MacBook Pro with Retina display. Ports and communications

In Esan, 2015 gave the world not only the 12-inch model of Apple MacBook (12), with which, by the way, we have already managed to get acquainted. Also, the users of the near and far abroad became available for a professional segment laptop - MacBook Pro Retina. 13 (Early 2015). Two years ago we wrote about his predecessor MacBook Pro 13 Retina, then there was a MacBook Pro Retina 13 2014, while both laptops liked us with their thin and lightweight case, good screen, not bad filling and capacious battery.

Put your hand on the heart, it can be said that the striking differences between the novelty and previous models not. The appearance and characteristics of the display remained the same, the filling has become more modern, therefore, no less productive, good, a generation of Haswell has been replaced by the Ivy Bridge, which changed Broadwell. True, MacBook Pro Retina 13 (Early 2015) appeared one feature, namely, a touchpad with the "Force Touch" technology. All the advantages and disadvantages of the new "resident" of the Pro-presidential segment further.

Specifications

CPU:	Intel Core I5-5257U 2700 MHz
RAM:	8 GB LPDDR3 1866 MHz
Data storage:	128 GB SSD.
Display:	13.3 "2560х1600 RETINA LED IPS, glossy
Video card:	Intel Iris Graphics 6100
Drive unit:	absent
Wireless connection:	Wi-Fi 802.11 A / B / G / N, Bluetooth 4.0
Audio:	2 stereo speakers
Interfaces:	2XUSB 3.0, 2XTHUNDERBOLT 2.0, HDMI, Cardrider SDXC, headphone output
Additionally:	720p webcam FaceTime
Battery:	lithium-polymer 74.9 VTCH
Dimensions, weight:	314x219x18 mm, 1.6 kg
Operating system:	OS x 10.10 Yosemite
Equipment:	Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 (Early 2015) (MF839U / A)

Design

A distinctive feature of the Apple brand is its constancy. We are talking about stability in his appearance, For many years, it remains almost unchanged. The device is concluded in a silver Unibody case, made of a solid piece of aluminum. The design of the laptop is the embodiment of the dream of a conservative and perfectionist in one person: there is nothing superfluous in the laptop, only an adhesive apple, which is highlighted in the dark.

The display, a ceiling surface and a keyboard - everything looks the same as in previous generations, so we do not see the meaning on this in more detail. Apple laptops are characterized by exceptional mobility, and MacBook Pro Retina 13 (Early 2015) is the proof. Its weight is 1.6 kg, length - 314 mm, width - 219 mm, and height - 18 mm.

The bottom of the gadget is solid, in each of the four angles there is one rubber leg. However, no matter how ideally the laptop housing did not look at first glance, it is still its weak point is the almost complete ability to execute the upgrade. So, the results of dismantling the device by the masters of the company IFIXIT, to gently say, surprised. The fact is that replacing the battery - the task is almost impossible, because it is very firmly glued to the body. In addition, it turned out that the chips of RAM are disappeared on motherboardAccordingly, the expansion of RAM is difficult to solve. Finally, the third nuance applies to the screen: its coating and the matrix are combined together, so the emergence of the display breakage will inevitably entail its replacement. In fact, only a solid-state drive is available for self-replacement.

Finally, I would like to add a few good words about the quality of the assembly: there are absolutely no complaints about it. You can even open a gadget, while the loop in the measure tight, very strong, and regardless of the angle of tilt, securely hold the display. Of course, the Corps also did not cause questions, because during operation it does not make squeaks, it does not even have a hint of the backlash, in one word - Ideal.

Display, sound and webcam

Absolutely no changes touched on the new Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 (Early 2015). Like the predecessors, its diagonal is 13.3 inches, the resolution is 2560x1600 points. The display is performed using IPS technology, the density of pixels per inch is 227 PPI. Thanks to such wonderful characteristics, the image quality is simply at the height! The maximum brightness is about 350 cd / m2, contrast - 1000: 1, the uniformity of the backlight is 81%, the color rendition is above all praise. The picture is clear, juicy and realistic, it seems that you see everything in reality, and not on the laptop screen.

Of course, the viewing angles are wide, so the image quality does not determine by any corner. For more user friendly, the company's engineers have provided the ability to reduce screen resolution to such values: 1680x1050, 1440x900 or 1024x640 points. However, it is unlikely that such a function will be very popular, because problems with the scaling of the display does not occur, despite the high resolution.

Over the screen is a FaceTime HD webcam with a resolution of 720p. Taking photos She, of course, does not allow, but make calls over Skype, on the iPhone or iPad with its help is quite real.

Two stereo speakers sound very well, despite the fact that they lack bass. The sound at the output is clear and volumetric, and it does not deteriorate even at the maximum. In any case, if you wish, you can always connect headphones, and then the sound will be even better.

Keyboard and touchpad

The keyboard also remained unchanged compared to version Apple. MacBook Pro Retina 13 last year, so we will pay only superficial attention. So, before us is an island keyboard, full-size, while not very big. First time users who previously worked on windows devicesmay experience some inconvenience associated with the unusual location of the buttons. However, you quickly get used to it.

Matte, black keys, with white marking. They have a middle move and good return, optimal for a long set of text. When printing, the substrate does not bend, so nothing will spoil the pleasure of work. The default in the gadget is provided for automatic illumination, the built-in sensor which fixes the degree of illumination ambient And adapts the brightness of the keyboard and display below it. All buttons have an average size, including those that are used most often, such as ,,, and others. By the way, the inclusion key of the laptop is not taken separately, as it often happens in other laptops. In this case, it is located in the upper right corner of the keyboard, and does not differ from any keyboard block with its sizes.

That's so imperceptibly approached main features MacBook Pro Retina 13 (Early 2015), on which the manufacturer makes the main focus. It is implemented in the new mechanism of the Touchpad, which was called "Force Touch". What is his feature? Externally, the manipulator has not changed, innovations touched it "fillings". Inside the touch site now there are electronic sensors, which are very believable mimic pressing and even click. In fact, this does not happen, but the simulation is so high quality that the uninitiated user will not even notice the difference! Sensors are extremely sensitive, so much that we recognize the power of pressing on the touchpad. Accordingly, for this manipulator, there is a difference between the usual click and pressing with the effort, because the result of these actions will be different. So, if you press and hold a date on the calendar for some time, you can view the current affairs on this day or create a new event. Perhaps in the theory "Force Touch" seems difficult function, but in fact it saves time, and indeed, it is convenient. By the way, the standard multitouch gestures of the touchpad is also not deprived, wherever without them. Scaling, scrolling, dragging, etc. - Everything is, and it works without the slightest delays.

Performance

It's no secret that in Apple laptops is installed by default operating systemcreated by the developers of the same company. At Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 (Early 2015) (MF839U / a) uses OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Of course, if a user had no "communication" with apple devices before exploring this laptop, the first time he will have to get used to this OS. It is worth only to figure out all the nuances and the main points, as it becomes clear that it is very easy to work with OS X Yosemite, convenient and pleasant.

IN this review We will consider the least powerful complete set of those that are available. It is equipped with an Intel Core i5-5257U low-voltage processor with two cores built on the Broadwell architecture. Clock frequency CPU. It ranges from 2.7 to 3.1 GHz, in addition, it supports hyper-threading multithreading technology. The processor is made according to the 14-technical process, consumes no more than 28 W electric power and has 3 MB 3-level cache. By the way, the buyer is available to configurations with two more chips, namely, with Intel Core i5-5287U and Intel Core i7-5557U, respectively, you can give preference to a more powerful stuffing.

But back to our modification. As graphic processor The laptop uses the built-in intel Iris Graphics 6100 video card, discrete, unfortunately, the manufacturer does not indulge. Integrated graphics supports DirectX 11.2 and OpenCl 2.0, and its operating frequency varies from 1000 to 1100 MHz. GPU is ideal for solving everyday tasks, and also allows you to play some toys, even this year. True, they will normally go except at low, less often - medium settings. For example, in a fresh game Evolve get to play Medium with a frequency of about 15 fps. This will have to reduce the screen resolution to HD. But Sims 4 will go on high-settings with Full HD and from 25 FPS.

As mentioned, the RAM RAM is planted on the motherboard. The amount of RAM is 8 GB of LPDDR3-1866 MHz standard. The data storage is a 128 GB SSD capacity, in contrast system Memory, It can be independently replaced by a larger storage device. Of course, you can choose another configuration, for example, with SSD by 256 GB. In this case, the processor will be similar to what we were considered higher. By the way, in the top modification by default, SSD is offered at 512 GB, you can also purchase a solid-state storage device with a capacity of 1 TB for $ 500, given the official rates.

Ports and communications

We recently considered a 12-inch MacBook, which only had two interfaces: Port USB Type-C And the audio output on the headphones. Despite the fact that this model and MacBook Pro Retina 13 (Early 2015) actually came out at the same time, the "Pro" line was not underway so cardinal changes, and the connectors here are practically the same as in any other laptop. So on the right side can be seen uSB port 3.0, HDMI video output and SDXC card reader.

The left edge can offer the user another USB 3.0, the MAGSAFE 2 charging connector, two multipurpose port Thunderbolt 2.0 (to connect to a laptop of almost any external devices) and a 3.5-millimeter headphone audio part.

The front and rear parts of the laptop are empty.

Of course, there was no wireless communications in the laptop, in particular, Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11 A / B / G / N.

Battery

Lithium-polymer battery laptop received a capacity of 74.9 VTCH. This is a great indicator, because in idle mode, the device is capable of functioning more than a day, watching the video online on the mid-brightness of the screen will turn out about 10 hours, and the maximum load mode will plant our MacBook somewhere in 2 hours. The charger that comes in the kit has a power of 60 W and charges a laptop from zero for about 3 hours, provided that at this time the user will not use the device.

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Conclusion

So, the "apple" family was replenished with another laptop - 13-inch laptop MacBook. Pro Retina 13 (Early 2015). If you hoped that the novelty would get some serious changes, we will disappoint you - they are not. In essence, the model is a copy of its predecessor - MacBook Pro Retina 13, published last year, except for several additions. In particular, the filling of the device has become more modern, as - in no way, already in the whole "reigns" generation Broadwell. In addition, we note another one that engineers make special emphasis - Force Touch technology implemented in touchpad.

The appearance remains the same: the same strict aluminum case with a luminous apple on the lid, the same convenient keyboard, the same port location. The display also did not undergo changes, its resolution is still 2560x1600 pixels, and wide viewing angles and excellent color reproduction allow you to enjoy the image on the screen. Price tag on apple products It does not surprise anyone for a long time, because he has long ceased to be something exemplary and is not particularly distinguished among the main mass of direct competitors of the brand. Thus, the official value of the minimum configuration of MacBook Pro Retina 13 (Early 2015) overview is $ 1299.

At the beginning of March, Apple introduced an updated MacBook Pro with a 13-inch screen. If you do not look at the touchpad, then externally, it completely repeats the predecessor, which appeared in mid-2014. "Lenta.ru" analyzed in detail the productive and compact novelty.

Design

The first thing that rushes into the eyes when comparing the MacBook Pro "Doretino" era with the latest models is the thickness of laptops, 24.1 against 18 millimeters, respectively. Naturally, it affected the weight - version with the Retina screen weighs only 1.58 kilograms. "Fat" model with a DVD drive on a background grieves its two kilograms. For comparison: new MacBook, also recently represented, weighs a 0.98 kilogram, and the old 15-inch MacBook Pro is 2.52 kilograms.

Reducing the thickness increased and the comfort of the use of the gadget. Still sharp, but now much lower edges of the laptop no longer flow into the wrists. For this, Apple will thank everyone who has to work hard with the keyboard.

On the right end there are two connections and one slot - USB, HDMI and SD reader. On the left of the connectors five - another USB, two thunderbolt, the usual 3.5-millimeter audio jack and MAGSAFE 2 for charging. Next to the connectors are paired microphones.

On the bottom cover appeared holes for ventilation. Good decision For a 15-inch laptop, or even a 13-inch. But not to work on the knees. If you put a laptop on your knees, then the 13-inch MacBook Pro ventilation holes are closed with legs. For normal ventilation, either the table is required or a laptop stand - any smooth solid surface.

In order to open any Apple laptop, both Hands are not required. This Pro-not an exception. Unlike many bulky laptops and even neat netbooks of other manufacturers:

The keyboard on the share of a millimeter below the keyboard "thick" models. Soft buttons are slightly recessed in the aluminum case. This is a big plus, because after two or three years of use, the space between the buttons and the housing will not break dust and small garbage. The keyboard, naturally, with the built-in backlight, which allows you to work with insufficient lighting or even in complete darkness.

The base of the case is connected to the upper lid a little different than on the previous models. Now the lattice of hot air blowing has opened. Space spectacle, holes look like a starship nozzle. Under the screen - no more MacBook Pro or at least just MacBook. Thanks to Apple for the refusal of unnecessary reminders.

On the main thing: about the touch panel with Force Touch

The main thing and the only external difference of the new MacBook Pro - touchpad. If you look closely, it can be seen that its glass is thicker than usual. It is dictated by the fact that levels of clicking are now three - the usual touch, easy pressing and strong pressing to the second level. The latter does not mean that the panel will have to ruling mercilessly - just a little stronger than the usual one.

Touchpad MacBook Pro 13 "" Retina 2015

The original solution made it possible to add a new and duplicate the functionality already existing in OS X. Depending on the environment where the Force Touch is used (so in Apple, the second-level clique was called), you can observe different behavior.

For example, if you closely click on the name of the file or folder, the system will propose them to rename them. This applies to text fields in the "Contacts" application. Although you can act and via the Enter key.

Preview of files, folders and events in the calendar, previously accessible only on highlighting and pressing the Space key, is now also duplicated on the Force Touch. You can even clarify your plans for a specific day even by clicking on the date specified on the site or in the letter.

One of the most interesting and useful features of the "enhanced" click - view pages without opening them. One pressing Force Touch on any link - and in Safari, the window pops up where the content of the corresponding material is loaded. This is not a new browser window and not the next tab - precisely pop-up "preview", disappearing after the next click anywhere. It is very convenient when you have to read articles whose authors do not make it difficult to include in the text (or do not do this for some valid reasons) the entire background, but simply refer to past publications.

Important for many nuances - built right in the touchpad the opportunity to find out the meaning of words. Force Touch Clear issues information from the built-in dictionary or Wikipedia. True, this feature is not working on all resources. What it depends on, until it was possible to understand. Some sites are happily give out the values \u200b\u200bof almost all words. Other flatly refuses, as if there is some restriction.

Ability to show everything open windows Force-click applications on its icon are more likely to attribute to dubious innovations. To confess, it is still easier to do with the Expose function, the activation of which can be configured to look down three or four fingers on the touchpad.

The fastest SSD.

Many have accustomed to high-speed drives in their modern laptops. We, it happens even a little bit proud to work smartly and silently work SSD. Applications are open without delays, FullHD is reproduced without friezes, artifacts and sound discrepancies with a picture. It would seem that it is perfection. But believe me, everything that was before will seem too slow compared to this MacBook Pro. The Blackmagic test showed that the relatively good SSD drive OCZ-VERTEX4 at least twice as slower when recording and four times on reading.

Minus in memory, plus in the kernel

This is a great disorder, however, 8 gigabytes of faster RAM in the novelty gave way to the same amount of memory in MacBook Pro 2011. And in both cases, both on one core and when involving all available. In the load on one core of the processor, the 13-inch laptop 2015 was expected - due to higher frequency. The novelty lost in the test with the use of all processor cores. True, it should be borne in mind that only two 2,7 gigahertz nuclei had to compete with four cores of 2 gigahertz. It is believed that dual-core i5 with a 2.9 gigahertz core frequency approaches the quad-core i7 indicator noticeably lower frequency. If i5 is replaced by I7 with two nuclei of 3.1 gigahertz, then the novelty will almost certainly exceed the "old man" even in the test with the full power of the processor. True, B. russian store Apple for such a modification will have to lay out a round sum.

Result test geekbench MacBook Pro 15 "" "2011 (I7, 4 x 2 Gigarez)

About the battery

As promised to presentations and how now the corresponding page of Apple's website is reported, from one complete charge The accumulator 13-inch novelty is able to work with active Wi-Fi to 10 hours. If you turn off the unnecessary connections, close all unused applications, stock up the popcorn and watching the movies pumped into iTunes, then without connecting to any networks, the laptop will last 12 hours. Of course, after a couple of years, the indicators will decrease - from active use The capacity of any battery drops. But for the start the result is impressive.

Prices

In Russia, the lower cost of the simplest MacBook Pro with a 13-inch screen - 99,990 rubles. This is a lot. In Europe, the same laptop can be bought in 1449 euros, which in terms of rubles at the currently currently at the moment the national currency rate is equivalent to the amount of about 93 thousand. For lovers to live on full, not accustomed to consider money when buying such things, there is a maximum equipment with all possible additives. If without external externities to improve only the inside (processor, RAM and SSD drive), then for a 13-inch laptop will have to give 210,990 rubles. In Europe, the same in terms of rubles is a little cheaper - about 190 thousand. However, for such a purchase, perfect abroad, it is accurately necessary to make TAX FREE. Upon returning home, it will be possible to give out from 6 to 12 percent.

So as not to finish at the price

Despite the wild ruble price tags, which should be blamed not producers, but rather the central financial institution of Russia, the new MacBook Pro is good. It combines compactness, relatively low weight, juicy clear screen with almost indistinguishable graininess and decent performance even in a minimum configuration. Of course, also a pleasant design with high-quality materials.

When a novelty turns out to be on the table next to the old 15-inch worker "fat man", the hands still stretch to open a 13-inch laptop and continue working on it. He wants to take his home with him, take on the journey. The difference in 1 kilogram of weight is affected.

As a result, if time has come to change your old MacBook or simply arose a traction to go with Windows on OS X, this 13-inch MacBook Pro is one of the best options. At least for those who are important, the combination of medium in terms of productivity market, pleasant design and the presence of all familiar connectors for a comfortable connection with the outside world.

In addition to new Processors, Broadwell, MacBook Pro 13 Retina 2015 was equipped with the Terce Touch Trekpad. But cardinal changes are not observed in this device. At the same time, other developers are not sleeping, and the leader of the "apple" laptop of this line can not be called no way. Only if it is quite good and comfortable for daily use.

So today's review is devoted to Apple MacBook Pro 13. But there is nothing to talk much about. From significant changes, you can note the replacement of 22-nanometer processors Haswell 14-element Broadwell. If you believe developers, the drive is now 100% shorter, and the simple trackpad is replaced by Force Touch.

The value of the device remained exemplary. For a variation with 8 GB of RAM and SSD, 128 GB will have to pay at least 85,000 rubles. The coolest versions are 2 times more expensive. Despite this negative factor, the buyers of the product is not reduced. But whether he is worth his money - our review will show.

The case of this model "apple" laptop is its pride. The company did not invent anything new, so it is impossible to visually distinguish this product from representatives of the previous line. Only if a somewhat fading aluminum or a shabby display.

Although the "appearance" of McBooks has not changed here for years already, many users have accounted for to taste. After the acquisition, you do not need to understand with the new location of the keys or nests. A silver color with Apple symbols to this pores are status signs.

"Apple" laptops are not suitable, and it's not so much at high cost. More recently, McBooks were leading among other similar devices in all respects. But today, almost every major manufacturer offers in return to its, no less good product. However, each of them can find significant drawbacks, and McBooks have practically no of them.

Apple MacBook Pro laptop, as our review shows, lightweight and miniature. Its weight is slightly more than 1.5 kg. The thing is comfortable to take in the hands and drag from place to place. The loop holds well any angle of the display of the display, but the discovery is possible and one hand. The recess for this purpose is ideal for this. For all criteria - the product is perfect.

However, MacBook 13 Early 2015 has disadvantages. So, the upgrades are excluded at all. The processor soldered to the motherboard, and it became commonplace even for full-screen devices. But swap chips on the RAM board - this is already out of a row ...

If you need an expansion of memory, you will have to replace the entire motherboard, SSD and a wireless type module are not attached, but due to unusual holes, it is impossible to choose an alternative to them in retail.

Batteries occupying most of the space in the "stuffing" are glued tightly. Without special devices, the replacement of the batteries is impossible. Some experts, however, managed to perform this operation.

By the way, in the AIR laptop line, the battery is fixed using screws.

The matrix and the display of the display from the glass between themselves are fused, so it will have to be changed completely during breakdowns. And it will cost this to the user completely expensive. And it is better to immediately buy a case for MacBook Pro 13 with a retiree to reduce the appearance of the cracked screen to a minimum.

Interfaces

For a version of 13 inches such, it will be found enough:

• two USB 3.0;
• HDMI - video output;
• sD card reader;
• audio nest;
• two Thunderbolt 2.

All these nests are located on the sides of the device, but would have enough spaces for a couple of USB - ports. Why are they missing? The fact is that in front of the device is busy battery, and there was no space for other nests. Although the existing ports of the average user will be enough to execute the simplest tasks. In difficult situations, you will have to buy a USB branch.

What brings this chagrity is the lack of a transition element on Ethernet. Despite the smart Wi-Fi, the wired type network is sometimes needed.

Communications

It is known that the "apple" company supplies the devices with elite modules wireless communication from Broadcom. In terms of its characteristics, they are the best on the market.

The unusual nest used to connect the module to the motherboard will not give the device owner in the situation breakdown to repair independently. However, in the repair shop, everything will be done too expensive, because the motherboard does not have to replace.

In addition to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 is present. No discontent about their work holders of McBooks do not express. As before, there is no 3G and 4G / LTE.

Dynamics

For McBook 2015 MF840, the set speakers of stereo emit quite loud and deep sounds. But bass, again, lacks.

Even a cheap external audio element of the Logitech X-230 level is capable of a different level of sound. But watching the movie or listening to music tracks on the "apple" laptop is possible without it. Yes, and in the process of calls on Skype, you can not use headphones.

Elements for input

The keyboard is a copy of the one that was in the last line of McBooks, the poet to persuade it in detail. Quite another thing - Thorce Touch Trekpad. In size, it is not completely different from the clickpad of the previous "apple" laptops. And even comes with a similar coating. Not in vain Apple fans enthusiastically respond about him, everything is really at the highest level.

The algorithm of work, however, has become different. Simple clickpad is a touch type panel supported by the buttons hidden under it on one side and the fastening loop on the other. Their main plus in front of the touchpads is extended at the expense of some elements of the workspace. But as it moves to the top, you need to apply more effort to press, and the course is reduced. Even the clicks are exposed to this, although in a lesser extent than on the devices of other companies. It is not difficult to think about what Apple took new Trekpad Force Touch. Namely - to ensure effort and stroke, regardless of the placement of the fingers on the surface of the sensor. How does it work?

While the device is turned on, pressing the trackpad is impossible. The fact is that it is not performed at all, everything is simulated by magnets. The return is formed quite believable, almost indistinguishable from clicking on the clickpad. According to this principle, the tactile return is working when typing texts on the keyboards of a virtual type. And a number of Owners of the Aipads prints on it smasher than without it.

Special sensors analyzes the power of pressing and recognition or a simple click, or pressing with an effort, depending on the software that activates a variety of options. Suppose such a press on the text in the browser leads to a pop-up page of the preview page. And in the map you can mark any point pin. All this is a smaller, but very necessary, making work on MacBooks is comfortable. On the Apple resource on the network, you can find a list of all compatible software and other details on this issue.

Display

At the time of the release of the MF839G model with the Retina display there was no equal to this device. And he said about it almost every product overview on popular resources. But in fact, such a display is not something special, it is only a matrix IPS - a part of a high resolution. No super technologies involved in its development. Therefore, there were no competitors to work hard to repeat something similar. However, Apple was able to achieve unique effects - to convince consumers that the display with a clarity of 227 PPI is that it is not sorry to overpay. After that, the devices with QHD elements began to actively produce other companies, the impressive success of Apple.

But today, the "apple" company leads due to the verified combination of parameters of matrices and good scaling. The main problem of laptops on the Windows Operations is shallow text and icons. Scaling leads to the difficulties of displaying some applications. Often you can observe how the text does not fit into the boundaries designated for it and fuzzy partition icons. In the Operations of MacBooks there is no such. Scaling all applications are excellent. And developers third-party software For a long time, adapted their products for displays with increased clarity.

The brightness of the display in its maximum value is 342 cd / m², which even for glossy coating is a good indicator. According to some studies, the brightness of the left third of the display is significantly lower than in the center and on the right. But these are the results of measurements with special devices, this is not noticeable. The illumination of the edges, characteristic of many displays, is not detected here. Just as there are no bright stains or stroboscopy effect at low brightness, characteristic of some displays.

Despite the gloss, the display is the display of the line in question, admits highlights much less than expected. And this is due to the coating of the anti-click. If non-standard lighting is difficult to distinguish the MacBook screen from the matte, but the picture remains as pending gloss - bright and juicy. Recall, matte displays sometimes look grainy and too flat.

It recently found that over time, the coating anti-glare is erased. You can detect it by ugly spots in the center and at the edges. This problem was discovered by the owners of thousands of devices, so it was widely published. However, the company stated that this is just a cosmetic flaw and suggested a repair worth $ 800. The price is very high even taking into account the impossibility of a separate glass replacement without a matrix. It has already been said that these two elements are tightly interconnected.

What factors lead to the wear of the coating - and remained unknown. But most likely, it is contact with the front part. No wonder because the stains arise mainly at the edges. And they become noticeable already after 2 years of operation of the device, and with extremely gentle handling.

In any case, the lack described is not linked that Apple says about the durability of its products. Since the display "Fresh" model MBPR 13 is absolutely the same as in the previous one, after a couple of years of use, the same divorces may appear on it.

Recall that the Macbukov models of 2011 were often broken due to poor spike graphic element with motherboard. However, free repairs could not hope ...

Performance

Complete overview of the most important - performance assessment. Almost all ultrabooks at 13 inches are equipped with 15 watt processors. It is economical, but they work not too smart. Chips in 47 watts are much more powerful, but also take energy much more. "Apple" company went on a compromise path, choosing elements in 28 watts. They provide an excellent balance between productivity and energy consumption. Besides Apple. Other companies are not purchased almost. Exception - ASUS for one of its products.

As for the configuration, more often the user chooses the most affordable, namely, with 8 GB of RAM and SSD by 128 GB. In addition to the processor, additional money can be postponed for a larger amount of RAM or SSD.

Conclusion

MacBook Pro Retina 13 MUST exceeded its predecessor - and this is an indisputable fact. Performance parameters increased. Fresh Trekpad was added, SSD became shunter. But lay out for it will have a round sum.

If you want to save - it is better to pay attention to the models of the 2-past years. Displays are no worse than them. And the cost today is 30 percent of 30 cheaper. Differences in performance and operational work SSD Most users will not detect. And the new Trekpad is not at all so unique as advertising shouts about it. Just a pleasant trifle - no more.

If the performance plays a huge role for you, then it is better to take attention to the models of 15 inches. Processors there are 4 kernels, and at the most expensive variation there is also a discrete schedule. Against the background of the growing course of the ruble, it is likely that the prices for these models will decrease, so it is worth a little wait.

And completely unassuming customers are quite suitable for quite good ultrabooks from Asus and Dell. They provide the same 8-9 hours of operation without additional recharge.

At the end of 2013, I was at the presentation of the new MacBook Pro, and only the pumped power of the will kept me with the next morning rushing in Apple Store. And buy this miracle of technology. The most real miracle, I'm not kidding. After the first generation of MacBook Pro 13 with a Retina-screen, in which graphic system worked literally at the limit of possibilities, Apple put in new model Intel Haswell family processors, and life has sharply improved. The main difference mobile version Haswell was just a thoroughly improved graphics core of IRIS Graphics 5100, for which the resolution of 2560x1600 became quite comfortable. Performance growth in 2.5 times came very by the way.

But I, of course, got sang not only on improved graphics. Simply before that, any 13-inch ultrabook immediately discovered some pronounced compromises. Somewhere lacked ports somewhere autonomous work, somewhere the keyboard turned out to be unsuitable for serious work. Sometimes lightweight structures turned out to be too harvested and / or instantly losing a commodity view due to the fragility of materials. I've tried them a lot at that time. And all the time I had to humble with something. It seemed that without compromises, with such dimensions, it was simply impossible to do.

And suddenly the new MacBook Pro 13 Retina. Where there was absolutely everything in place. Both performance, and a durable case, and a convenient keyboard with backlit (then it was not a massive function), and the battery with a guaranteed 7 hours of work (or even more), and ports for every taste, including a slowly disappearing card reader. Well, a completely breathless superchard screen with applications adapted under it. The latter, by the way, is very important: similar Retina screens in ultrabooks on Windows began to appear immediately, but the full use of high-definition began only with Windows 10.

But buy Apple technique in London, where the European presentation was held, quite a cost history. Therefore, Toterpel to Hong Kong. There are excellent prices there, and still for iPhone / iPad / MacBook it is very profitable to ride exactly there (especially if someone is good paid for a ticket).

So, since June 2014 almost two years have passed. During this time, from the point of view of functionality and performance, the laptop is not obsolete. The only thing that caused a slight envy to the owners of newer versions is the increased time of autonomous work. It quite officially increased to 10 hours in web surfing mode, and according to real tests, the increase was even more sensitive - two hours. Not that I miss the energy reserves in my device, but, by experience, there is no battery too tank. The bigger, the better.

Well, in general, I decided to sell my MacBook and buy a new one. What exactly - for a long time doubted. There was a sight. It is painfully tempting to get a completely real laptop, which does not differ in the dimensions from the iPad (by the way, I will soon write about the new iPad Pr.which is in size as AIR 2, but Pro). And in the States in the BEST BUY network there was a wonderful sale - dropped out 300 dollars, and MacBook in the desired configuration I needed only 1000 dollars without taxes.

But once again he touched in his hands, knocked on the keys and finally understood - not mine. Too compromise. Neither connectors or familiar keyboard. Well, that is, of course, you can use. Not even without pleasure. But for my mode, the work MacBook Pro is much better suited. So in the end I bought exactly the same configuration (8/256), only Early 2015.

Honestly, nothing but an increase in battery life, I did not wait. No, well, seriously. Core processor The i5 of the fifth generation (which Broadwell) from Haswell in terms of performance passed little. I had an idea to take a configuration with Core i7, but in the official online store Apple only sell standard configurations, and I decided not to get involved. The graphic core is a little better, but just a little. The speed of Wi-Fi is the same, yes there is nowhere to speed up. From the Force Touch technology, thanks to which one strong pressing on the touchpad is included, for example, a quick view, I did not expect any miracles. My time, of course, is insanely expensive, but so far I can afford to spend the extra share of a second on the click with two fingers.

In general, the purchase was a planned and even some kind of boring. Courier arrives, wave a card ...

However, Apple did not fail! At first she cheered me. When it all ended, I suddenly found that the new MacBook works simply radically faster than the old one. That is, the old one flew. And this ... I do not even know what word to pick up. Includes the second cosmic, probably. Larkor opens simply: in the new generation MacBook PRO stand new SSD. Old reading speed was "total" 700 MB / s, and these 1.2 GB / s. The speed of the recording also grown to a third - from the same 700 megabytes to a gigabyte. All in the complex changes the user's user experience. Application start speed is comparable to iPad Air. 2 / Pro - just click on the icon and everything will immediately open. Even such a rather big program, as Photoshop from scratch starts in a couple of seconds.

And it turns out a cool thing: powerful laptopwho lives as much as iPad, and works as fast as iPad. But at the same time not at all the iPad in terms of performance and opportunities. Pleasantly? Yes, not the word.

Another offtopic is not directly related to the new MacBook, but turned out to be important for me personally. From the very beginning I use on OS X office microsoft PackageThe benefit of the license to Office 365 does not limit in the choice of platform. Free Apple package is also not bad, especially when we are talking About creating simple texts Or not too trimmed presentations. But when you want to do right here, you need to include Office, without options. Well, again, problems with compatibility: they have become an order of magnitude less, but they are.

Recently, Office on OS X was very different from the fellow on Windows. And, shame to say, even Retina did not support. But now it has been radically updated, pumped functionality, made more like a fellow with Windows. And now use - one pleasure. It turned out great Office with a human face.

I can't afford to be monogamous in technical question. Therefore, I use the MacBook Pro every other day, and the second machine I have - HP Spectre X360 on Windows 8.1. By the gland, they, by the way, full twins with the current MacBook Pro, only SSD is not so smart. And the time of work is not 10 hours, but 6-7.

In general, it should be noted that the iron really good is the day of day, and when it comes to choice, just eyes scatter. So let's drink for the fact that our income is good as fast.

And I am very pleased with the new MacBook Pro. On all the money.

Today we have an overview of the 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina of the beginning of 2015.

The laptop in this configuration is equipped with an Intel Core I5 \u200b\u200bprocessor with a clock frequency of 2.9 GHz, an SSD-storage device for 512 GB, 8 GB of RAM. New MacBook It has a 13-inch RETINA display with a resolution of 2560 × 1600 points.

Main Fishka professional laptop Apple is a Trekpad, which understands the press strength, this technology called Force Touch.
Now, with a strong click on the trackpad in Safari, the preview of the page opens, it is only one example of several, Force Touch works with almost all standard applications on Mac OS X.

13-inch MacBook Pro Retina is equipped with two uSB connectors, Two Thunderbolt ports, one HDMI output and a memory card slot.

The built-in graphics also improved compared to the last model, the new Mac received the Intel Iris Graphics 6100 video card, there were no problems with graphics during the use of a laptop noted.

Since MacBook has an SSD drive, the speed of the computer has increased, so, for example, a computer from zero starts in 10 seconds, Photoshop opens in about 3 seconds, the Final Cut Pro X video editor in 5 seconds.

Many are interested in the question of autonomy, but as you know, Apple's laptops never suffered a low battery life, so MacBook 13 "starts 2015 is capable of working to 12 hours, which is a unique result.

In conclusion, I want to say that MacBook was created clean for work, and not for games, so if you are gamer, then you should not even look towards poppy when choosing a computer. He will easily pull out of difficult games, for example, online games, but complex modern projects will be cruel and happened, on Mac OS few games.

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Today we have an overview of the 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina of the beginning of 2015. The laptop in this configuration is equipped with an Intel Core I5 \u200b\u200bprocessor with a clock frequency of 2.9 GHz, an SSD-storage device for 512 GB, 8 GB of RAM. The new MacBook has a 13-inch RETINA display with a resolution of 2560x1600 points. Apple's main chief of the professional laptop is a Trekpad, which understands the pressing force, this technology is called Force Touch. Now, with a strong click on the trackpad in Safari, the preview of the page opens, this is just one example of several, Force Touch works with almost all standard applications on Mac OS X. The 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina is equipped with two USB connectors, two Thunderbolt ...

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