- #APPLE MACBOOK PRO 13 INCH WITH TOUCH BAR BEST MAC FOR PHOTO EDITING UPDATE#
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- #APPLE MACBOOK PRO 13 INCH WITH TOUCH BAR BEST MAC FOR PHOTO EDITING PRO#
#APPLE MACBOOK PRO 13 INCH WITH TOUCH BAR BEST MAC FOR PHOTO EDITING PRO#
If you do music production in Logic, photography in Lightroom, or YouTube videos in Final Cut, the 13-inch MacBook Pro won’t get in your way too much, as long as you aren’t pushing the machine with high resolutions or codecs. The MacBook Pro 13-inch will squeak by for a hobbyist, though. The $1,799 sits in between the two in terms of price, but not in terms of performance. The problem is that laptop starts at $2,499, more than double the price of the entry-level MacBook Pro. The 16-inch MacBook Pro can do this in about half the time, thanks to more processor cores and a discrete graphics card. To export a 4K 2-minute clip to ProRes 422 took a painfully long 16 minutes. That doesn’t mean the MacBook Pro is a content-creation machine. Again, this is with the $1,799 model, featuring the 10th-gen Core i5, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. This is the best video-encoding score I’ve yet seen from a 13-inch laptop, though not by a lot. I encoded a 4K video in Handbrake to H.265 in just over 3 minutes, which is 10 seconds faster than the Dell XPS 13. The MacBook Pro 13-inch’s performance squeaks by for a hobbyist.īut in real-life applications, the MacBook Pro 13 punches back. It uses thermal tricks to push the processor more than others, and despite it having a lower-wattage chip, it beats the MacBook Pro 13 in most benchmarks. The MacBook Pro 13 beats most other 13-inch laptops in Cinebench R20 and Geekbench 5 - especially laptops that don’t push the CPU hard, like the Spectre x360 or the Razer Blade Stealth. Those 10 extra watts do add some performance, but as I learned, it’s a modest uptick. It’s similar to the Intel Core i5-1035G7, a 15-watt processor that shows up in many 13-inch laptops including the Dell XPS 13, HP Spectre x360, and the Microsoft Surface Laptop 3. My review unit had Intel’s Core i5-1038NG7, a 25-watt processor with four cores and eight threads. It’s possible, as the Intel 10th-gen Core chips in more expensive configurations are specific to the MacBook Pro. One thing could change my sour impression of the MacBook Pro 13’s hardware options. That’s already the standard for many laptops, and I’m happy to see Apple follow suit. The base model now comes with a 256GB SSD rather than 128GB, and the $1,799 model has 512GB. There’s one glimmer of light in the new configurations. It also charges more for faster memory, perhaps in attempts to sweeten the deal on high-end models. Spec for spec, Apple is upcharging you $200 for the modest jump from 8th-gen to 10th-gen Intel processors. Strangely, it’s the 8th-gen that costs $100 more when similarly configured. Good luck choosing between the 8th-gen Core i7 and the 10th-gen Core i5. That makes configuring a MacBook Pro a complete mess. It instead releases old designs with new processors, like the iPhone SE.
#APPLE MACBOOK PRO 13 INCH WITH TOUCH BAR BEST MAC FOR PHOTO EDITING UPDATE#
The company tends to update its Macs at a slower rate than other companies, but when a new model comes out, it often has the latest silicon.Īnd I can’t imagine Apple releasing a new flagship iPhone or iPad that uses last year’s processor. This isn’t Apple’s standard practice either. You can get the latest 10th-gen processors in the Dell XPS 13, Surface Laptop 3, or HP Spectre x360, in configurations starting at $1,200 or less. This isn’t what other laptops manufacturers do. Aside from the keyboard, this “new” MacBook Pro is identical to the one it was selling a year ago.
That’s until you realize Apple is selling old hardware in a new laptop.
The base model starts at $1,299, which sounds like a fair price. The way Apple prices the MacBook Pro reflects that aspiring hobbyist nature of this laptop.
It’s a demographic that includes some of Apple’s biggest fans, and the MacBook Pro 13 shows why. The number of people who actually need professional-level performance is relatively small, while hobbyist graphic designers, YouTubers, music producers, and photographers are a dime a dozen. It’s not a true “pro” laptop - that’s the MacBook Pro 16. The MacBook Pro 13 plays a crucial role in Apple’s lineup.
#APPLE MACBOOK PRO 13 INCH WITH TOUCH BAR BEST MAC FOR PHOTO EDITING FULL#
Fitbit Versa 3Įditor’s note: Read our full review of the newer M1 MacBook Pro 13-inch.
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