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That means 4K, HDR video won't just play better and for longer, it'll have less minimal impact on any other apps and processes you want to run on your MacBook Pro at the same time.

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Handling that compression in hardware also means software doesn't have to do it, which significantly decreases the load on the processor. The successor to the ubiquitous H.264, HEVC compression makes even 4K, 10-bit HDR video faster to stream and download. On the efficiency side, Kaby Lake includes hardware acceleration for H.265, more commonly referred to these days as HEVC (high-efficiency video coding). With Kaby Lake, though, the MacBook Pro is getting a decent increase in both base and turbo frequencies. I say that because, increasingly over the years, generational advances in chipsets have been less about power and more about power efficiency.

Flash forward to today, though, and Kaby Lake is not only a reality for MacBook Pro, it's better than I expected. That was thanks to Intel, who hadn't yet shipped quad-core versions of Kaby Lake, or Iris Pro versions, which is what Apple uses in the MacBook Pro.

The new MacBook Pro originally came with Intel's previous-generation Skylake architecture. The only thing still missing a 'MacBook Pro Pro' at the very top - analogous to the just-previewed iMac Pro - that would sacrifice some of that portability and efficiency for gobsmacking amounts of power and memory, for the 1% who still want that the most.

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It makes for a wide range of options that should suit everyone from those looking for a 'Retina MacBook Air' to those who want maximum Mac performance in as portable a laptop as possible. Jump up to 15-inches and quad core Kaby Lake, and you're starting at 2,399.00, with BTO options, including discreet graphics, that can take you all the way to 4,199.00. A maxed out 13-inch MacBook Pro will run you $2,899.00. If you want a faster i7 processor, 16 GB of RAM, more SSD storage, 4x USB-C / Thunderbolt 3, and Touch Bar with Touch ID, the price goes up. If price is your most important feature, that gets you into the MacBook Pro for less than last year.

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This year, the 13-inch sans Touch Bar has been made even more affordable.ДЇor $1299 you now get a 13-inch DCI-P3 Retina display, 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Kaby Lake Core i5 processor that Turbo Boosts up to 3.6GHz, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640, 8GB 2133MHz LPDDR3 memory, a 128GB SSD, and 2x USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 ports.

The 2017 MacBook Pro comes in three models: 13-inch, 13-inch with Touch Bar and Touch ID, and 15-inch with Touch Bar and Touch ID. And even more so than you might initially expect. I suspect, for the vast majority of people, they will. For others, like me, they'll be terrific and once again deliver on the future, right now, today.Д®ither way, unless you loved the new MacBook Pro at first sight, I strongly encourage you to try before you buy, and when you buy, push them as hard as you need to, as fast as you can, so you can see if they meet your real-world needs. What this means to you will depend entirely on your personal preferences and professional requirements. They've got Touch Bar and Touch ID but not a touch screen, and there's no option for anything but Apple's incredibly flat, incredibly divisive new keyboard.

(eGPU, coming soon, might fix that - but at an additional cost.) They've got a 16 GB memory limit that, while mitigated by compression and SSD speed, may not prove enough for the most demanding professionals. But they've got graphics that, while they can run dual 5K displays at the high end, can't run VR or the highest end games.