New 15 inch MBP retina Reviews

Not long ago, Apple released a new generation of retina-screen MacBook Pro notebooks, with screen sizes ranging from 13-inch and 15-inch two specs. Recently, the latter for the foreign media Evaluation article has been released. We have also finally had the opportunity to conduct a thorough, thorough understanding of it.

Design workmanship, hardware specifications

In terms of appearance, the new 15 inch Retina screen MacBook Pro has no difference from the previous generation. It still uses an all-aluminum shell, which continues Apple's superior product design aesthetics and, as always, a reliable manufacturing process. Not only that, according to Foreign Science and technology website TechCrunch contributor Darel Etherington (Darrell Etherington), compared with his 2012 MacBook Pro, the new generation of screen border seems to be more solid, the protection of large-size panels better.

In terms of stature, the new 15-inch Retina screen MacBook Pro has a volume of 35.9x24.7x1.8 cm and weighs 2.02 kilograms. Obviously, this is not lightweight compared to the MacBook Air and some hyper-polar books. Mark Spoonauer, editor-in-chief of notebook website Laptopmag, also said that the product may not be suitable for flying flyers who travel frequently, and that it will be a favorite for geeks who are looking for powerful performance and a certain portability.

For data ports and connections, the new 15-inch Retina screen MacBook Pro is not only comprehensive, but also advanced. It has two USB 3.0 ports, two Thunderbolt 2 ports, full-size HDMI terminal, SD Reader card slot, headphone jack, Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11AC Gigabit Wireless network connection. As the foreign Technology website Theverge Editor David Piers (David Pierce) said, in the increasingly rare disc media today, even if not equipped with a CD-ROM, the new 15-inch Retina screen MacBook Pro can be considered omnipotent. Furthermore, the data throughput rate of the Thunderbolt 2 interface is four times times that of USB 3.0, which is sufficient to cope with the upgrading of peripheral specifications over a period of time. But Sprnell on the SD card slot: The new product, like the previous generation, has a tail that stays outside when the card is inserted.

Hardware specifications are the highlight of this update. The new 15-inch retina-screen MacBook Pro features a 2.3GHz Core i7 Haswell four-core processor and the corresponding Iris Pro 5200 HD graphics, with 8GB or 16GB memory, 256GB or 512GB solid-state drives. If you are willing to face higher prices, you can also opt for the Nvidia GeForce GT 750M discrete graphics card. This year, Apple has upgraded the processor specifications of its Mac products to the full benefit of the MacBook Notebook: With performance gains, the intel® Haswell processor also significantly reduces power consumption, as well as the accompanying Iris Pro HD graphics. Etherington believes that in the short term this can improve the user experience to extend the battery life, in the long run the key components of the heat reduction can also prolong the product lifespan.

Display, speaker

Although it is an upgrade, the new 15-inch MacBook Pro is equipped with a Retina screen that is virtually identical to the previous generation. Even so, in the eyes of foreign technology media, the screen is still the highlight of the product. Its 15.4-inch screen has a maximum resolution of 2880x1800, a resolution of 220PPI, and a horizontal viewing angle of 178 °. In the staples of Neil's article, the measured brightness of this screen 324 lux, far higher than the same product mean Value 202 lux. But Sprnell also admits that even if such a screen is hard to see in the case of direct outdoor sunlight.

By default, the 15-inch Retina screen displays the same content as the MacBook Air at the resolution 1440x900. This means that the original image corresponding to the 1 pixel point is now rendered by 4 pixels, which increases the picture fineness by four times times with the same screen image and text size. In the past few years, more and more websites and applications have begun to support this unique display mode. Sprnell and Etherington have pointed out that although Asus, Dell and other manufacturers are also rolling out the resolution of close to even higher notebook products, software support and lack of system optimization of the shortcomings of the Apple advantage remains quite obvious.

As in the previous generation, the new 15-inch Retina screen MacBook Pro sets the speaker grid on both sides of the keyboard, making it sound "loud and detailed," but Sprnell feels "not sinking enough".

Keyboard, Touchpad, camera

MacBook's keyboard and trackpad have always been Apple's pride, and the new 15-inch Retina screen MacBook Pro is not disappointing. Its keyboard feel crisp, key sensitive, moderate key. Many evaluation authors have said that it is a pleasure to use it for text input. The CNET technology editor, Dan Akman Dan Ackerman, appreciates the touch panel of its glass, which is the industry benchmark for the comfort and gesture handling sensitivity it brings.

The new 15-inch Retina screen MacBook Pro has a FaceTime camera directly above the screen to capture 720p of half-HD video signals. Sprnell admits, through its video chat, the other side to see the image color is warm, the details are not strong, but fortunately the picture is not distorted.

Performance, battery life

With the new 15 "Retina screen MacBook Pro high-end configuration corresponds to its powerful performance. In the Geekbench run sub-test, its score is 13503 points, compared with the previous generation 11969 points up nearly 13%, but also the MacBook Air performance of 6057 more than twice times. According to Mr Ackermann, on models equipped with the GeForce GT 750M discrete graphics card, "Biochemistry: Infinity" (Bioshock:infinite) and "Metro: The Last Light" (metro:last light) such as the popular game masterpiece can also run, earlier " Diablo 3 (Diablo 3) with the best quality setting in the 1968x1230 resolution, can run out of the smooth performance of 44fps. Pierce is also impressed by the 2-second sleep recovery time of the notebook and the cold start time of 12 seconds.

However, in terms of calorific value, Sprnell for the new 15-inch Retina screen MacBook Pro performance is not completely satisfied. He reflects that the temperature in the central part of the keyboard will rise to 42 ℃ after a 15-minute Game of Warcraft. In general, when the fuselage temperature is above 35 ℃, the user will feel the overheating is uncomfortable. Also good for fan noise control, Iris Pro HD graphics has played its part. Etherington says the new MacBook Pro is quieter than the previous generation, whether it's opening Photoshop cc retouching photos or editing videos with final Cut Pro x.

Finally, the battery life of the new 15-inch Retina screen MacBook Pro has been significantly improved with the performance of the intel® Haswell processor and Iris Pro HD graphics, as well as with the help of the OS X 10.9 System app nap power saving feature. Apple officials say that compared to the previous generation, the range of new products has been extended from 7 hours to 8 hours, and the measured data of the authors are even better than this value. In Pierce's verge Battery test battery life test, the new 15-inch Retina screen MacBook Pro scored 9 hours and 35 minutes, which was to turn the screen brightness to 65%, looping through a series of high-resolution images and browsing the results under a series of websites. In Etherington's power-saving mode test, the new 15-inch retina-screen MacBook Pro, which turns off Bluetooth and keyboard backlighting, with the lowest screen brightness and Wi-Fi turned on, has lasted more than 10 hours.

Software, selling price

The new 15-inch Retina screen MacBook Pro runs the latest OS X 10.9 Mavericks operating system. The latter not only has the app's NAP power-saving features mentioned earlier, but also new features like IBooks, Apple Maps, file markers, finder tabs, and more. Not only the new 15-inch Retina screen MacBook Pro also comes with a free pre-installed ilife and iworks application kit.

The price of the new 15-inch retina-screen MacBook Pro has dropped $200 (about 1216.8 yuan) from the previous generation, with a minimum price of $1999.99 (about 12168 yuan), which is very different from Apple's previous price strategy. Etherington believes that Apple's commitment to further market share is amply demonstrated by its increased hardware specifications while reducing the price of its products, and by changing the cost of the Iworks suite to free.