We tried running the same test with the system's Wi-Fi antenna active, and it ran for about 13 hours. In our standard video playback battery drain test, the 2015 MacBook Pro ran for 15 hours and 46 minutes, only 40 minutes behind our all-time leader, the 2014 13-inch MacBook Air. But, both this new model and a 15-inch MacBook Pro from 2014 led in most of our tests (note that the 15-inch Pro from 2014 had a more powerful, but older, Core i7 processor and twice the RAM, at 16GB), although Apple's promise of a faster hard drive didn't help this system in our Photoshop test, where it groups with other Broadwell systems and last year's MacBook Air.Īpple has promised an extra hour or so of battery life from the Broadwell leap, and we were very impressed with the lifespan of this system. These new CPUs have made greater gains in efficiency, which can lead to better battery life. This replaces a design some describe as a 'diving board' with one that's a simple, flat surface. Instead, the new pad places four sensors under the pad, one under each corner. The Force Touch trackpad eliminates the top hinge that previously required you to physically depress the glass top of the pad, usually from somewhere on the lower half to register properly. I suspect we'll see it on every MacBook before too long, but this is where you can try it first.

One new Apple part that is coming to this MacBook Pro before any other system is the new Force Touch trackpad. The first real break with the current Apple keyboard standard is coming up in that 12-inch MacBook, which lowers the key height and and changes the underlying mechanism to reduce key wobble. Other laptops have matched, but not surpassed, the backlit Apple keyboard, with the possible exception of Lenovo, a company as involved with keyboard R&D as any. The island-style keyboard is the same as seen on the last several generations of MacBook.

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