The port is also able to power peripherals such as external hard drives without the aid of an additional electricity source, since it can carry up to 10 watts of juice.

Occupying the same physical connection as the DisplayPort (which now has a lightning bolt icon next to it), ThunderBolt offers a theoretical throughput speed of 10 Gbps. New to the 13-inch MacBook Pro is Intel's Thunderbolt technology, formerly known as Light Peak. Even so, highs and vocals were clear and we found fidelity to be quite good. Viewing angles are also average, with image quality dropping off as we tilted the display off-center forward or moved side to side.Īudio through the MacBook's stereo speakers was definitely loud when playing 'Living In America' by Dom using Slacker, but bass was certainly lacking. Unfortunately, the screen's glossy surface is prone to reflections, so viewing video in darker environments is advised. While watching Hulu episodes of Fringe and 30 Rock, colors were pleasantly saturated with rich, deep blacks. We wish, though, that it had the same 1440 x 900-pixel resolution as the 13-inch MacBook Air. With four digits we pushed all windows out of the way for a clear view of the desktop, and with three fingers swiped our way from app to app.Ĭlick to enlargeThis MacBook Pro's 13.3-inch display serves up a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, and it gets very bright. We easily used two fingers to scroll up and down through webpages and zoom in and out of photos and documents. The full gamut of familiar multitouch gestures are here as well. We never missed the lack of a discrete mouse button, or even two. Frankly, it's the gold standard it let us glide our fingers across it with minimal friction and intuitively press down to make selections. Like MacBook Pros before it, the current version has a vast 4.1 x 3-inch touchpad that doubles as one massive button.

Equipped with an ambient light sensor, the keyboard is backlit as well, one of the advantages the 13-inch MacBook Pro has over the 13-inch Air.

They also make little sound when hit, yet provide a satisfying click. The laptop's big square keys have a soft finish and are arranged in an island-style setup, offering plenty of spacing. The bottom back end of the 13-inch MacBook Pro did get toasty, logging a temperature of 109 degrees we consider anything over 100 degrees cause for concern.įolks familiar with the MacBook Pro know that its keyboard is one of the best around. After playing a Hulu video at full screen for 15 minutes, we measured a temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit at the center of the keyboard, while the notebook's underside returned the same reading. Despite its metallic construction, the MacBook Pro mainly kept its cool on our heat tests.

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