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Review on (Renewed) Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch Core ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ i5 Retina 2.7GHz (MF840LL/A), 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD by Stanisaw Muter แ Œ

Revainrating 5 out of 5

It's the best purchase I ever made, I will definitely do it again.

I will write a few words about the shortcomings that other users wrote about. The current from the Mac never pulled me, neither when working from the network, nor when working from the battery, even took it with wet hands, it does not pull. Wi-Fi never falls off, after sleep it connects right there. The body is not scratched. Well, of course, if you donโ€™t scrape it with a nail. The aluminum body is very pleasant to the touch. About VGA, DVI, Ethernet ports and more. Have you seen the thickness of the Mac case? Ports are thicker! We order adapters on eBay for 200. with Thunderbolt and rejoice. About the price. Try to search the market for a laptop with exactly the same characteristics. There is nothing cheaper than a Mac. Yes, the price is high, but if you are looking towards the Mac, then Windows does not suit you with something? :) I don't want to say that Windows is a disgusting system, it's just that they have a completely different purpose. If you are a creator - vlogger, photographer, graphic designer, musician, then you will definitely love the Mac.

Pros
  • 1) Mac OS X. It is difficult to explain the emotions that a person gets from using this operating system. Just try to work on it and you will understand everything. In the first 3-4 days I had a shock after 6-7 years of using Windows. Now that I have to sit down at Windows, I donโ€™t understand how I could even work on this before! The system lacks any notifications, requirements to ate and so on. On the contrary, it contributes to faster and more productive work! After Windows, I'm still amazed at Mac's speed! After 10-12 seconds after turning on the Mac is already completely ready for work, it wakes up from sleep in 1-2 seconds! No brakes. 2) Retina screen. Became a decisive factor when buying a Mac. I am a photographer, I work a lot in graphic editors. A very good factory color setting, close to RGB, but what surprised me more, in the system settings, you can independently adjust the color profile or choose from existing ones! Where on Windows have you seen this? The resolution is gorgeous, you can retouch photos even without scaling, the brightness is more than sufficient, I donโ€™t understand those who complain about insufficient brightness in the reviews. 3) Aluminum housing, backlit keyboard, excellent speakers. Very pleased with all the performance of the Mac, nothing more, exactly what you need for work. 4) Battery. There is nothing special to describe here. 9-10 hours without recharging, you can work easily. 5) Excellent and large touchpad. Even more comfortable than a mouse. The mouse is only occasionally needed in Photoshop or iMovie. For everyday tasks, you can throw away the mouse. 6) And once again the speed. Mac OS X, flash memory and other characteristics provide very good performance. Heavy programs like Lightroom open in a couple of seconds, rendering HD videos, exporting RAW photos, heavy operations in Photoshop - everything happens very quickly.
Cons
  • I did not identify any shortcomings that would seriously affect the work with the Mac. Rather, these are minor flaws that you may not even notice, but I will mark them so that you have in mind when buying: 1) The lower part is heated. Mac noise is rare, only when rendering HD video and similar tasks. In other situations, you will not notice noise at all, because there is none. But when working on my knees, sometimes it feels like it heats up and quite strongly 2) Be prepared for the fact that some programs are not yet adapted for the Retina screen. No, don't worry, the pictures don't overlap the text and everything looks good, but the icons in some programs (for example, in Microsoft Office!) are very grainy. However, the text everywhere looks just gorgeous, you canโ€™t say otherwise. On the Internet, some sites are fully adapted to the resolution of Retina, on some you will notice grainy images. It does not cause irritation or distraction and is noticeable if you look closely.