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Mostly, though, it just took time. After two days with the Force Touch pad, I was more or less used to it. Heck, if I weren't switching back and forth between the new Pro and my own MacBook Air, I might have adjusted even sooner. But back to my original question: Was this all worth it? Do the benefits of a pressure-sensitive touchpad outweigh the inconvenience of taking away the one people are used to? I'm not convinced they do. In Safari, at least, the novelty wore off quickly, particularly since it often took me several tries to get it right.
Sure, it's cool to be able to Force Click on a word and be able to see a dictionary definition or a Wikipedia preview, but because I never fully got the hang of the gesture, it was far easier to just open a new browser tab and do a quick Google search. In that respect, the Force Touch pad didn't change my habits.
Same with Finder: When you Force Click on a thumbnail to preview it, the actual "preview" is still small, unless you give it a second, harder press at which point it stretches to a fuller size. I'd still prefer to use a keyboard shortcut: hitting the space bar to open a much larger preview. I did enjoy the super-fast fast-forwarding, though. For me, at least, that might be the best and most practical reason to have a pressure-sensitive trackpad.
Even so, the Force Touch feels like just another nice-to-have feature; I don't mind that it's there, and I ultimately got used to it, but it's also not something I particularly needed. It's certainly not essential on the level of the Retina display, which basically spoiled the lower-res MacBook Air screen for me and many other users. The refreshed MacBook Pro arrives not long after Intel started shipping its fifth-generation Core processors, code-named "Broadwell.
Also not surprising: The performance boost is in many ways a fairly modest one. When Intel first announced these chips, it said we should only expect a 4 percent gain in productivity-oriented tasks. So it makes sense, then, that the MacBook Pro's results in general-performance benchmarks are only marginally better than they were a year and a half ago. Armed with a 2. That said, Broadwell promises some bigger gains in graphics -- after all, a whole two-thirds of the die area is dedicated to graphics.
In particular, according to Intel, Broadwell machines should deliver a 22 percent improvement in 3D graphics benchmarks, and up to 50 percent faster video-conversion time. And the new MacBook Pro actually does most Broadwell machines one better: As before, it uses the chip maker's high-end "Iris" solution, instead of the usual Intel HD graphics.
Aside from one dropped frame -- brought on by trying to add a transition -- video playback was smooth. In fact, I was usually able to add effects in real time without causing any hiccups or slowdowns. In gaming, meanwhile, I saw a slight bump in Batman: Arkham City the same game I used to test the late model , with frame rates rising from 32 fps to Not really surprising, that: The Pro was never intended as a gaming machine, per se.
Even more than the new processor, though, the biggest improvement might be disk speeds. Specifically, the company says its new disks can reach peak read speeds of 1. Indeed, in the Blackmagic disk test I got average read speeds of 1. That's still higher than just about any other inch laptop I've tested recently; I just couldn't reach those theoretical speeds of one and a half gigabytes per second. In real-world use, this translates to snappy performance, affecting everything from app load times to cold boot-ups I recorded 13 seconds to get to the login screen.
Apple says the new inch Retina display MacBook Pro is capable of up to 10 hours of web browsing, or up to 12 hours of iTunes video playback. Sure enough, I logged 11 hours and 23 minutes in Engadget's video looping test, using an episode of Breaking Bad I purchased through iTunes. That does indeed match Apple's own estimate, and I suspect I could have actually broken the hour mark had I not chosen such punishing battery settings.
And hey, even Still, I was surprised the battery didn't last even longer. First off, though the machine meets Apple's estimates, the Macs I've tested usually exceed expectations -- that's why the late model, which was rated for nine hours of runtime, actually clocked more than 11 hours.
That brings me to point number two: The battery life here more or less matches what I got a year and a half ago. To be fair, even Intel warned that battery life gains with Broadwell would be fairly modest over last year's processors, but still, I did expect more of an improvement.
For the record, at least, other reviewers have noted bigger gains; I'm just not sure why I wasn't able to replicate their test results. I'll continue running some tests and will update this review if anything changes. From there, you can upgrade to a slightly faster 2.
Want more storage? One thing you won't find on the inch Retina MBP: a discrete graphics option. Mac diehards who want a laptop with decent graphics really only have one option: the Retina display MacBook Pro. For those of you who are more OS agnostic, though, you have a few other good PC options. Most don't have quite the same graphics clout as the inch Retina MBP, but they do at least offer similarly sharp screens, premium build quality and long battery life. Starting with the Dell, it weighs 2.
All told, it earned a score of 90 in our review, thanks not just to the compact design and crisp screen, but also a comfortable keyboard, fast performance and surprisingly good audio. My only real pet peeve may have been the occasionally temperamental touchpad. As for the Spectre, it has a 2, x 1, screen option and a machined aluminum build that some might say was inspired by the MacBook itself.
I haven't published my review yet working on it! It's also lighter than the MacBook Pro, with the weight ranging from 3. Again, still polishing off my review, but I think it's safe to say this is a solid option if you're looking for a premium, high-performing inch machine.
It's also lighter with longer battery life. And it has the old touchpad too, if that's what you prefer, but again, you'd be giving up that sharp screen to get it. Decisions, decisions The refreshed Retina display MacBook Pro is mostly an incremental improvement over the previous model, with even faster disk speeds and stronger graphics, along with the same comfortable keyboard, slim design, long battery life and stunning screen.
The only area where the MBP represents a possible step backward is the touchpad. The input devices of the MacBook Pro 15 are similar to those of the inch model that we have already reviewed. Because of the wider chassis, there are wider stripes on both sides of the keyboard that accommodate the speakers.
It is unfortunate that Apple did not use the available space for larger input keys — in our opinion Enter, Backspace, and the arrow keys could be slightly larger. That aside, there is not much criticism and the keyboard is impressive with its well-defined stroke, generous travel as well as a background illumination that can be adjusted.
The TrackPad is still The pad now also includes the eponymous Force Click, a kind of two-stage triggering that provides practical features such as a quick search in the browser under OS X. Nothing has changed in terms of the excellent gliding capabilities and the very sensitive response during multi-touch gestures — Windows users can be envious of this touchpad. More information about the technology and additional features are available in our review of the MacBook Pro Usually this procedure is pretty fast and simple, thanks to the automatic hard drive partitioning and driver installation — unfortunately not in this case.
After an unusually long time, the installation of the Boot Camp support software stopped with an error resulting in a partially functional operating system. While we were able to install the drivers for WLAN, sound and the webcam later, we could not use the right-click functionality of the touchpad or the function keys of the keyboard brightness, keyboard illumination, sound. We can only hope that Apple will solve these software problems quickly — but potential buyers should note that every MacBook was primarily designed for OS X and that a smooth operation is only guaranteed with this operating system.
One interesting aspect is that the The picture appears to be very even with high brightness settings and we could not notice any problems such as screen bleeding or clouding. Another advantage: The MacBook Pro is one of the few available notebooks without any PWM flickering is created by periodical activation and deactivation of the LED illumination to influence the brightness via duty cycle.
At least the black value 0. They manage similar results, only the Asus GJW falls behind in a direct comparison. However, significantly higher contrasts would only be possible with other display technologies such as VA and higher or OLED almost infinite, thanks to perfect blacks , but they have other issues or the manufacturing would not be very economical. Traditionally, Apple puts a lot of emphasis on an accurate color reproduction and the new MacBook Pro 15 is no exception.
The deviations of the colors DeltaE 2. The color space coverage is slightly smaller compared to the last generation only Considering the size, weight and the glossy display surface, there are certainly better notebooks for outdoor use than Apple's inch notebook. However, thanks to the high luminance that is not reduced on battery power, the MacBook also masters this scenario and there will be no problems when you use it in the shade. Not all IPS displays are the same: The technology is often used as a synonym for wide viewing angles, but there can actually be pretty big differences between different manufacturers and models.
While the picture of the ZenBook Pro noticeably loses contrast and saturation when you look from an angle above or below, the picture of the MacBook does not change — these details are some of the reasons why Apple charges much higher prices than some other manufacturers. The Core iHQ 2. The new quad-core CPUs from the Broadwell generation are only available from the beginning of June, and are supposed to be much faster with comparable power consumption TDP of 47 watts thanks to the nm manufacturing process Haswell: nm.
However, it seems that Apple has skipped this generation completely and there will only be a complete refresh with Skylake at the earliest opportunity. This memory, which acts as a L4 cache and can also be used by the CPU cores, reduces the dependency from the memory bandwidth and therefore improves the performance.
The notebook switches to the more frugal graphics processor while idling, but unfortunately, this only works with OS X. The manufacturer is very proud of the fact that the transfer rates of the new drives are supposedly twice as fast as before — a promise that we will check later. According to the specifications, the Core iHQ reaches impressive maximum clocks of 3. And this is actually a problem: The CPU does at least start at 3.
As a result, the clock drops to around 2. This means that unfortunately, the iHQ is not any faster than the old iHQ ; the iHQ and the iHQ should be on par under sustained load as well, which means the performance differences between the different models will be limited to short peak load or poorly parallelized software. Single thread benchmarks are executed with around 3. Overall, we can say that the MacBook Pro can convince with a lot of performance reserves, but it cannot really take advantage of the CPUs that are very costly compared to the rivals.
The advertised doubling of the SSD performance is therefore true, although in practice, this will only be a benefit when you copy large files. Unlike the recently reviewed inch MacBook , the drive in our current review unit, SMG, is not from Apple, but provided by Samsung.
Unfortunately, the SSD does not support the modern NVMe standard, which includes a more efficient administration of parallel accesses, but only uses the conventional AHCI protocol to communicate with the system. However, we have to be fair and say that the predecessors from , and even were not much slower — all generations are basically on par in PCMark 7.
A switch to the current generation can still pay off thanks to longer battery runtimes and faster GPUs. This brings us to the next important aspect, the new Radeon R9 MX. The term "new" should however, be used very carefully, because the underlying Cape-Verde chip is actually more than three years old announcement: February on the desktop Radeon HD The powerful quad-core manages even 4K videos smoothly depending on the bitrate, but this solution is certainly not very efficient and can also result in a very audible fan noise.
Ordinary H. Unfortunately, the MX is not powerful enough for the native display resolution, so it is recommended that you reduce the resolution to x in combination with medium graphics settings. Unfortunately, the MacBook Pro is affected by a very annoying problem when you use Windows, which results in frame rate drops during prolonged gaming sessions: The Radeon GPU cannot maintain its core clock of MHz.
The clock often fluctuates between and MHz, but occasionally drops to MHz. Even though the two chassis fans already run at rpm while idling, our review unit is almost silent. Even moderate workloads like browsing the web, picture editing or light multitasking do not really increase the noise levels — a very remarkable performance for such a slim quad-core notebook, which is mainly a result of the defensive fan curve.
Apple cannot beat the physics under sustained CPU and GPU load, either: The fan speed and noise level will continuously rise up to rpm and 46 dB A , respectively, in 3DMark 06 or in our stress test. This might be quite loud on paper, but the low frequency and consistent murmur is subjectively much quieter than it really is.
The fan characteristics have not changed compared to the predecessor, so we took the following frequency response for different fan speeds from our previous review. Thanks to the slow but continuous spinning of the fans, the manufacturer does not have a problem with the temperature development in everyday use. The chassis never gets inconveniently warm or even hot, and it is no problem to use the device on your lap. Once we had noticed some occasional GPU throttling, it is hardly surprising that the losses in the stress test are even more dramatic.
As you would expect from a very expensive multimedia notebook, the MacBook is equipped with two decent stereo speakers that are more than sufficient for occasional video or music playback. The maximum volume and the bass are slightly above average, the speakers are very clear and there are no distortions at the highest volume.
Once again, there is no noticeable difference compared to the previous generation , so we show the frequency responses from the model. While the inch device is quite frugal with 6. This is also the reason for the previously mentioned differences in terms of system noise and temperature development.
The watt power adaptor is hardly adequate and limits the consumption to around 90 watts — which means that the MacBook cannot maintain the maximum clock for the CPU and the GPU simultaneously, even when the temperatures are very low. However, the temperature development will result in throttling after a couple of minutes anyway, so it would not make much sense to replace the PSU with a more powerful model.
Our measurement device only showed around 72 watts at the end of the stress test. The generously sized battery capacity of the predecessor has been further increased for the new model and is now specified with an enormous However, replacing the glued in batteries is a challenge even for professionals, which is unfortunately typical for Apple, so you will have to use the expensive repair service of the manufacturer if the battery is damaged.
We cannot confirm the advertised runtime of 9 hours, at least in our practical test. Because of the higher power consumption, the battery will only last for less than 5 hours when you use Windows 8. Depending on the load you can realize much longer idling OS X and minimum brightness: more than 17 hours or much shorter runtimes Unigine Heaven at the highest brightness: almost 2 hours. The inch version cannot keep up with the stamina of the smaller MacBook Pro 13 Retina — but the results are more than impressive compared to the Windows competition.
A full recharge of the battery takes about 2. We cannot understand the decision to launch a device with Haswell processors at this time. The new quad-core CPUs from the Broadwell generation are already being shipped and have higher power efficiency, which result in some significant advantages, especially in a thermally limited laptop like the MacBook. We would also like to see better support for Windows including graphics switching. Apple puts all of this in a flawless aluminum unibody chassis, which is still the quality benchmark even three years after its launch.
The familiar Retina display may have fallen behind the rivals in terms of the pixel density, but it can easily compensate this disadvantage with extremely wide viewing angles and a color reproduction that is suitable for professionals. All things considered, the Apple MacBook Pro Retina is probably still the best multimedia notebook on the market — but the competition is closing the gap pretty quickly.
If you are still undecided between the MacBook and the Windows alternatives like the Asus ZenBook Pro , the Acer Aspire V 15 Nitro or the Asus GJW , which have been available for quite a while now, you should probably wait a few weeks longer: Dell announced its new XPS 15 with a frameless Infinity display at Computex, which will probably be equipped with Broadwell processors or maybe even Skylake? The battle for the first spot in our Top 10 ranking remains exciting. Is this enough to compete with the improved rivals?
Apple Laptop Haswell. Available configurations excerpt :. Intel Core iHQ 4 x 2. Note: The manufacturer may use components from different suppliers including display panels, drives or memory sticks with similar specifications. Similarities and Differences compared to the Predecessor. Memory, processor and graphics card are soldered source: MBP 15 Late , ifixit. AdobeRGB coverage ColorChecker pre-calibration.
Saturation Sweeps pre-calibration.
Armed with a 2. That said, Broadwell promises some bigger gains in graphics -- after all, a whole two-thirds of the die area is dedicated to graphics. In particular, according to Intel, Broadwell machines should deliver a 22 percent improvement in 3D graphics benchmarks, and up to 50 percent faster video-conversion time. And the new MacBook Pro actually does most Broadwell machines one better: As before, it uses the chip maker's high-end "Iris" solution, instead of the usual Intel HD graphics. Aside from one dropped frame -- brought on by trying to add a transition -- video playback was smooth.
In fact, I was usually able to add effects in real time without causing any hiccups or slowdowns. In gaming, meanwhile, I saw a slight bump in Batman: Arkham City the same game I used to test the late model , with frame rates rising from 32 fps to Not really surprising, that: The Pro was never intended as a gaming machine, per se.
Even more than the new processor, though, the biggest improvement might be disk speeds. Specifically, the company says its new disks can reach peak read speeds of 1. Indeed, in the Blackmagic disk test I got average read speeds of 1. That's still higher than just about any other inch laptop I've tested recently; I just couldn't reach those theoretical speeds of one and a half gigabytes per second.
In real-world use, this translates to snappy performance, affecting everything from app load times to cold boot-ups I recorded 13 seconds to get to the login screen. Apple says the new inch Retina display MacBook Pro is capable of up to 10 hours of web browsing, or up to 12 hours of iTunes video playback. Sure enough, I logged 11 hours and 23 minutes in Engadget's video looping test, using an episode of Breaking Bad I purchased through iTunes.
That does indeed match Apple's own estimate, and I suspect I could have actually broken the hour mark had I not chosen such punishing battery settings. And hey, even Still, I was surprised the battery didn't last even longer. First off, though the machine meets Apple's estimates, the Macs I've tested usually exceed expectations -- that's why the late model, which was rated for nine hours of runtime, actually clocked more than 11 hours.
That brings me to point number two: The battery life here more or less matches what I got a year and a half ago. To be fair, even Intel warned that battery life gains with Broadwell would be fairly modest over last year's processors, but still, I did expect more of an improvement.
For the record, at least, other reviewers have noted bigger gains; I'm just not sure why I wasn't able to replicate their test results. I'll continue running some tests and will update this review if anything changes. From there, you can upgrade to a slightly faster 2. Want more storage? One thing you won't find on the inch Retina MBP: a discrete graphics option. Mac diehards who want a laptop with decent graphics really only have one option: the Retina display MacBook Pro.
For those of you who are more OS agnostic, though, you have a few other good PC options. Most don't have quite the same graphics clout as the inch Retina MBP, but they do at least offer similarly sharp screens, premium build quality and long battery life. Starting with the Dell, it weighs 2. All told, it earned a score of 90 in our review, thanks not just to the compact design and crisp screen, but also a comfortable keyboard, fast performance and surprisingly good audio.
My only real pet peeve may have been the occasionally temperamental touchpad. As for the Spectre, it has a 2, x 1, screen option and a machined aluminum build that some might say was inspired by the MacBook itself. I haven't published my review yet working on it! It's also lighter than the MacBook Pro, with the weight ranging from 3.
Again, still polishing off my review, but I think it's safe to say this is a solid option if you're looking for a premium, high-performing inch machine. It's also lighter with longer battery life. And it has the old touchpad too, if that's what you prefer, but again, you'd be giving up that sharp screen to get it.
Decisions, decisions The refreshed Retina display MacBook Pro is mostly an incremental improvement over the previous model, with even faster disk speeds and stronger graphics, along with the same comfortable keyboard, slim design, long battery life and stunning screen. The only area where the MBP represents a possible step backward is the touchpad. To Apple's credit, the pressure-sensitive Force Touch pad is interesting, and has the potential to become more useful as third-party developers start to incorporate the "Force Click" into their own apps.
In fact, I'm still curious to see what a potential Force Touch iPhone might look like; perhaps the tech would make more sense there, where having pressure sensitivity doesn't mean forfeiting a best-in-class trackpad.
Right now, though, Force Touch feels like a solution to a problem I'm not sure anyone had. At worst, it's a gimmick; at best, it's a nice-to-have feature. Either way, although the new touchpad doesn't feel quite the same as the ol' "diving board," you should at least get used to it quickly. In the end, too, despite its flaws the shallower touchpad, the continued lack of a discrete graphics option , the inch Retina display stands as one of the only laptops of this size that offers this level of portability, screen quality and graphics power, not to mention this nice a screen.
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This means that unfortunately, the iHQ is not any faster than the old iHQ ; the iHQ and the iHQ should be on par under sustained load as well, which means the performance differences between the different models will be limited to short peak load or poorly parallelized software. Single thread benchmarks are executed with around 3. Overall, we can say that the MacBook Pro can convince with a lot of performance reserves, but it cannot really take advantage of the CPUs that are very costly compared to the rivals.
The advertised doubling of the SSD performance is therefore true, although in practice, this will only be a benefit when you copy large files. Unlike the recently reviewed inch MacBook , the drive in our current review unit, SMG, is not from Apple, but provided by Samsung. Unfortunately, the SSD does not support the modern NVMe standard, which includes a more efficient administration of parallel accesses, but only uses the conventional AHCI protocol to communicate with the system.
However, we have to be fair and say that the predecessors from , and even were not much slower — all generations are basically on par in PCMark 7. A switch to the current generation can still pay off thanks to longer battery runtimes and faster GPUs. This brings us to the next important aspect, the new Radeon R9 MX. The term "new" should however, be used very carefully, because the underlying Cape-Verde chip is actually more than three years old announcement: February on the desktop Radeon HD The powerful quad-core manages even 4K videos smoothly depending on the bitrate, but this solution is certainly not very efficient and can also result in a very audible fan noise.
Ordinary H. Unfortunately, the MX is not powerful enough for the native display resolution, so it is recommended that you reduce the resolution to x in combination with medium graphics settings. Unfortunately, the MacBook Pro is affected by a very annoying problem when you use Windows, which results in frame rate drops during prolonged gaming sessions: The Radeon GPU cannot maintain its core clock of MHz.
The clock often fluctuates between and MHz, but occasionally drops to MHz. Even though the two chassis fans already run at rpm while idling, our review unit is almost silent. Even moderate workloads like browsing the web, picture editing or light multitasking do not really increase the noise levels — a very remarkable performance for such a slim quad-core notebook, which is mainly a result of the defensive fan curve.
Apple cannot beat the physics under sustained CPU and GPU load, either: The fan speed and noise level will continuously rise up to rpm and 46 dB A , respectively, in 3DMark 06 or in our stress test. This might be quite loud on paper, but the low frequency and consistent murmur is subjectively much quieter than it really is. The fan characteristics have not changed compared to the predecessor, so we took the following frequency response for different fan speeds from our previous review.
Thanks to the slow but continuous spinning of the fans, the manufacturer does not have a problem with the temperature development in everyday use. The chassis never gets inconveniently warm or even hot, and it is no problem to use the device on your lap. Once we had noticed some occasional GPU throttling, it is hardly surprising that the losses in the stress test are even more dramatic.
As you would expect from a very expensive multimedia notebook, the MacBook is equipped with two decent stereo speakers that are more than sufficient for occasional video or music playback. The maximum volume and the bass are slightly above average, the speakers are very clear and there are no distortions at the highest volume.
Once again, there is no noticeable difference compared to the previous generation , so we show the frequency responses from the model. While the inch device is quite frugal with 6. This is also the reason for the previously mentioned differences in terms of system noise and temperature development.
The watt power adaptor is hardly adequate and limits the consumption to around 90 watts — which means that the MacBook cannot maintain the maximum clock for the CPU and the GPU simultaneously, even when the temperatures are very low. However, the temperature development will result in throttling after a couple of minutes anyway, so it would not make much sense to replace the PSU with a more powerful model.
Our measurement device only showed around 72 watts at the end of the stress test. The generously sized battery capacity of the predecessor has been further increased for the new model and is now specified with an enormous However, replacing the glued in batteries is a challenge even for professionals, which is unfortunately typical for Apple, so you will have to use the expensive repair service of the manufacturer if the battery is damaged.
We cannot confirm the advertised runtime of 9 hours, at least in our practical test. Because of the higher power consumption, the battery will only last for less than 5 hours when you use Windows 8. Depending on the load you can realize much longer idling OS X and minimum brightness: more than 17 hours or much shorter runtimes Unigine Heaven at the highest brightness: almost 2 hours.
The inch version cannot keep up with the stamina of the smaller MacBook Pro 13 Retina — but the results are more than impressive compared to the Windows competition. A full recharge of the battery takes about 2. We cannot understand the decision to launch a device with Haswell processors at this time. The new quad-core CPUs from the Broadwell generation are already being shipped and have higher power efficiency, which result in some significant advantages, especially in a thermally limited laptop like the MacBook.
We would also like to see better support for Windows including graphics switching. Apple puts all of this in a flawless aluminum unibody chassis, which is still the quality benchmark even three years after its launch. The familiar Retina display may have fallen behind the rivals in terms of the pixel density, but it can easily compensate this disadvantage with extremely wide viewing angles and a color reproduction that is suitable for professionals.
All things considered, the Apple MacBook Pro Retina is probably still the best multimedia notebook on the market — but the competition is closing the gap pretty quickly. If you are still undecided between the MacBook and the Windows alternatives like the Asus ZenBook Pro , the Acer Aspire V 15 Nitro or the Asus GJW , which have been available for quite a while now, you should probably wait a few weeks longer: Dell announced its new XPS 15 with a frameless Infinity display at Computex, which will probably be equipped with Broadwell processors or maybe even Skylake?
The battle for the first spot in our Top 10 ranking remains exciting. Is this enough to compete with the improved rivals? Apple Laptop Haswell. Available configurations excerpt :. Intel Core iHQ 4 x 2. Note: The manufacturer may use components from different suppliers including display panels, drives or memory sticks with similar specifications. Similarities and Differences compared to the Predecessor.
Memory, processor and graphics card are soldered source: MBP 15 Late , ifixit. AdobeRGB coverage ColorChecker pre-calibration. Saturation Sweeps pre-calibration. Grayscale pre-calibration. ColorChecker calibrated. Saturation Sweeps calibrated. Grayscale calibrated. Outdoor use afternoon, shade. Start: 3. End: 2. Cinebench R Cinebench R10 Rendering Single 32Bit.
Storage Solution. AS SSD. Disk Speed Test. HD Tune. Transfer Rate Minimum: Transfer Rate Average: Access Time: 0. CPU Usage: 4. CrystalDiskMark 3. Access Time Read: 0. Access Time Write: 0. Score Read: Points. Score Write: Points. Score Total: Points. System Performance. PCMark 7 Score.
GPU Performance. Gaming Performance. GPU throttling in Evolve. System Noise. Noise characteristics MacBook Pro Retina black: idle, dark green: rpm, blue: rpm, red: rpm, purple: rpm, gray: rpm, brown: rpm, green: rpm.
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Display. Retina display; inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; by native resolution at pixels per inch. Display. Retina display: inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; by resolution at pixels per inch with. The MacBook Pro "Core i5" Inch (Early Retina Display) features a 14 nm "Broadwell" GHz Intel "Core i5" processor (U), with.