That’s not something many computer companies can build, either, and as you can imagine, Apple’s attention to excellence is evident in this 15 inch MacBook Pro as much as it has been with prior models. Need a desktop every where you go? No worries, because that’s what the 15 inch MacBook Pro is more or less designed to cater for, providing a big screen and big set of specs in a machine that barely hits two kilograms. The model in this review is the highest model out of the two available before configuration, and is equipped with a 2.5GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and both Intel Iris Pro and AMD Radeon R9 M370X auto-switching graphics.īig laptops aren’t as popular as they once were, but Apple’s MacBook Pro still manages to draw attention due to the level of quality the company throws in.
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Viewing the graphics, you’ll find a 15.4 inch In-Plane Switching (IPS) screen, offering Apple’s “Retina” concept in spades with a display resolution of 2880×1800 native, which in turn provides a pixel clarity of roughly 220 pixels per inch, not far from what is offered in the 13 inch MacBook Pro (227 ppi).Ī few ports are also offered on this machine, and you’ll find two Thunderbolt 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, a single SDXC slot, one 3.5mm headphone jack, and a lone HDMI port, which appears to be consistent with the previous MacBook Pro 15 inch.Ĭonnections are also consistent, offering both Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11ac WiFi, with the latter of these backwards compatible with existing wireless 802.11a/b/g/n standards, while multimedia is also catered through Apple’s typical assortment of microphones (two of them on this body, found on the left side of the machine) and a FaceTime HD 720p camera above the display.Ī full-size backlit keyboard is also here, as is Apple’s new style of trackpad, the “Force Trackpad” reliant on vibrations that trick your fingers and brain into thinking a button is there.Īpple’s MacBook Pro 15 inch with Retina comes with Mac OS X 10.10 “Yosemite” out of the box. That option is only available in one of the models, the high-end model, with the base model not upgradeable to this option. Video options are indeed options in this laptop, providing either Intel’s Iris Pro graphics standard - built-in graphics for those playing at home - or a choice of AMD’s Radeon R8 M370X with 2GB graphics. This is paired with 16GB RAM which is the maximum, with either a 256GB or 512GB solid-state drive - no hard drives are found here - with this solid-state drive also configurable to a whopping 1TB, twice that of the 512GB drive.
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Be aware, however, that this is pretty much professional territory, with a sense of professional pride extending to what Apple throws into this machine, making it gutsy and high-end simply because of what the company is using.Īs such, you’ll find Intel’s quad-core processors here, with Core i7 chips from the fifth-generation, also known as “Broadwell”, offered in either 2.2 or 2.5GHz versions stock, though configurable up to a 2.8GHz version.