The New Models Of Apple MacBook Pro 13 Inch 2010 Version

The new models Apple MacBook Pros, which feature 13-, 15- and 17-inch screens, sport the same sleek, minimalist design, the same keyboard, and the same touch pad as the previous iteration. Even the ports haven’t changed. To tell the difference, you really have to get down and dirty and actually start using one of these new members of the MacBook Pro family. Once you do, you’ll see advancements in performance in a line of laptops that was already well ahead of much of its market, and battery life that blows the competition out of the park.

On the outside, the 13-inch MacBook Pro is almost exactly the same as the previous version. Apple was smart to approach the new line with the attitude that if it’s not broken, don’t fix it. The previous line of MacBook Pros was as stunning as it was stark, and the new line carries that torch onward. The silver case, dominated by an aluminum shell with just one seam around the underside, feels plenty solid. Nothing much mars the design of the MacBook’s body: On the top of the lid is a simple white Apple logo that lights up when the laptop is in use. And, well, that’s about it. The case snaps shut with a magnetic latch, making opening the lid easy without compromising the durability of the body. The ports are located on the left side of the chassis and include an Ethernet jack, a FireWire 800 port (backward-compatible with FireWire 400, 200, and 100), a mini-DisplayPort connector (for attaching an external display), two USB 2.0 ports, an SD-card slot, and a headphone jack. Toward the front left of the chassis are indicator lights that allow for a quick look at remaining battery power. On the right side of the body are a security-lock slot and the opening for the slot-loading optical drive, which is a dual-layer DVD burner. As with previous MacBook lines, it doesn’t support Blu-ray discs.

The full-size keyboard comes with backlit keys, and it remains perfectly spaced and nicely responsive to the touch. An ambient-light sensor adjusts the key backlighting according to the brightness of the area where you’re working. On the keyboard deck is the generously sized, buttonless multi-touch trackpad, which has a glass surface. Instead of the two-button pad you’ll find on most other laptops, the entire pad on the MacBook Pro acts as a button, allowing you to press anywhere to enact a function; you use two fingers to right-click. One new feature related to it is that if you swipe up or down on the pad with two fingers, you’ll continue to scroll through the page until it reaches the top or bottom, just as an iPad or iPhone works. As with previous MacBook Pros, the pad also allows you to use a four-finger swipe to show your desktop, view all open windows, or change programs. Of course, the now-requisite multi-touch functionality is built in here as well. (This is the same as the touch features on an Apple iPhone or iPad, allowing you to zoom, rotate, and slide images around with two fingers.)

The 13-inch glossy screen on the model we tested has a native resolution of 1,280×800 and is not upgradable. Graphic designers who require a higher-resolution screen might want to look at upgrading to the 17-inch model, which comes standard with a resolution of 1,920×1,200. We found the 13-inch base model’s screen displays movies and photos with vivid, accurate colors. Artists also take note: Although the option of an antiglare screen is available in the 15- and 17-inch models, it’s not offered for the 13-inch screen. Apple’s iSight camera lives in the middle of the top of the screen bezel, along with a camera-indicator light, which lights up to warn you when the camera is on. The camera performs commendably, as we noticed very little refresh lag, and it even worked well under low-light conditions. The part of the power adapter that connects to the body of the MacBook is now a silver cylinder, instead of the white rectangle on previous versions.

Inside the newest line of MacBooks is where you’ll find all the new goodies. Unfortunately, the 13-inch MacBook Pro didn’t get quite the internal overhaul that the 15- and 17-inch models did. The CPU sees a slight upgrade from a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo to a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo. Graphics get a more substantial bump, from an Nvidia GeForce 9400M to an Nvidia GeForce 320M chipset. Battery life is where the MacBook continues to wipe its competition off the board. When it ran highly demanding DVD rundown test, in which loop a movie until the battery dies. The battery lasted 7 hours and 28 minutes. That time bests the 2009 version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro by a whopping 2.5 hours. According to Apple, the battery on the 13-inch model is rated at 10 hours for light-duty work such as Web browsing (or about an hour less for the larger versions). That’s a nice perk, because it should reduce the necessary number of recharges, and that’s good in light of the fact that replacing the battery means sending the whole machine off to Apple and paying $179 for a replacement cell. For graphics performance, Apple made another pretty smart choice in opting for Nvidia’s integrated GeForce 320M graphics. This graphics chipset is strong enough to handle casual video editing, which is becoming more mainstream, but it doesn’t cost as much as the dedicated, high-end graphics processors in the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros.

The MacBook Pro comes bundled with the Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system (version 10.6), accompanied by the iLife ’09 software suite (comprising the superb iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, and GarageBand applications). he MacBook Pro also comes with a one-year limited warranty and 90 days of toll-free telephone support. An extended AppleCare warranty will cover your system for two more years; it costs $249 extra and was not factored into the cost of our test unit.

Specification :
Processor: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4GB RAM
Storage: 250GB hard drive
Optical Drive: DVD±RW
Screen: 13 inches (1,280×800 native resolution)
Graphics: Integrated Nvidia GeForce 320M (256MB shared)
Weight: 4.5 pounds
Dimensions (HWD): 1×12.8×8.9 inches
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

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