Tencent digital hearing (Eskimo) this week, Apple has finally released the long-awaited outside the new MacBook Pro. Although the series has been upgraded over the years, the basic exterior design has not changed for more than four years. In these days, the notebook market has undergone earth-shaking changes. By today's standards, the MacBook Pro is already quite heavy, and the performance speed is not particularly fast.
Of course, the main feature of the new MacBook Pro is Touch Bar, a multi-touch OLED display that is intended to replace the top function key on the keyboard. It is not only customizable but also changed according to the software currently in use.
In a way, the MacBook Pro is more competitive than in the past few years. But in the eyes of others, Apple's notebook series still lags behind competitors.
About configuration
Apple claims that the new MacBook Pro is by far the most advanced notebook, but this statement is somewhat exaggerated.
The new MacBook Pro's body is indeed smaller than ever. The 13-inch model has a body thickness of only 1.49 centimeters and a weight of 1.37 kilograms; the 15-inch version has a body thickness and weight of 1.55 centimeters/1.83 kilograms. Due to the narrowing of the screen frame, the overall body of both models has been reduced.
However, Apple's competitors have already done this. Dell's XPS 13/15 series has long been reduced by the extremely narrow frame of the overall body, also introduced a more aggressive metal + carbon fiber design. The Surface Pro 4 is a more distinctive competitor, and Apple has not yet been able to compete with the model (unless it counts as iPad Pro, which cannot run the desktop operating system).
As for the processor, it is quite another matter. Apple did not use the latest seventh-generation Core processor in the UK. This is because Intel has not yet introduced a seventh-generation Core chip equipped with Iris Graphics, and Apple prefers this combination. As a result, the timing of the launch of the new MacBook Pro means that its processors will wait until next spring to be a little outdated, unless Apple releases a minor upgrade at that time.
However, not all we see are bad news. Apple chose AMD's latest Polaris graphics architecture in the 15-inch model - that is, the Radeon RX series that players are familiar with - which we are happy to see. However, considering that its target audience is a professional rather than a game player, its graphics performance may not be as high. But at the same time, the energy efficiency of this graphics card should keep power consumption and heat at a low level.
Then talk about the hard drive, which has always been one of the highlights of the Apple laptop. Apple claims that the new MacBook Pro offers up to 3.2GB/s hard drive performance. Although we almost never use such a high speed, but fast is fast, we can also foresee the MacBook Pro to defeat most of the competitors in this respect.
Touch Bar: Absolute Highlights
However, configuration parameters are not the focus of Apple's discussion. This honor belongs to the Touch Bar.
As the main feature of the new MacBook Pro, the Touch Bar has shown great potential. Take Apple's best iPhone, for example. The reason why it is so outstanding is because Apple controls all aspects of its design. The iPhone is the safest phone because Apple controls everything from login to encryption; the iPhone 7 Plus's dual rear-facing camera is also great because it works seamlessly with camera applications and users can learn without any new skills. Photographing; iPhone is also quite fast, because it has an Apple-designed processor that outperforms all competitors.
However, Apple does not have such a degree of control over the Mac, because many of its components are not Apple's own design. In addition, Mac has almost no function that competitors do not have.
But now, this has changed
The Touch Bar is a unique feature, and the closest possible one is the personalized buttons provided by Razer Blade. However, because the Razer screen does not control the software that the notebook runs like an apple, the capabilities of the related functions are quite limited.
The benefits of Touch Bar are obvious. When you open a piece of software, new options pop up quickly and seamlessly, and personalization is quite easy. From a brief experience, the Touch Bar is also very smooth.
In contrast, no matter how good a Windows laptop is, this cannot be done. Even if Dell or Hewlett-Packard manages to join similar hardware, they still need Microsoft to provide proper software support, or risk their own software development (which often becomes a disaster). The Dell XPS 13 may be thinner than the 13-inch MacBook Pro, but it will never have a Touch Bar.
Apple can not afford to bear
However, Mac did not get out of this situation.
The Touch Bar looks great, but currently only two laptops in one series enjoy this feature. To the disappointment of Mac fans, Apple spent a third of its time talking about Apple TV at the conference, but did not mention any information related to the new MacBook Air, MacBook, iMac, or Mac Pro. The latter two devices are now Has become the most neglected product of Apple.
Taking into account the price of the new MacBook broke the sky, Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book became a clear contrast. Compared with the MacBook Pro 13, the Surface Pro 4 is significantly cheaper, and the i5+8GB RAM+256GB hard drive is priced at US$1,300 (the domestic price is 8,988 yuan). Surface Book's comparison is a little more complicated, but the price is roughly the same. On the display side, Microsoft's advantage is even greater: the two Surface devices not only provide a full touch screen, but also have a higher pixel density.
To some extent, Touch Bar badly reflects one of Apple's most controversial decisions: refusing to provide touch screen support for macOS. The smooth experience of the Touch Bar will make people miss the touch screen even more. In use, you are most likely to direct your hand to the screen after controlling the Touch Bar, but are disappointed to find that this screen does not support touch. Unfortunately, the MacBook Pro's display is still an insurmountable obstacle between the user and the macOS.
Source: DigitalTrends
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