Typical price: £900
What is it: First 13-inch laptop in the MacBook Pro range
What we think: Great design, good performance and a decent feature set make this an excellent machine
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 15 June 2009
Tags: Apple, Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, summer 2009), unibody, love, mobile broadband
We like:
Adds SD card slot and reacquires FireWire port; solid unibody construction; giant multitouch trackpad
We don't like:
Non-removable battery; no matte screen or discrete graphics options
CNET UK judgement:
Promoting its basic 13-inch, aluminium unibody laptop to the Pro series, Apple has added features while cutting the base price. There are still some features we'd like to see included, but this is one of the most universally useful laptops available
Full review:
Radically overhauled last year, Apple's MacBook line of laptops moved to aluminium construction, edge-to-edge glass over LED displays, and over-sized multitouch trackpads (with the exception of the lone £750 white plastic MacBook). The latest round of updates is more of a refinement than another revolution, but it adds some sought-after features, while lowering prices on many configurations. Continue Reading...
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