KUALA LUMPUR: Apple has introduced the thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro ever, along with a breakthrough interface that replaces the traditional row of function keys with a brilliant, Retina-quality Multi-Touch display called the Touch Bar.
The launch, incidentally, auspiciously coincided with the 25th anniversary of Apple’s first notebook.
The new MacBook Pro features Apple’s brightest and most colourful Retina display yet, the security and convenience of Touch ID, a more responsive keyboard, a larger Force Touch trackpad and an audio system with double the dynamic range.
It’s also the most powerful MacBook Pro ever, featuring sixth-generation quad-core and dual-core processors, up to 2.3 times the graphics performance over the previous generation, super-fast SSDs and up to four Thunderbolt 3 ports.
The Touch Bar places controls right at the user’s fingertips and adapts when using the system or apps like Mail, Finder, Calendar, Numbers, GarageBand, Final Cut Pro X and many more, including third-party apps. For example, the Touch Bar can show Tabs and Favourites in Safari, enable easy access to emoji in Messages, provide a simple way to edit images or scroll through videos in Photos and so much more.
At just 14.9mm, the 13-inch MacBook Pro is 17 per cent thinner and has 23 per cent less volume than the previous generation, and nearly 226gm lighter, at just 1.37kg.
The new 15-inch MacBook Pro, meanwhile, at just 15.5mm, is 14 per cent thinner and has 20 per cent less volume than before, and, weighing just 1.83kg, is nearly 226gm lighter than its predecessor.
The new MacBook Pro models are not yet available in Malaysia, but in Singapore, they are priced from S$2,188 (RM6,585) for the 13-inch model, S$2,588 for the 13-inch model with the Touch Bar and Touch ID, and S$3,388 for the 15-inch model with Touch Bar and Touch ID.