Macbook Pro touche Bar Review

Pros

  • Outstanding design and build
  • Lots of Thunderbolt ports
  • High-quality screen
  • Great performance

Cons

  • Please, sir, can I have some adapters?
  • Inconsistent battery life with some workloads

Key Features

  • 2.9-3.1GHz dual-core Intel Core i5-6267U (Configurable up to 3.3-3.6GHz Core i7)
  • 8GB 2,133MHz LPDDR3 memory
  • Intel Iris Graphics 550
  • 2,560x1,440-pixel Retina display
  • 4x Thunderbolt 3/USB Type-C combination ports, 3.5mm headset jack
  • 256GB PCIe SSD (512GB and 1TB available)
  • 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2
  • 15mm thick
  • Weight: 1.37kg
  • Manufacturer: Apple
  • Review Price: £1,749.00

What is the MacBook Pro 13-inch with Touch Bar?

The 2016 MacBook Pro lineup represents Apple’s biggest laptop shake-up in years, taking what was already a a premium brand and pushing it up a notch.
The end result is probably the best laptop you can buy today, but also one of the most expensive. As I established in my review of the cheaper, base model MacBook Pro, the high price meant that its compromises in performance and connectivity proved disappointing. The model on review makes neither – for a price, of course. But here that price is worth it.

Long-term review update: Battery life problems and Touch Bar revisited

It's often worth revisiting products that have undergone significant changes since they were originally reviewed. Long-term reviews written by people who use the machine every single day can reveal shortcomings that weren't initially visible in a first-round review.
Max Parker, TrustedReviews' Mobiles Editor, has been using it since the beginning of December 2016. Parker uses his machine in a different way to me (and also owns a 2013 MacBook Pro), and had some interesting thoughts on both the Touch Bar and battery life. Read his take below, before reading my original review from December 2016.
Over to you, Max.
"Michael Passingham's original review gushed about Apple’s latest MacBook Pro, but having used it as my primary laptop for a few months now, I have some long-term thoughts that are slightly to the contrary. Don’t get me wrong, it remains a superb machine, but two things stand out for not being quite as good as expected.
The Touch Bar was the headline addition, and Michael (and I) felt that it would get better with time. Give developers a chance to update their apps and it would be a superior feature than going all in with a touchscreen. Sadly, I have yet to be fully impressed by a Touch Bar app, and I rarely find myself using it.
Much of this is a result of the rules that Apple has in place. Take Spotify, for example; ideally I’d like to keep my music controls visible on the Touch Bar at all times, no matter the app I’m in, but this isn’t possible. Instead, Spotify simply displays a few controls when I’m in the app, the same controls that are visible on the actual display. It feels a bit forced, and a little pointless.

Read more at http://www.trustedreviews.com/macbook-pro-13-inch-2016-touch-bar-review#hUYwbPR4F4XArQOu.99

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