Dropping down within the 15-inch range you get a slightly slower processor, while dropping down to the 13-inch models you’re only offered dual-core processors - a shame. The 15-inch top of the range model we tested certainly proves that it has the oomph to pack a punch and get the job done. Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80% features: 90% workmanship: 100%Ĩ0% Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (early 2011) review Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: If you need workstation power in an inch-thick slab, we can’t think of any reason to look elsewhere for the best notebook on the planet. But the other upgrades to this season’s MBP should not be forgotten: a Sandy Bridge quad-core processor that makes this portable as fast as a race-tuned desktop from last year and AMD graphics that outpace the nVidia kit by a serious margin too. Now, at last, we can shift data between devices at 21st, rather than 20th-century speeds. But since that port is actually a Thunderport link, this may just turn out to be a revolutionary development in the history of personal computing. Rating: price: 70% performance: 80% workmanship: 90%ĩ0% Apple MacBook Pro 15in (Early 2011) reviewĮxternally, this 2011 revision to the 2008-design Apple MacBook Pro isn’t even evolutionary, since there’s no visible change - save a lightning legend logo by the Mini DisplayPort connector. Single Review, online available, Short, Date: It’s a testament to how much the MacBook Pro line gets right that Apple need only make so few changes beyond refreshing CPU and GPU they demand deep pockets, certainly, but you’re getting an incredible solid, high-performing machine for your money. Existing owners considering an upgrade should think long and hard about whether they actually need the bump in crunching on offer, and we’ll be interested to see how the lower price, Core i5 versions fare in benchmarking. If you’re coming to the MacBook Pro range fresh then we can’t argue with the power on offer, though you’ll pay a premium price for it: our Core i7 review unit is the most expensive preconfiguration, at $2,199. That would certainly allow users to make a more educated choice between processing and runtimes. Price: 1600, 1700, 1800, 1899, 2149, 2279, 2600, 2799 euroĪpple certainly listened to complaints about their previous dual-GPU system and streamlined the switching process now, ironically, we find ourselves asking for a nudge arguably in the other direction, with a more obvious indicator of when the NVIDIA graphics are active. Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6490M, AMD Radeon HD 6750M, AMD Radeon HD 6770M, AMD Radeon R9 M370X, Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, Intel Core 2 Duo T9600, Intel Core i5 520M, Intel Core i7 2635QM, Intel Core i7 2675QM, Intel Core i7 2720QM, Intel Core i7 2760QM, Intel Core i7 3615QM, Intel Core i7 3720QM, Intel Core i7 4770HQ, Intel Core i7 4850HQ, Intel Core i7 4870HQ, Intel Core i7 620M If you can afford the steep entry price, this is the most amazing laptop money can buy. In fact, the display alone outweighs the biggest disadvantage of the new MacBook Pro, the price – it's Apple we are talking about. It is that important that Apple even decided to call this laptop " MacBook Pro with retina display". In particular the retina display is the sharpest computer display and outclasses every other laptop or computer display by far at the time of its introduction. In short, every technological advantage of Apple are concentrated on this new MacBook Pro with Retina display, from the amazing display found in the iPhone, iPad to robust system performance of the MacBook Pro as well as the portability, design and flash storage - this laptop has it all. Unlike the original MacBook Pro series with standard hard drive, it includes a Solid State Drive. The MacBook Pro with Retina display introduced at the WWDC in San Francisco in June 2012 is a separate product line, independent of the original MacBook Pro and should continue the success of the iPhone.Īpart from just the retina display, this new laptop also features a new design similar to that of the MacBook Air, but without Super Drive as well as Ethernet and FireWire 800 ports. Thanks to the retina display, the iPhone 4 was called " Best device in its class" by The Wall Street Journal, and " Best smartphone on the market" by Engadget. The Retina display is a display which has high enough pixel density that the human retina can’t distinguish individual pixels and was first introduced as a cutting edge technology together with the iPhone 4.
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