Existing MacBook Pro owners will be only too aware of a couple of frustrations: the front ridge is somewhat "sharp" and is uncomfortable to the wrists unless they're covered and the USB (and other) ports are so closely positioned that any snazzy, bulked-out USB key won't sit alongside and play nice with any others. Our complaints list is small, but it's still not a flawless machine, even this many iterations into the series. Perhaps it was too busy getting excited about its Retina display model.
That doesn't detract from the latest model's elegance or how easy it is to use, but it does bring into question why Apple hasn't gone the extra mile for this release. The giveaway signs are a slight shift in some of the keyboard graphics and the new ports and connection types to the machine's side. Sit it next to a machine three years older and you won't immediately notice the difference between the two. From the box it's delivered in to the product itself, the aluminium-shelled MacBook Pro looks, without a doubt, very sleek and stylish indeed.īut the design isn't as groundbreaking as it once was. Is it the professional's choice of wundermachine, or has the now-classic design got a little long in the tooth? Designĭesign is at the heart of Apple products. We've had the 15-inch, quad-core Intel i7 2.6GHz model in the office for a while now. Although its design is just like those from several years before it, it's what's under this latest Pro's skin and the addition of USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt connections that sets it apart. While that did happen in the form of the Retina display, the standard MacBook Pro range wasn't axed.Įnter the MacBook Pro mid-2012 model.
#2012 MACBOOK PRO THUNDERBOLT PORT RESOLUTION UPDATE#
(Pocket-lint) - When Apple announced the update to its MacBook Pro line in June 2012, we had anticipated a slimmer, new design and high-resolution screen.
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