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Apple claims up to 10 hours of battery life from all of the different MacBook Pro 13- and 15-inch models in its regular wireless web browsing tests, but it’s worth noting that the new 87-Watt power adapter that connects over USB-C will charge the laptop much faster than its predecessor. Those USB-C ports are all multipurpose, too - you can use them all for charging, for data, or video, or any other transfer standard that USB-C supports, as long as you have the right cable or a dongle. It’s still an interesting move by Apple not to make the Pro laptop touch-enabled across its entire screen, but that’s a move that would require significant work on its macOS operating system as well as on the hardware level. It replaces the old row of 12 function keys on the previous MacBook Pro with a fully customisable, touch-sensitive OLED panel with TouchID. The Touch Bar is an interesting compromise between a touchscreen laptop display - as seen on Apple’s direct competitor from Microsoft, the Surface Book - and good ol’ fashioned keyboard buttons. 13-inch models get a Core i5 CPU and 256GB or 512GB SSD as default, while the 15-inchers have Core i7s you can spec any machine up to an i7 and larger SSD, though, although the best processors and 2TB SSDs are restricted to 15-inch only. That $2199 won’t get you the new MacBook Pro’s most talked-about feature, though the cheapest Touch Bar-enabled MBP is $2699 in Oz. You’re able to buy a MacBook Pro from a starting price of $2199 in Australia for an entry-level 13-inch model, which you can spec up to $2999 for the top 13-inch or as much as $4249 for the best possible 15-inch variant. It’s thinner and lighter than the now very outdated MacBook Air, aggressively abandons old connection standards in favour of USB Type-C across the board, and upgrades to a brighter and more colourful display and a much, much larger Force Touch trackpad.
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The late-2016-into-2017 Apple MacBook Pro is the first design refresh in four years for the most powerful portable notebook that Apple currently produces.