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Review on Renewed Apple 13in MacBook Pro with Retina Display and Touch Bar – 3.1GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Space Gray by Janis Berzins ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I really like the product, it fully meets my expectations.

I have a MacBook Pro 13 "2022 (2.4 GHz) with a version of 16 GB of RAM and 256 SSD, I use it for development in the field of web programming (the stack is: WebStorm, PyCharm, Photoshop, Illustrator, Docker), the power is enough , I advise you not to take the version with 8 GB of RAM, otherwise you will suffer and suffer (in a highly specialized area) and in a year you will already think about selling. The keyboard, as if they were not driven to it, is of high quality, for comparison - the typing speed on a regular keyboard from an HP laptop was ± 320 characters, at the moment on this keyboard it is ± 400 characters. In general, if you take something from the 16-17-18-19 line, then only the models of the 19th year, since they are the most refined, like the reference MacBook Pro 13 "2022 in their time. Further restyling.

Pros
  • - Screen (it's not even worth mentioning here) - Keyboard (comfortable, that says it all) - Performance (i5-8279u, for a power saving processor, gives really good results) - Mac OS (a convenient system, I don’t consider Windows a bad system, because in 2022 it is very, very well assembled, but optimization is still in Mac OS, objectively better, and Unix systems are somehow closer to me personally) - Autonomy (with standard load: office, browser 6-7 hours, with loaded 2-3 hours) - Ergonomic (comfortable to work, even holding in one hand) - Touchpad (it's perfect) - Weight (not felt in the backpack) - Ecosystem with other Apple - products (one Sidecar, which is worth it)
Cons
  • - Build quality (Space Gray color, if you choose between this case and Silver, definitely Silver, since Space Gray, you will be killed in a month of active use, or you will walk with a plastic case) - The keyboard is imprinted on the screen and therefore the screen is scratched - All the dust settles on the keyboard and screen, you have to wipe it often - There are lags in the interface (this is already nit-picking, but a laptop for 172and such problems it has, judge for yourself)