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34 GPSolo 84 (2017)
Macbook Pro

handle is hein.journals/gpsolo34 and id is 338 raw text is: PRODUCT REVIEW MACBOOK PRO By Jeffrey Allen A t long last Apple recently came up with a substan- tially improved MacBook Pro. I have been waiting for some time to upgrade my aging laptops owing to the fact that I prefer using Apple's laptops, and Apple waited far too long, in my opinion, to upgrade its laptop line. To be fair, Apple did update its line several times, making relatively minor hardware improvements and, in the not too distant past, released the MacBook. Although the MacBook looks slick and travels well, it lacks the power I want in a laptop. I think of it more as an Internet appliance than a work machine. That said, if all you want is a lightweight travel computer to deal with web browsing, e-mail, a bit of word processing, and maybe some entertain- ment, the MacBook might well prove the best choice for you. It certainly costs less than the MacBook Pro. Note also that a recent update to the line provided a boost to its power. If, on the other hand, you consider yourself a power user, or need a faster, more powerful machine for the work you do, you will probably find the Mac- Book a bit underpowered and want to look at a more substantial machine, such as the MacBook Pro. The MacBook Pro comes in two sizes, 13 and 15. Other than the dis- play sizes, the footprint, and the weight, the machines have very comparable specifications. Similarities include: *Color: Your choice of silver or space gray. * Display: Very bright (500 nits) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; actual measurements: 13.3 and 15.4 (diagonal). * Processor: Your choice of dual- core Intel Core 15 or Core 17. * Storage: 256 GB, 512 GB, or 1 TB SSD (the 15 also has the option of a 2 TB SSD). ® Memory: The 13 comes with 8 GB but you can upgrade to 16 GB; the 15 comes with 16 GB. * Hardware interface: Both come with a full-size backlit keyboard, Force Touch trackpad, and a Touch Bar with integrated Touch ID sensor. Note there is also a 13 model available without the Touch Bar and Touch ID sensor. * Connectivity: Both sizes with the Touch Bar and Touch ID sensor come with four Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports, two on each side. (The 13 without the Touch Bar only has two USB-C ports.) * Wireless: Both come with 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 4.2 technology. * Camera: Each has a 720p Face- Time HD camera. * Power: Although the 15 has a larger lithium-polymer battery (76 watt-hour on the 15 model vs. 49.2 watt-hour on the 13 model with Touch Bar and Touch ID), Apple claims substantially identical usable time per charge for the two laptops-up to ten hours for wireless web or iTunes movie playback. Both use USB-C - adapters (the 15 comes with an 87W adapter and the 13 with a 61W adapter). * Operating system: Both use the current Mac OS (currently Sierra). ® Accessibility: Both offer the same accessibility features: VoiceOver, zoom, increase contrast, reduce motion, Sin and dictation, switch control, closed caption, and text to speech. * Included apps: Both have the same built-in apps: App Store, Calendar, Contacts, FaceTime, GarageBand, iBooks, iMovie, iTunes, Keynote, Mail, Maps, Messages, Notes, Numbers, Pages, Photo Booth, Photos, Preview, Reminders, Sa- fari, Siri, and Time Machine. Differences (other than those noted above) include: ® Weight: 3.02 pounds vs. 4.02 pounds. ® Dimensions: 11.97 x 8.36 x 0.59 vs. 13.75 x 9.48 x 0.61. * Graphics: The 13 comes with Intel Iris Graphics 640. The 15 comes with a Radeon Pro 555 with 2 GB of memory (upgradable to 4 GB) and Intel Graphics 630. * Price: Final price depends on the configuration. Base price for the GPSOLO I July/August 2017 Published in GPSOLO, Volume 34, Number 4, July/August 2017 © 2017 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association. 84

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