
Those have lower hardware specifications in the base configuration, but the primary difference in the entry-level MacBook Pro is the absence of Touch Bar. I previewed the entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro recently. It is the lower-end of two 13-inch Touch Bar versions, with RAM upgraded to 16GB. The unit I have for this review is the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. The SSDs are hugely faster, and there are updated processors.

The Touch Bar models have a 60 x 2170 pixel OLED touch display with Touch ID sensor integrated into the power button. The new display is brighter and has a wider colour gamut. It’s thinner, less voluminous, and lighter, to begin with. The good thing, though, is that there’s also a lot of things new on the new MacBook Pro.

This year, they removed the headphone jack on the new iPhones. The MacBook Pro of 2016 was unveiled with a bunch of stuff missing.

In 1998, for example, they dropped floppy disks in their then new iMac G3. They put CDROMs on the death row starting from the MacBook Air in 2008. At the same time, some of us might be apprehensive about Apple’s eagerness to throw out old things. New things the new MacBook Pro definitely has plenty of. The last time any spec was refreshed at all was in early 2015, which is longer than what you might even expect from other manufacturers. There are high expectations of this new MacBook Pro, and we’re keen to see what it has brought to the table. After waiting four long years, Apple has finally unveiled a brand new MacBook Pro design.
