This is my review for the new Apple MacBook Pro (13 inch plus touchbar). Overall I really really love it. However there are a few things that in my opinion suck (that shouldn’t) which is a shame. Conversely there are a lot of things that are really great, so let’s start there:<\/p>\n
1) The Touchbar is just beautiful to look at; it really is. And it’s also surprisingly usable in many ways – I really love it, and it’s certainly not a gimmick, it’s definitely an innovation.<\/p>\n
2) The touchpad, it’s super big, or bigger than it ever was which I really love.<\/p>\n
3) The touchbar previews the next slides in the touchbar, which is pretty awesomes!<\/p>\n
4) The screen is simply beautiful.<\/p>\n
5) TouchId enablement to unlock the laptop is cool, as is ApplePay through the browser!<\/p>\n
6) The speed – wow, it’s super fast, even with the low specs I’ve gone for, it’s still super-performing miles better than my 5 year old MacBook Pro with all the upgrades.<\/p>\n
7) The keyboard ride, noise, and feel. Initially I didn’t like, but since using it lot’s I think it’s miles better than any Mac before it, so it’s definitely a thing I love now!<\/p>\n
8) MacOS enhancements and iCloud awesomeness; the iCloud Drive integration is brilliant, as are many many features of the latest MacOS – I love it.<\/p>\n
1) The ports, yes, with only USB-C ports, it’s super annoying that I have no HDMI output or USB output or SD-Card reader…. To counter that, the dongle attachments are quite good, but this sucks somewhat still.<\/p>\n
2) Clicking on the touchpad (especially click and dragging) doesn’t work properly any more (or certainly not as expected) – this may be a learning thing, or settings, but it sucks at the moment.<\/p>\n
3) The screen bevel feels too big at the top, making me dislike the look initially, however it’s really grown on me \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
3) Apple TouchID stops working sometimes, I’m not sure if it’s a problem with my setup? And so far my Apple Pay transactions have all failed being flagged as fraudulent, I’m hopeful this will be resolved by being back in the UK.<\/p>\n
Overall verdict; my overall thoughts are that is the best laptop I have had, even though there are some features that are missing, that quite frankly should not be missing!<\/p>\n