Macbook retina display review upgrade#
Likewise there is no way to get into the laptop to change the battery and you can't upgrade the memory either. It's clad in aluminium, has a backlit island keyboard, and large glass trackpad. It's also not too far off from the size specs of the MacBook Air either 1.35kg and 17mm x 325mm x 227mm.Īside from the obvious size and weight differences, the MacBook Pro keeps the same design ethos we've seen before. Compare that to the non-Retina version which comes in at 2.06kg and 24mm x 325mm x 227mm. In real terms you'll get a 1.62kg laptop that measures 19mm x 314mm x 219mm. It's smaller, thinner and lighter now, although it's still slightly thicker and heavier than the MacBook Air. The removal of the DVD drive, as you can imagine, has had a huge impact on the size of the computer. Yep that's right Apple is almost completely disc-less now and while you can still get an optional DVD drive to plug in, Apple thinks - and we agree - it's time to ditch physical media. The first thing you'll notice is that the MacBook Pro 13-inch with Retina display has ditched the optical drive. It looks like a MacBook Pro as you would expect, but it has been shrunk, gone on a diet, and lost a couple of things along the way. Now, five months on, the second laptop with a Retina display is available, but does the success continue? Design There is no doubting that within a couple of years the screen technology seen here will be the de facto screen technology on the entire MacBook range." Apple uses this to show what it can achieve, and what is in store for the future. "The MacBook Pro with Retina display is comparable to Apple’s MacBook Air from 2008. "Once again, Apple has developed a machine that's both beautifully designed, technologically advanced and expensive enough to be considered only by those who have to have the best of the best.
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