MacBook Pro
From £1,299
In November 2019, Apple replaced the 15in model with a MacBook Pro 16-inch. The larger screen machine comes with a Magic Keyboard with a redesigned scissor mechanism, and a six-speaker sound system. The notebook also brings back a physical Escape key, while retaining the Touch Bar.
In terms of internals, the new MacBook Pro can be configured with a six- or eightcore ninth-generation Intel processor and 64GB of memory. There are 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB or 8TB storage options. There’s a new thermal design, that Apple says results in a 28% increase in airflow. The 16in model comes with the new AMD Radeon Pro 5000M series GPU, which contributes to boosting graphics performance by 2.1 times. Powering all this is a larger 100Whr battery, the largest in a notebook, offering up to 11 hours of browsing and video playback time.
The rest of the MacBook Pro line-up remains unchanged from last year. Midrange and high-end 13in models come with quad-core, eighth-gen Intel Core i5 processors, with quad-core, eighth-gen Core i7s available as build-to-order options. As well as Bluetooth 5.0 and 802.11ac Wi-Fi, all MacBook Pro models come with Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) for connectivity – 13in MacBook Pros get two ports, both of which are on the left-hand side of the device; the MacBook Pro 16-inch gets four Thunderbolt 3 ports (two on each side) for even more flexibility.
While the MacBook Pro 13-inch starts at £1,299, the highest-end MacBook Pro 16-inch with 8TB SSD storage, 8GB AMD Radeon Pro, 64GB of memory and a 2.4GHz i9 processor will set you back £5,769.