#2013 MACBOOK SCREWDRIVER PRO#
It does what it sets out to do and feels like a pro bit of kit.Drive or remove screws easily and efficiently with the right screwdriver. We found that our test MacBook Pro was nippy, handled graphics applications like video and picture editing well and did every job that we threw at it. Instead we use products like real people, just as we did here. It's also incredibly handy if you are working a lot with streaming content as the transfer speeds are faster.Īs you know we don't benchmark here at Pocket-lint, there is no point boring you with performance percentages that are a fraction faster than last year's model - you'll never run both side-by-side in the real world anyway. It also means that you can be further away from the base station, handy if you like working on the sofa and your router isn't in your lounge. The latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi brings faster speeds and ranges than the 802.11n Wi-Fi found in the 2012 MacBook Pro. Wi-Fi has also been boosted in the 2013 version. We don't have any Thunderbolt 2 devices so will just have to take Apple's word on that for now, but it does mean you would be ready to output to a 4K display in the future. Pop all that in and you're looking at £2,239.īeyond those core specs Thunderbolt 2 has now been included, which is said to bring a solid speed increase to accessories - 20GB/sec of bandwidth is what Apple claims, compared to the 10GB/sec found on the 2012 edition. If you are happy to configure it further and have it delivered rather than just walking out of the shop there is an even beefier version which comes with a dual-core Intel Core i7 processor up to 2.8 GHz with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.3 GHz, up to 16GB of memory and flash storage up to 1TB. If you'll be chopping up masses of big files then that extra flash space might be more useful than you'd think, but it doesn't come in cheap. It's this top-spec model that we've been testing out for this review, as that's what Apple sent on over for the loan. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display is available with a 2.4 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 2.9 GHz, 4GB of memory, 128GB of flash storage for £1100.įor an extra £150 there's a with an 8GB of memory and 256GB of flash storage option or, top of the off-the-shelf pile, is the £1,500 2.6Ghz model with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of flash storage. Intel's processor better graphics via Intel Iris and, the crux of it all, better battery life than ever before.Ĭombined with Mavericks it means we've been getting a good day's worth of battery from a single charge and while the system doesn't last as long as the MacBook Air - something probably to do with the increased screen resolution the Pro has to power - it's nonetheless still very good. Welcome Intel Haswell, which drives forth not significantly better performance, per se, but better power performance. The main shift in the 2013 MacBook Pro is the interior architecture.
#2013 MACBOOK SCREWDRIVER 1080P#
There's enough resolution, for example, for video editing at native 1080p while leaving enough additional space around the preview for your editing tools. But it isn’t really just about making your fonts look prettier, this is a laptop designed for photographers and videographers looking to work in the field and wanting the resolution to make work both easier and more accurate. Most major apps have upgraded, while the Mavericks operating system looks great.Įven up close you will struggle to spot the gradients in fonts thanks to that crisp resolution.
#2013 MACBOOK SCREWDRIVER SOFTWARE#
A year in with the Retina display and the 2013 MacBook Pro doesn't have the issues with apps and jaggy views in some software that was an issue before. There is one difference to before, though, and that's time.
In its MacBook Pro form it's lovely to enjoy. The screen is almost like an enlarged 13-inch equivalent of the Retina-flavoured iPad devices, such as the 9.7-inch iPad Air.
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