There are a few areas of the MacBook Pro’s design that remains timeless. Today, everyone has embraced the trend, leaving the MacBook Pro behind. In 2016, Dell’s XPS devices had only begun to insist on reducing bezels. Even the display bezels have grown outdated over the years. After years of use, I still find myself wanting my function key row back - or at least some added functionality. None of these choices have aged as well as Apple hoped, and even the company’s fans have come to terms with the Pro’s problems.Īll our original complaints remain concerns today. And most of all, we didn’t want to touch the Touch Bar. We questioned the decision to limit port selection to only USB-C. It’s even less impressive now.Īt launch, we bemoaned the low-travel keyboard that felt like typing on a block of wood. A few years separating new laptop designs isn’t a big deal, but the current MacBook Pro wasn’t that impressive at launch. We’re on year four of this design, which was first introduced in 2016. Has Apple fixed the MacBook Pro 15’s design flaws, or is it just a repeat of last year? Four generations and counting That’s eight cores and a boost clock of 5GHz the 15-inch MacBook Pro’s thin chassis. Now, Apple has pushed out its 2019 update, which includes an option for the even faster 9th-gen Intel Core i9. Upon release, it severely throttled the performance of that monster chip - to the point where it was no faster than the Core i7 version. That backfired in last year’s implementation of the Core i9.
Whether it’s bringing back the upgradeable cheese grater Mac Pro or the Intel Core i9 processor to the MacBook Pro, the company seems determined to right its wrongs. A troubling keyboard gets marginally betterĪpple wants to win back its pro audience and make one of the best laptops.