


The black chiclet keys look great, but it feels like it's been designed without ergonomics in mind. But the keyboard isn't our favourite and if you look in the Apple forums, you'll find it divides loyal Apple fans too. We love the trackpad, which has an excellent gesture system to make up for the lack of touchscreen. The trackpad and keyboard are identical to its predecessor in terms of form and function.
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However, we found it portable and the thicker chassis has more ports than thinner, lighter devices.Īpple has packed in 2 x USB 3 connections, 2 x Thunderbolt 2.0, a SDXC card slot and HDMI output. Weighing in at 1.57kg, the 13in Pro is heavier than Ultrabooks, which tip the scales at over 1kg. It's got the distinctive Aluminium unibody, which makes this one of the best looking laptops available. Little has changed when it comes to the design of the MacBook range and the 13in is no different. Icons appear tiny - but the software is still usable. Programs such as Adobe Photoshop do suffer a little as they don't yet scale up and take advantage of these extra pixels.

With support for two external displays via the Thunderbolt 2.0 ports, the MacBook can be used as a desktop replacement in office environments too. Text is sharp, colours vibrant and with a maximum brightness of 374cd/m2, the display is ideal for viewing documents, photos and multimedia content. The 13in panel has a resolution of 2560 x 1600, putting the pixel count at over 4 million. This is one of the high-end configurations and retails at 1,499. Our review sample packed an Intel Core i5 2.6GHz processor, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD. The late-2013 MacBook ships with the gorgeous Retina Display, Intel's latest Haswell processor and Iris Graphics. Apple's refreshed 13in MacBook Pro targets mobile workers who need all-day battery life to be accompanied by power.
