Apple MacBook Pro 13" Retina Review

Firstly, the box. 

The box is pretty much the same as any other Macbook pro, but it is still worth mentioning. you get the power adapter inside as well as the cleaning cloth, Apple stickers, manual and of course the Mac itself. Everything looks fantastic.     

 To the mac! It is a beautiful machine and compared to the older model, it is much lighter which is great because it was like carrying an anchor around in your bag. 

The first thing I think should be mentioned is the features which are; on the left there are 2 thunderbolt, 1 USB, magsafe power adapter and a headphone jack, all of which seem much more sturdy than the previous mac, on the right is another USB port, an HDMI port and a port for a camera memory card. 

The keyboard has always been a fantastic feature on all of the Mac range as it is so nice to type on. It is effortless and comfortable as well as having great build quality. The retina MacBooks are much thinner than previous macs yet they still feel as strong, if not more strong. The glass trackpad is also something that makes a Mac stand out more than any other PC, it is so smooth and easy to use, it seems that they are more responsive on the new series and you can still customise the gestures, for example you can change it so that swiping three fingers up can either open the mission control, check notifications, change pages etc. the same can be done for all kinds of gestures, or you can turn then off. 

I have the late 13" model with 2.4 GHz intel i5 processor and 4 GB of Ram. I haven't been able to test it properly yet as I haven't purchased Logic Pro X which is the software I use for music production, as well as not having Photoshop so will maybe do another short review when i have them to compare the speed and power of the machine. 
Some of the apps you get free with the mac is, Garageband, iMovie, Keynote, Photo Booth as the most important ones, which are all great, and are the most up to date version. 

So far it is the best piece of kit I have used and would definitely recommend to anyone in the creative industry.  

In my honest opinion, I don't think you should purchase it if you are not intending on using it for either music production, movie editing, voice over, engineering (CAD) or anything else that involves lots of CPU. It is too expensive for you to buy if you are only going to be using it for web search or typing. 

I hope this has been useful and has urged people to buy it because it is a fantastic machine and I really am excited to test it properly with Logic and Photoshop. 
I will do another short review when i have tested the new software on it, until then, decide on whether it is for you or not. 

Noctryne 
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