MacBook Pro
As previously announced by Apple this summer, the company is embarking on a major transition within its Mac product lineup. After almost a decade and a half of relying on Intel’s x86 processors to serve at the heart of every Mac, the company is going to be shifting to relying on its own, in-house designed Arm processors to power their now un-PC computers. At the time Apple set the start of the transition at the end of this year, and right on cue, today Apple announced the first three Apple Silicon-powered Macs: the Late 2020 editions of the MacBook Air, the 13-Inch MacBook Pro, and the Mac Mini. Three of the lower-end devices within the Mac family, Apple is starting small for their Arm transition...
SSD and USB 3.0 Performance of the Retina Display MacBook Pro
Two major upgrades offered to all of Apple's new MacBook lineup are updated SSDs and native USB 3.0 support. The same updated SSD is present across all of Apple's...
33 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/11/2012
How the Retina Display MacBook Pro Handles Scaling
Earlier this morning Apple introduced its next-generation MacBook Pro equipped with a Retina Display. The 15.4-inch panel features a native resolution of 2880 x 1800, or exactly four times...
74 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/11/2012
Firmware Updates Bring Lion Internet Recovery to 2010 Macs
Apple has released a range of firmware updates that enable the Lion Internet Recovery OS restore feature across most of its 2010-vintage Macs, enabling easy reinstallation of the operating...
8 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/8/2012
Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro (Late 2011) Review
The early 2011 MacBook Pro is honestly Apple's best effort to date. Only using quad-core CPUs on the 15 and 17-inch models, and offering an optional Thunderbolt Display that...
106 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/17/2011
MacBook Pro CPU, GPU, Hard Drive Specs Bumped
Apple has very quietly bumped the specs on its Sandy Bridge MacBook Pro lineup ahead of the holiday shopping season - all models see small clock speed bumps (0.1...
62 by Andrew Cunningham on 10/24/2011
MacBook Pro EFI Update Reportedly Resolves SATA 3 Issues
Apple released an EFI update for the 2011 MacBook Pros yesterday that reportedly resolves performance and compatibility issues with SATA 3.0 SSDs, some of which Anand noted in our...
11 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/15/2011
The MacBook Pro Review (13 & 15-inch): 2011 Brings Sandy Bridge
Last year at the iPad introduction Steve Jobs announced that Apple is a mobile device company. Just last week Steve returned to introduce the iPad 2 and point out...
198 by Anand Lal Shimpi, Brian Klug & Vivek Gowri on 3/10/2011
Apple MacBook Pro 13: Can a Mac Be a Decent Windows Laptop?
Apple fans, please forgive me, and feel free to skip this post. I have been testing out a MacBook Pro 13 running Windows 7 and have put it through...
118 by Vivek Gowri on 10/14/2010
Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro (Early 2010) Reviewed: Shaking the CPU/GPU Balance
Earlier this year Apple updated its entire MacBook Pro lineup. The update wasn't cosmetic, the 2nd generation unibody design carried over from 2009. Instead the 15-inch and 17-inch notebooks...
93 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/9/2010
gfxCardStatus 1.6 enables 2010 MacBook Pro GPU Switching
If you recall from our 15-inch Core i5 MacBook Pro review, one of our only criticisms was the inability for users to manually change between lower-power integrated Intel HD...
15 by Brian Klug on 5/8/2010
Apple's 15-inch 2010 MacBook Pro: More Battery Life Tests, High Res Display Evaluated
Apple is in a position that’s enviable by any consumer facing company. It drums up genuine excitement for nearly every product it launches. Apple has somehow found a way...
69 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/24/2010
Apple's 15-inch Core i5 MacBook Pro: The One to Get?
If you've followed our Mac coverage over the past year you know I've been telling everyone to wait until Apple brought Arrandale into its MacBook Pro lineup. The time...
114 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/14/2010
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