![]() ![]() And those are just built-in Mac apps developers can build this feature into third-party apps as well.īefore I get into the utility of all this, though, allow me to take a step back and explain how this thing works. ![]() You can also use it in Finder to preview files. Speaking of Mail, you can Force Click on an address and see it in a pop-up map. ![]() But there are other use cases: You can use the "Force Click" in Safari to get Wikipedia previews and word definitions. I already gave the example of pressing down on the skip keys in QuickTime to rewind or fast-forward at 60x speed. Except for the fact that the Force Touch pad can do things the Mac regular trackpad can't. So what's the problem? If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? Right. For starters: What a risky thing for Apple to do, replacing the touchpad that's already the best in its class. With that, I am done talking about the MacBook Pro's hardware.Įxcept for the new trackpad, of course. Oh, and the aluminum lid and chassis are still scratch-prone. Nope, no USB Type-C ports like on the new MacBook - at least not this time around. Big whoop.Īround the edges, you get the same selection of ports: two USB 3.0 connections, a full-sized HDMI socket, two Thunderbolt 2 ports, an SD card slot and a headphone jack. As before, the machine measures a slim 0.71 inch thick, though Apple is listing the weight as slightly heavier this time around: 3.48 pounds, as opposed to 3.46. The new MBP, like so many before it, is constructed from a seamless block of machined aluminum, with springy, well-spaced keys and a crisp 2,560 x 1,600 display, framed by a thin, barely there bezel. It won't however, impress you running next to a Core i7 MacBook Pro.Īpples to Oranges? We are comparing an iOS mobile device with 4G of RAM running iOS apps to an OS X device with 8G to 16G of RAM running OS X apps.If you already own a recent MacBook Pro, or have even futzed around an Apple Store, then you know what to expect here. However, if CPU crunching is your need, it could be a substitute for the 12" MacBook. If graphic speed is your passion, at least if our limited testing with and OpenGL benchmark, it could be argued that the iPad Pro matches or exceeds the performance of any Apple laptop. Shockingly, the iPad Pro's framerate for the Manhattan OpenGL animation is faster than the fastest 15" MacBook Pro with M370X GPU! And the framerate for the T-Rex OpenGL animation is almost as fast. (The top 2.8GHz MacBook Pro 15" Quad-Core i7 2.8GHz was not included but, in case you are curious, it's Geekbench Multi-Core score was 15165.) The Multi-Core Score is essentially the same as the top 12" MacBook with 1.3GHz Core M but slower than the MacBook Air and 13" MacBook Pro. The Geekbench 3 Single-Core Score for the iPad Pro beats the fastest 12" MacBook Retina but scores behind the two MacBook Pros - which is as it should be. IPhone 6s Plus = iPhone 6s Plus with A9 chip ( HIGHER number means FASTER.)ġ5" MacBook Pro = Mid 2015 Macbook Pro 15" with 2.8GHz Core i7 and AMD Radeon R9 M370Xġ3" MacBook Pro = Early 2015 Macbook Pro 13" with 3.1GHz Core i7 and Intel HD Graphics 6100ġ3" MacBook Air = Early 2015 Macbook Pro 13" with 2.2 GHz Core i7 and Intel HD Graphics 6000ġ2" MacBook = Early 2015 MacBook Retina 12" with 1.2GHz or 1.3GHz Core M and Intel HD Graphics 5300 We ran the Manhattan and T-Rex animations off screen at 1080p in all cases. ![]() GFXBench 3 measures the OpenGL performance of both iOS and OS X devices. ![]()
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