We still appreciate the keyboard illumination with multiple brightness settings and automatic adjustment to the ambient light. Apple unfortunately sticks with the decision to waive a dedicated numpad, even though there would have been enough space. The manufacturer uses its own Butterfly keys with very precise (and loud) key strokes, but the typing experience is just not comfortable for every user. Apple uses keys with a very shallow travel to realize the slim base unit. There have been a lot of discussions about the keyboard on the current MacBook Pro lineup. We purchased our test model directly from Apple it is not a press sample from the manufacturer. Even mobile workstations with better components and service options are usually less expensive.

If you select all the possible upgrades, you will have to pay 7959 Euros. Apple charges a hefty premium for options, especially the memory and storage. This will buy you a Core i7-8850H, 16 GB RAM, the Radeon Pro 560X, and 512 GB SSD storage. We review the more expensive SKU of the two pre-configured models for 3299 Euros. The TrueTone feature of the display is also new and familiar from other Apple products. The clocks are a bit higher and the smaller Radeon Pro 555X is now equipped with twice the VRAM (4 GB). The two AMD Radeon Pro GPUs are based on their predecessors Radeon Pro 555 and Radeon Pro 560, respectively. The PCIe-SSD has a maximum capacity of up to 4 TB, but there is not much to tell about the GPUs. The step from LPDDR3 towards DDR4-RAM (2400 MHz) is another important step and the MacBook Pro now finally supports up to 32 GB memory. However, the big question is whether the cooling solution of the MacBook Pro 15 can handle the new CPUs. Besides two Core i7 CPU, you can also select a Core i9 processor for the first time. The highlight is obviously the new processor with 6 cores, so the performance should be much significantly better in multi-core applications. Apple did not just update the smaller MacBook ( here in review ), but the 15-inch sibling received new components as well.

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