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I bought a computer somewhere in May. As a replacement for the old one, since it is already hopelessly outdated and you can’t call it compact. I bought mainly for study and to use on trips, sometimes at home. I am happy with the purchase, but the money spent on it is a bit of a pity. Its pros: -Excellent screen. There are no comments here. - Convenient trackpad. The old laptop could only be used with a mouse, the trackpad was terrible there. Thinking that this would not be much better, I…

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The right product for me, there were no problems.

This is my first Apple device. And I can say with all confidence - this MacBook Pro is worth every spent for it. And the feeling of buying and starting to use . Approximately the same as from a new car. Progress does not stand still, modern software, web technologies, etc. every year require more and more resources. Equipment becomes obsolete not just because it is many years old, but because it can no longer cope with the assigned load. It just so happens that my previous VAIO laptop turns 5

Pros
  • 1) Body. The impeccable quality of external materials and the manufacturing itself, there is nothing to complain about. Absolutely silent for the most part thanks to the SSD. A cold start of the system takes 12 seconds. 2) Screen. Fairy. You look at the image as if it were a printed photograph. There is a light sensor that regulates the backlight. I am an opponent of touch screens on full-fledged laptops (not "transformers"). Fortunately, Apple does not and hopefully does not plan to equip laptops with this feature. 3) Management. Comfortable keyboard with nice adjustable backlight. You can spend hours writing odes to the trackpad. It feels like you are moving your fingers across the tablet screen, everything is so convenient and responsive. 4) Sound. Clear and bassy. Large margin of volume. Wide frequency range. Subjectively, the best that I have heard on all other laptops before it. 5) Autonomy. The operating time after laptops on Windows is amazing. All thanks to Mac OS optimization. The good news is that after unpacking and first switching on, you need a minimum of settings. Already "out of the box" there is all the necessary software, almost nothing more. At first I thought to put Windows on it through BootCamp, but now I don’t see the point. The main advantage of Apple computers is the extremely high liquidity in the secondary market. If you buy a MacBook Pro now for +/- 60 keep an eye on it (don't throw it away, don't flood it, keep the packaging), then in a year it can be sold for 40-45 Even after 4-5 years, they are selling very well on all sorts of Avitas for a quarter of the original price. Buying an ordinary laptop for the same 60 after buying and unpacking it at home, it loses 25% of its value. A year later, it can be sold for 15-20 and after two years, no one needs it, except perhaps for spare parts.
Cons
  • Only two USBs. No Mic/Line-in input. Only a year of worldwide manufacturer's warranty. Even less expensive laptops are given two years. This laptop is not for gamers. Very few games are optimized for Mac OS. I think that this is the prerogative of PC desktops.

All my life on anything but namak. My firstborn. Long hesitated between Air and Pro. I took the plug in the end . And I did not regret it. First, I spent a couple of days studying what was what. Then for two months I was looking for something to complain about . I did not find it. Well, except for the electricity that goes through the case, it really is. But friends, let's be honest, he has no competitors) Well, there is none at all. Not a single laptop (of this format) produces such a picture.

Pros
  • All-metal body, battery for 6 hours (what is there to dissemble?), awesome display, excellent touchpad. I can still write for a long time)
Cons
  • If you find fault with something very strongly . But I won’t.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Perfect purchase for me, exactly what I was looking for!

Well, I'll try to write the most objective review. The device is certainly worth the money (I took it in August 2022 for 56,000), but now the price has roughly doubled. An insanely comfortable touchpad, the backlit keyboard is very quiet and has a smooth key travel. Infinitely functional, but at the same time simple and understandable OS X. For lovers of benchmarks: GeekBench 3 64bit - single=2945 / multi=6342 Cinebench - OpenGL=23.46fps / CPU=256 BlackMagic Disk Speed ​​Test - Write=685…

Pros
  • Probably the best laptop I've ever had. Will never go back to Windows again.
Cons
  • Impossibility to increase RAM

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great product, best quality.

I am a proger, I spent my entire IT life under Windows, I was practically a hater of Apple products. However, at work, I had to face the need to have a * nix-environment, while working normally, and not requiring finishing for a year (I'm talking about Linux). A couple of weeks ago, I would not have believed that I could do this, but I bought a poppy. To be honest, everything is cool. There are controversial decisions, but there are no ill-conceived ones. I am an extremely picky person with…

Pros
  • Build quality, screen, battery life, adequate OS
Cons
  • A couple of hours will be unusual after Windows

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Best price for this product, will buy more!

There are no competitors - all "ultrabooks" on the market either lose in terms of hardware and workmanship, or are more expensive. Anyone who hesitates - I recommend to buy, especially as the first poppy. It is unlikely that you will be disappointed. There are many advantages - stability, ease of use, compactness, battery life - at home, in the "YouTube watch, FB sit" mode, it works for 2 days, enough for a whole day of work if you take it with you. This also has the weight and dimensions of…

Pros
  • All the advantages in the form of a beautiful screen and an excellent OS have already been outlined below. There is really enough performance here - a powerful machine for both everyday tasks and, for example, creating music and even video processing. The upgrade was successful. Excellent sound through built-in speakers, comfortable backlit keyboard.
Cons
  • The inability to independently increase the amount of memory after the purchase, although I heard that you can change it with handy guys. And it turns out that you buy the characteristics "forever," as for example in a tablet or smartphone.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

One of the best offers, glad I bought it.

Increased LED backlight brightness and improved contrast ratio, larger pixel aperture, supports wider color gamut (greens and reds look even more vibrant). The image has become even more realistic, and the colors are more natural and saturated, ideal for graphic design, color grading and video editing. A completely new design has been developed for the speakers, the bass volume has increased by 2.5 times, suitable for creating music.

Pros
  • Fast and powerful. The brightest screen and best color reproduction of any Mac laptop.
Cons
  • After the time has elapsed, the battery lasts for 3-4 hours of active work.

Unusually, very much after Windows, so I can’t sing the praises of Mac OS, unfortunately. Has some pros: The main advantage of these laptops is aesthetics. And the lack of competitors in this niche. Analogues from other manufacturers - did not stand next to each other (to put it very mildly). With its cons: Attention! What I discovered on the second day with my laptop, I just still do not fit into my understanding. How can they allow this and consider it normal? Electricity is felt on the body!

Revainrating 5 out of 5

One of the best deals, glad I bought this.

The laptop is good! It heats up only under serious loads when working with video editors and similar programs. I was also pleased with the absence of all the "extra" elements on the case that were on the old pros, the laptop looks monolithic, minimalistic. As for incompatibility with flash drives, Android devices, difficulties with "left" programs and other things, then everyone knew what they were getting into when buying Jobs' creation. Price? Apple is a work of art, you won't ask why a van…

Pros
  • 1. Battery! I didn’t specifically mark the time, but it produces a resource perfectly. 2. Display! 3. Speed ​​of work, inclusion! 4. Great touch! 5. Insanely pleasant tactile sensations from the body, high-quality assembly! 6. Silent, no extra sounds. 5. Good sound, the speakers do not ring, unless of course you listen to a low bitrate, then there is a little rattling. Weight, compactness, design, etc.
Cons
  • The only thing that worries me is the occasionally appearing white, horizontal strip on the screen, a couple of pixels thick. I cannot understand its nature. It may appear and disappear when the cursor is moved. Not particularly worried, appeared only 3-4 times in a year of work. Light lags of the system and programs - no one is immune from this, especially since they are rare and insignificant.

All in all, a cool car. Reading and writing to SSD is mega-fast. When the printing house opened my 750MB psd file, the computer started to freeze. Mac opens and works with it and with the second one at the same time without any problems. In terms of heat dissipation, the computer suits me. Of course, it gets warm, but not critical, I did not hear the fans. I didn’t have the opportunity to test the video card - I don’t play games, but according to the HD5100 tests, it seems to be much better…

Pros
  • I don't even know where to start listing the pros. To begin with, this is the THING! A real thing that was made with soul and professionalism and which you just want to use. -Very thin and light body. Moreover, after my Mac, I used the MSI laptop, which is 170 grams lighter, but it seems heavier, because the Mac's weight distribution is almost perfect, that is, it does not have lighter and heavier parts of the case, probably, including for this, it feels monolithic. -The screen is very good. Although, according to the sensations, Retina looks nicer in the iPad and, in general, I’m not sure that such a violent resolution is needed for a laptop. Normal Full HD on Windows, for example, the latest Sony Vaio Pro and Duo, also looks good. -A lot has been said about the battery - it keeps 6-8 hours of surfing in the internet, office programs. Moreover, judging by the tests, in many ways, this is the merit of Mac OS compared to Windows. -Mac OS (and this is my first computer with it) - did not cause any particular difficulties. Everything is very clear, as it should be, without experimenting with tiles popping out of windows and other things. Absolutely working, intuitive system. You find the settings where you expect, and there are not a great many of them, unlike Windows, in which the control panel in terms of the abundance of settings can be compared, probably, with the control devices of some modern aircraft. Do many people really need at least half of them, hidden, and in each new version, everything is in new and new hiding places. And in general, if we compare Mac OS with Win8 in terms of convenience and clarity, then Microsoft has come off great from Apple. Sorry, but not in that direction. -Touchpad. How many songs he sang! And right! It feels like a MAC with a touch is practically a tablet. So CLEARLY you can control what is happening on the screen with your fingers. Do not need a touchscreen in a beech. It is inconvenient to reach for it through the keyboard. But such a touch is not a compromise - this is what the laptop needs. No one could make such a touch on Windows, so now there are toys with touchscreens.
Cons
  • -Perhaps working with folders on Windows is implemented and more understandable. Or maybe it's just habitual. - The lack of support for Flash, which has set the teeth on edge. Although, Google Chrome has everything, so I don’t feel a problem. -Maybe I misunderstood something, but why is the keyboard backlight on both at night and during the day? If there is an automatic level control, then why not turn it off completely in daylight also automatically in order to save more batteries? -The screen is splattered, I don’t even understand when (but a rag with an apple is included). Disadvantages, of course, as you can see - this is so, rather nit-picking.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The perfect product for any user!

My first mac. Working with him, you get pleasure from the moment you open the box. I never liked the idea of ​​finishing a laptop by changing or adding something, I never wanted to poke around in the software and look for the necessary drivers, I was always annoyed by the need to install the necessary software for several hours, and in the process reboot the computer 10 times. But I've dealt with windows all my life and got used to it. Attempts to make friends with Linux were unsuccessful. The

Pros
  • Lightweight, quiet, great build, great screen, great operating system, comfortable touchpad, good battery life.
Cons
  • The underside is scratched when placed on the table / lifted from the table with one hand, touching the surface. Wi-fi fell off several times when waking up from sleep, it helped to turn off and on the network, it took no more than 7 seconds.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I am amazed! It was definitely worth the money!

I bought in March 2022 the maximum version of 512SSD / 8 operational with a student discount for 68k + Apple Protect Care for 3 years for 8k. Long thought to take or not, went to choose. I watched Sony and Acer with Asus, sometimes I don’t like the screen, sometimes the keyboard is uncomfortable, sometimes the case is plastic and bends. As a result, I decided and considered that if you use such characteristics as this computer, you will get the same price, even more. In half of the laptops, the

Pros
  • - Design. The case is metal - not easily soiled, light, thin. - Weight, dimensions - The battery at a brightness of 80% and an average load keeps around 6 hours. More than that, but that's enough for me. - Backlit keyboard - Touchpad, I don't use a mouse at all. Such a touchpad should be in every laptop. From Windows, the Asus Zenbook does something similar, but still far from the MacBook. - Screen. He is divine. I only bought a Mac because of him, because I used the iPad for half a year and got very used to its resolution and picture quality. And only the MacBook Pro gives the same picture. Sony, Zenbook still grainy and blue. I wanted to take Air cheaper at first, but the screen became a decisive factor. - In general, the system does not slow down. I love just opening and closing the lid. No shutdowns and no waiting. Closed and removed. I also like that it turns on quickly. With the ated Yosemite somewhere around 15-20 seconds and the computer is ready to go. - No noise. When I read reviews on the market, I saw that a lot of people spoke positively about the absence of noise. That the computer is quiet and it's so convenient. Having been using Windows since 1999, I never thought about noise on laptops, let alone desktops. And then I noticed and quickly got used to it, and now when I sit at noisy computers, everything is wildly annoying. - No need to configure anything, no registry cleanups, reinstallation of Windows and other garbage. It used to be interesting, but now I just want to use the device and not think about how and when to clean it. - I was lucky, I have a Samsung SSD, the write and read speed is about 700mb / s. - Just as lucky - mine has never been electrocuted. In many reviews I saw that people were hit by static. It didn't happen to me. - The presence of a large number of cool accessories, such as cases and bags, the same Hard Graft.
Cons
  • - Doesn't read half of flash drives. - Does not record 80% of flash drives and hard drives - Does not see Android (laughed, of course, but could not connect Note 3) - After 150 recharge cycles, battery capacity has decreased by 2%. In fact, it drains faster than it looks. - All the time there is a possibility that without dancing with a tambourine he will either not read something, or will not open it. - Sometimes it does not connect to charging. You need to stick it in and out a few times for it to start charging. - Organization of work with folders in the system. More than six months have already passed, but I still can’t get used to these copying, dragging and dropping. In Windows, in this regard, everything is much more convenient and easier to organize. - Anyway, if you run enough programs (more than 6) - it will be buggy. And the longer I use it, the more buggy it gets. People who say Mac never crashes are lying. Also, some programs hang, you have to kill them through the task manager. iTunes, by the way, is the most buggy program. Have to be cleaned periodically. - Annoying photo viewer. It starts as a boiler application every time, for a long time. Windows is a thousand times more convenient. But at the same time, I like to "slightly open" almost any files with a space. - The price tag at the end of November 2022 rose to the skies on them. 104k for a computer is too much.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Reliable purchase, guaranteed to be a good purchase.

The car is awesome. Felt burrows, and the blood of the breed. I bought a car in the top-end configuration (without special stages). Every out of 73990 spent is worth it. A good investment and it will pay for itself quickly. Working behind such a beech is a real pleasure. Pros below: 1. Screen. He's gorgeous. 2. Device weight. 3. Portability. The size of Air and other ultrabooks. 4. The native axis turned out to be very pleasant and interesting to learn. 5. Accessories. A lot of them. 6…

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great product, a pleasure to use.

In general, I took the device with caution, for 20 years on Windows already. But surprisingly, so far so good. Considering the price of screw analogues, the purchase is more than justified. I, in fact, came to buy a MAC after I set the parameters I needed in the search for the market. I must admit I was very surprised by the results. Keep in mind that the 2022 model and the American one have slightly different keys. For me personally, the American keyboard is more convenient, it has Enter…

Pros
  • A stunning picture of the Retina (pronounced as retina) display, very nice ergonomics, although unusual after Windows, a lot of pleasant little things that the system does itself. This is not important to some, but purely tactilely the device is made perfectly. Appearance is also on top, it's not a shame to get it in a public place. Very good quality built-in sound card. Today I listened to Logic headphones - the charm is unreal. The combined headphone / microphone jack is a controversial decision, but it suits me completely. Suitable for any wired mobile headset. Powerful speaker. Loud, clear, with an impressive frequency range. Pirated software is almost never protected. Charges quickly and lasts a long time on a single charge. Absolutely quiet. When it downloads a lot of torrents on 8022022ac, it starts to warm up. But still quiet. Tonight I slept 40 centimeters from him, downloading a backup on TimeMachine and did not hear a sound. By the way, 8022022ac is awesome. I have an Asusovskaya access point with this protocol. It operates in the 5GHz band, where there is almost no one and no one bothers to exchange data. The speed is super. The backlit keyboard is another bonus. I lived on a beech with such a keyboard for 2 years and even forgot what it is when it is not there. Horror! In low light without backlight, it is impossible to work even if you are sitting on a blind ten-finger. So here, MAC was at its best.
Cons
  • If you are planning a lot of operating systems or virtual machines, it is better to take a 512GB disk. No VGA or DVI output for older monitors. It is unpleasant. Only HDMI and (apparently) Thunderbot.

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 don’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…

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 don’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 don’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 can’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.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Exactly as promised by the manufacturer, high quality.

After windows, I got used to mac os for a while. Pros below: Powerful piece of iron, good screen. The battery in operation holds about 4 hours. In the mode of reading or watching a video, all 5-6. A good touchpad, after cheap laptops, was very pleased. Cons: The price could have been more modest. Mini DisplayPort on the 2022 model works with limited resolution ultaHD monitors. HDMI works on ultaHD, but only 30 Hz per second, instead of 60.

The product is, shall we say, unique. With obvious advantages and no less striking disadvantages. First, the body. Solid metal, looks good, and, as experience shows, with careful handling, it retains its presentation for a long time, which, given the reluctance of Apple to change the design of its products more than once every 5 years and the presence of an army of fans, allows you to sell a used computer after a couple of years of use more expensive than analogue from non-epl. On the other…

Pros
  • Solid case, good screen, capacious battery, quiet, generally pleasant touchpad, the resale price is usually higher than that of analogues
Cons
  • slow, relatively heavy, heats up, strange set of ports, needs adaptation

After the death of the Sony Vaio Z13, which served me faithfully for 5 years, I started looking for an alternative. I wanted decent performance, 1 Tb on disk, long autonomy, reasonable dimensions, and the ability to connect a docking station. It is clear that this does not happen cheaply, but I didn’t want to overpay too much, because. the purchase was unplanned. I was surprised to find that among the top Windows laptops, there was almost no choice left. Or big complaints about the quality, or

Pros
  • Price. "Iron". Build quality.
Cons
  • No 3G/4G modem. Restrictions when using Windows.

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Questionable Refurbished MacBook Pro

I ordered this laptop to replace mine after it was stolen. To be honest, this is the style of the early 2015 model that I like the most because it's the last time Apple left a choice of attachments on its laptop. Access to two USB 3, HDMI, SD, and two Thunderbolt ports is really handy to plug in, and losing them to get a newer model doesn't feel like I'd like to do that. After reading the description and reviews, some of which claimed it was actually a refurbished Apple product, I decided to…

Pros
  • Absolutely Amazing!
Cons
  • Not bad, but...