MacBook Pro 13: Trinadtsatidyuymovka "

As I have said many times, despite the external similarity between laptops of Apple, each of them has a lot of features, each is unique. The most balanced solution previously pyatnadtsatidyuymovye MacBook Pro, it concerns and characteristics, and some moments that are not marked characteristics. For example, the Air Series notebooks all good for a man who used to wear a computer with me. But the payoff for miniaturization and lightness - the noise, heat, whether performance, to the extent that at times watching the movie turns into a torment. Excellent piece - trinadtsatidyuymovye new MacBook, but for sure you'll quickly realize that the displays they have not really suitable for multimedia, because black is virtually absent. A semnadtsatidyuymovy MacBook Pro, which is like shouting "Play with me, use all the challenges," "please" you have a problem with the graphics driver under heavy loads. Throughout its nuances, everywhere a compromise that does not detract from the main advantages of laptops from Apple. I will try to briefly enumerate them, because quite often on the forum there are people boldly declare platitudes like: "Yes, pay here is not for that, just design and everything!". This is not true.

For:

• Laptops from Apple rather petite, this applies to all models, both large and small. " You can find a smaller model, but with such a set of positive characteristics.
• Each company has a laptop keyboard light, and the keyboard itself is comfortable. Of illumination can ignore only the person who the case with laptops never had this important detail.
• If we talk about the MacBook Pro, they are all encased in aluminum housing, which affects the survivability of computers.
• Compact charger and a special system engages the power supply connector on the laptop is very comfortable, similar decisions in other devices do not. I note that even the MBP 17 power supply is extremely small, the other "big" laptop this can not be found.
• If we talk about the updated laptops (last generation), it is still a long time to work offline. And this applies not only trinadtsatidyuymovyh models, but notebook with wide screen. Well, MBP 17 just set a record for semnadtsatidyuymovyh laptops.
• On every laptop company is very simple to install Windows. This is a unique opportunity for install Mac OS on the laptops with Windows if it will, it is only through the fifth point.
• The touchpad is huge in size with multitouch support - another bone in the throat of laptop manufacturers with Windows. Often hear from owners of the same Sony, it's just marketing, but what kind of marketing can be a question, if the Apple notebooks, you can easily work without a mouse, it does not need? Then, a touchpad is very time-saving, simple movement can minimize all active programs, go to the list of applications and so on.

I never really started writing about the Mac OS, because it is subject to the eternal struggle in the forums. You are free to put any company on a laptop system, for example, always does so, more suitable for games Windows, though, everything else can not do without it.I was not writing about design and also a topic for discussion and, to some extent, the default rule: the MacBook any great design, it is enough to put it next to the product from Acer or Asus, that the blinders from the eyes immediately fell. Only laptops Sony can compete, but it is not all.

After such a long entry let's get to our new "trinashke" and see what we will be pleased.

The concept has changed

So what is the MacBook Pro 13? By and large, it's aluminum MacBook, learned many new tricks and move to the "professional" line. What it can tell us? I believe that the company took a bit to shake up the current line with clear and simple purpose - to make room for some new device, which we know for sure until the end of the year. I think this may be your MacBook with a diagonal display to thirteen inches, and not a netbook in the broadest sense of the word, and the normal performance laptop, miniature, but with suitable for display. The Apple will never do something like the Sony VAIO P, because they do not like just one more advantage in a pile of flaws, no matter how revolutionary it may be. That is because no one size will not sacrifice comfort, this is not the way to Apple. Accordingly, now, guess we will not, I'll write a separate article in August, but so far only say that the transfer of aluminum MacBook to a higher level logical and understandable, he looked close to a plastic black sheep brother. And rightly so, that it improved, we also won. Let there be a MBP!

Delights

About design not much to say, he's just good. A sort of thick metal bar, a toy here and does not smell. All very seriously, even I would say, in an adult. Aluminum housing pleasantly cools your hands or face, with the help MBP 13 Easy bruising can be reduced if before putting it in the fridge. Very good build, excellent packaging, complete a rag to wipe, power supply, a pair of discs and, of course, included - the scent of a new laptop Apple, with nothing comparable.

Tu-shih-na

That's what I would like to note is the noise and heating devices. Or rather, lack thereof. I have a version of the MB991 with a 2,53 GHz processor, even during games, he is not very noisy and hot, if we talk about the typical work with documents, the Internet, there seemed to MBP would not work at all. Very quiet and cool notebook.

Black - there!

The worst thing about the aluminum MacBook - it's certainly display. He was and is, quite simply, no. No black, no angles of view, work is not particularly convenient. But not this is the MBP 13, it's just heaven and earth - an excellent image quality, there is a very black, with angles all right. In general, the correct display.For information about permission, I pulled off the official site, here it is: 1280 x 800 (native), 1152 x 720 1024 x 640 and 800 x 500 pixels with a ratio at 16:10 aspect ratio, 1024 x 768 800 x 600 and 640 x 480 pixels with a ratio of width to height ratio of 4:3, 1024 x 768 800 x 600 640 x 480 pixels with a ratio of width to height ratio of 4:3 (elongated) 720 x 480 pixels of width to height ratio of 3:2, 720 x 480 pixels of width to height ratio of 3:2 (elongated).

The dream of a card reader

That dream came true and on the left side is a socket for laptop cards SD, I have just a camera with such cards, so very, very useful addition. Once you insert the card, displayed on the desktop icon, and you can work with it as with conventional removable media. Card is inserted halfway to extract, do not use nails, teeth or something.

What can stick

All connectors are on the left side of the laptop, this FireWire 800 (up to 800 Mbps), two ports USB 2.0 (up to 480 Mbps), slot for SD, the power supply connector, Mini-DVI, adapter Ethernet. There is also an original check the battery charge indicator, pressing the button you see a chain of lights, than their larger, the greater the charge. On the right side is a DVD-drive with a slot-loading, the front end is invisible in the inactive state indicator light and an IR port, you can use the original remote.

We could cry about the fact that no HDMI on the body, or that now would be a couple more USB, but really just missing.

The keyboard and touchpad

Very good and comfortable keyboard with backlight, excellent touchpad with multitouch support, the mouse can be useful only for games.I will not repeat itself, with the introduction of everything here very well.

Charge me

The notebook has built-in rechargeable lithium polymer battery 58-watt-hour, claimed battery life of about seven hours. Charging the laptop for about two hours, then in the usual quiet office mode "live" just over five hours, if you reduce the backlight, you can live and more. Battery yet I have not swung, but it still will not complain, because for trinadtsatidyuymovogo laptop with the CPU time is very, very good.

Notice that I wrote many, many months ago about the fact that built-in battery in Air - a start. Technology run-in, and then tested on MBP 17, and now she came all the notebook company. Should it scare you? To answer this question, remember the last time you fetched the battery from your laptop (and I wonder what purpose). Service in our country is, in which case all of you to change the warranty. Well, if you buy a MBP 13 in calculating the long service, for years, then you have enough battery life at least one year and a half. And then you can order a new battery, I do not think what it would be particularly expensive.

Manufacturer

About performance. Like I said, at the hands version with an Intel Core Duo, frequency - 2.53 GHz, cache second level volume of 3 MB, front side bus - 1066 MHz, 4 GB RAM (two SO-DIMM module to 2 GB) DDR3 1066 MHz, and two SO-DIMM slots support up to 8 GB. Used by the GPU NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256 MB of RAM DDR3 SDRAM, shared with main memory. The first thing I installed Windows Vista, the second - a few games: Call of Duty 4, Death Space, EVE online (old drug). What can I say, the graphics, of course, not on maximum settings, but CoD 4 on the network play is very nice, even, so quickly and smoothly everything. I liked that much not overheating, video card driver never took off. About "Dead Space" say exactly the same thing, all right, rovnenko, albeit not at maximum.

Accordingly, it is impossible to say that calling this laptop only to work on documents or surf the net. No, it's not, we face a universal and very balanced solution. Let the machine and weighs about two pounds, but to carry it can be, not very tiring, especially if you move the car. Especially, with the time of use MBP 13 in the city becomes even more preferable. It is interesting that good performance leads to no very good effect: when I ran for with Air in the bag, somehow there was no dirty thoughts sit in the same EVE. But the MBP 13 provides such an opportunity - there's your hour off from the routine of life spent in space.

Pricelist and conclusions

Suggested retail price for MB990 (MacBook Pro 13 "2.26GHz/2GB/160GB/GeForce 9400M/SD) is 51 990 rubles. On MB991 (MacBook Pro 13" 2.53GHz/4GB/250GB/GeForce 9400M/SD) - 62990 rub. I can not say it's expensive to get a laptop for, I really liked the MBP in 1913, to some degree the new favorite among "trinashek" in their personal rankings. In fact, because this stuff is very good, it refers to virtually all points on closer examination. Design and building? Excellent.Display and performance? Display good performance all right, driving in CoD 4 on the network, very cool. The touchpad and keyboard? Magnificent. Hours? Hmm, the market is not so much laptops that can run offline for more than three hours, and there are five, but with such a processor. And the prices are, in my opinion, quite normal, you see, what to pay their money.

So MBP 13 is much better than MacBook. Moreover, there is one more plus, because even now MacBook aluminum can be purchased for less than forty thousand (there are deals and thirty eight thousand). For those who fall is going to buy a stylish computer for simple tasks, it is a good suggestion.