Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch

New Apple MacBook Pro 13 - Inches ( Retina Display ) ( $ 1,999 list ) provides insanely picky visual artist a new, more portable sidekick . The MacBook Pro has been redesigned with many of the features that made ​​the Apple MacBook Pro 15 - inch ( Retina Display ) so attractive graphic arts set . If you absolutely must have a display with a higher - than - HD resolution and you need to do show on the road , like the laptop . It is pricey to be sure , but it is the most portable machine for a project ( or egos ) need all the pixels on the screen and the loud parts to back them up . This is our new Editors Choice ' for the high - end ultraportable laptop .

Design
The MacBook Pro 13 - inch ( Retina Display ) maintaining the overall design of the Apple ID , with a black backlit chiclet keyboard and one - piece glass multitouch trackpad , matte - finish aluminum all around , and a 13.3 - inch widescreen glass - covered surrounded by a black bezel . The laptop is compact , measuring 0.75 by 12.35 by 8.62 inches ( HWD ) , which is thinner than the previous 13 - inch MacBook Pro . But it feel solid in your hand : With a weight of 3.57 pounds , it is a little heavier than some Ultrabooks we tested recently , but the MacBook Pro is not beholden to the ultrabook specs . The Apple MacBook Air 13 - inch ( Mid 2012) is more readily by slightly more than half a pound ( 2.96 pounds ) , so that's where you should go if you need portability over do the Retina Display .

Since using the new MacBook Pro flash storage instead of a spinning hard drive , the system boots up and launches apps faster. Storage also enables Flash Power nap MacBook Pro using Apple , updating social media , email , contacts , and location tracking over Wi - Fi even while the laptop is asleep . Wi - Fi speakers , the system supports dual - band ( 2.4GHz and 5GHz ) 802.1a/b/g/n Wi - Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 as other recent MacBooks . Our model came midpriced review with 256GB flash storage , which is very useful even for users who need to run Windows via Boot Camp or other virtual environments such as parallel Desktop . You can stop half of storage ( 128GB ) so I saved $ 300, or you can total up to 512GB ( for $ 500 ) or 768GB ( for $ 1000) . If you need still more beyond that , or do not want to shell out the bucks for more flash storage , two USB 3.0 ports and two Thunderbolt ports are available for connecting external drives .