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The Good The inventive Touch Bar streamlines work and saves clicks, and Apple has improved almost every part of the thinner, lighter MacBook Pro, including a larger touchpad, faster components and a flatter keyboard. IPhone's Touch ID is handy on the Mac, too.

The Bad You're paying a hefty premium for the Touch Bar, which supports only a limited handful of Apple apps for now. Best computer mouse for graphic design. The USB-C-only ports mean carrying a bag full of dongles. The lack of high-end graphics or huge RAM options in the 13-inch model may frustrate photo and video professionals.

The Bottom Line Apple's smart, useful Touch Bar makes it well worth splurging on the step-up version of the streamlined 13-inch MacBook Pro. Editors' note, June 8, 2017: At this year's, Apple gave its laptop line a modest makeover with some updated components -- faster, more powerful Intel processors across the board, and more robust graphics chips for the MacBook Pros. Otherwise, aside from a RAM bump here and a slight price drop there, the 2017 Apple laptops ( and ) are very similar to their 2016 predecessors, with the same enclosures, ports, trackpads and screens (see a of changes and additions). Note that the has been discontinued, though the of that vintage remains available for those who want full-size USB ports. The Apple MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (13-inch, 2016) review, published in November 2016, follows. 's taking big swings with the new. Some land square, some miss their mark.

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Notably, the slider option you get for screen brightness and volume in the Touch Bar no macOS did not make the transition to Windows 10 on the MacBook. Keeping on those updates Apple has been good. By adding the Touch Bar to the latest MacBook Pro, Apple has added a way for Mac users to access all manner of tools without having to click a mouse or trackpad.Everything sits at the top of the keyboard, mere inches from where your fingers already rest. Yes, Windows on Mac is possible. Windows even runs better on Mac! See why with a 14 day free trial of Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac.

Altogether, this is a beautiful, powerful machine that almost everyone will want, but consider the trade-offs carefully. This MacBook Pro is thinner and lighter than its predecessor, with a flattened keyboard and expanded touchpad. It has a newer selection of Intel processors, faster flash storage and a brighter Retina screen. The new MacBook Pro has also dropped all its legacy ports for Thunderbolt 3-powered USB-C -- a controversial move that requires you to buy a truckload of dongles, but also a move that many high-end Windows laptops are following. Apple even threw in the pleasing and very useful TouchID fingerprint sensor, imported almost whole-hog from the. But you know all that already.