (5257U), with dual independent processor “cores” on a single silicon chip, a 3 MB shared level 3 cache, 8 GB of onboard 1866 MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM (which could be upgraded to 16 GB at the time of purchase, but cannot be upgraded later), 128 GB or 256 GB of 4 Lane PCIe-based flash storage by default (only 128 GB by default starting on October 27, 2016), and an integrated Intel Iris Graphics 6100 graphics processor that shares memory with the system.

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