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Review on Renewed Apple MPDL2LL/A MacBook Pro 13in - Retina, Touch Bar, 3.3GHz Intel i7 Dual Core, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Intel Iris 550, Silver by Mateusz Smoliski ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Cool product, happy with the purchase, maybe Ill buy it again.

A computer is not a workhorse, but a pony. The balance of power consumption and power is observed with the expected compromises. It really lacks at least some seedy discrete GPU so that you can slowly but still use some 3D programs that refuse to work on integrated graphics. Of course, there are compact competitors even with the RTX 2060, which, in comparison with performance, will simply wipe their feet on the Macbook Pro 13, but you won’t find them with fire during the day - either the brand is not present in the 2022, or for some reason they don’t bring normal equipment and colors. Plus, they are accompanied by the need for additional processing, such as lowering frequencies, fussing with the manufacturer's crooked software or manipulating the thermal interface - doing this with age is getting lazier and lazier. Do not forget the Apple service, although in serious cases it really works only in Hong Kong.

Pros
  • The advantages are known to everyone, firstly, it is mobility and exclusive software. Compared to the base Macbook Pro 13 of 2022, there is at least some power and there is room for Windows.
Cons
  • It begs a comparison with the iPad Pro 12.9 "at least in 2022. It's disappointing that the speakers in a thinner and lighter tablet sound louder and more bass than in this laptop. The same sites on the iPad Pro calmly toss and turn without heating in Chrome, and the Macbook is forced heat up and turn on the fans. Naturally, the laptop can do much more, but in combination with the wide screen bezels, it already feels like an archaic computer. Despite all the hardware upgrades, 8K YouTube videos still play like a slideshow :) For some reason, my copy was too saturated a chemical smell that dissipated for at least a week.

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