

For example, opening an image editor will bring up image-editing shortcuts, that you otherwise would’ve had click on the screen with the mouse.

The ‘Touch Bar’, as it is called, aims to show contextual controls for the app that’s in the foreground. There’s also an entry-level SKU that has typical function keys, along with some difference in specs, which we’ll get to in a bit. For starters, the high-end SKUs of the 2016 MacBook Pro 13-inch and 15-inch models have a multi-touch display in place of the function keys. Width-wise, they’re more or less the same.īut open them up and the changes are more visible. If you compare other dimensions, the newer models also have a smaller footprint than the generation prior, due to a decrease in the height. The 15-inch version is also thin at 15.5mm, and weighs 1.83kg.įrom a design standpoint, the 2016 MacBook Pro models may not appear very different from the outside, with the exception of the new ‘Space Grey’ finish along with the typical Silver colour we’re used to seeing on the various MacBook variants. It also weighs the same as the Air, at 1.37kg. The new MacBook Pro 13-inch model is 14.9mm thick, making it a little thinner than the current MacBook Air, the ultraportable in Apple’s lineup, which measures 17mm at its thickest point. The MacBook Pro 2016 is, as is the tradition with Apple products, thinner and lighter than its predecessor. These computers launched in 2012 were thinner and lighter than the original aluminium unibody MacBook Pros from 2008. To jog your memory, the last major exterior change the MacBook Pro received was during June 2012, with the introduction of the 15-inch version Retina-display (a smaller 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro was released later that year).

After taking a look at some of the popular models throughout the years, the event focused on the new, redesigned MacBook Pro.
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Apple’s ‘Hello Again’ event was a trip down memory lane for the company’s portable Mac computers, as the category completed 25 years of existence this October.
