That beats the 98-percent ultraportable average, as well as the measurements from the XPS 13 (94 percent), the Spectre x360 (102 percent) and the ThinkPad X1 Carbon (104 percent). I even saw fine details, such as the red dot on a minuscule knob of a robotic forearm.Īccording to our colorimeter, the MacBook Pro's screen produces 123 percent of the sRGB spectrum. When watching the 4K sci-fi film Tears of Steel on this panel, I loved the gloriously vibrant pink tones of a holographic brain, and noted crisp, pure-white spotlights and rich, inky-black corners of a bellhouse attic. The MacBook Pro's 2560 x 1600-pixel display is a beauty, offering eye-popping color and sharp clarity. That means I'd need one of the company's $19 USB Type-C-to-USB adapters to connect a device such as my USB hub. The MP is a deprecated machine, on its way out, and maybe you could get one cheap, although they seem to remain overpriced new.īut why a new Mac? why not use the MBP? or even trade up to a newer, faster MBP and just lose the old 21'? Yeah, a MP would be faster than your 21', but not a good value at all.With four Thunderbolt 3 ports (split between its left and right sides) and a headphone jack, the MacBook Pro shows that Apple's future-facing view still requires that we buy dongles to plug in our pre-existing devices. I wouldn't ever wanna go back to a 2.5k monitor after using a modern iPhone, retina MBP, etc. I dunno what monitor you have and what MBP, but using an old low resolution monitor, even if better with color, as the only monitor for a computer might be a less than pleasing experience.

The Mac Pro is spec'd with 3.7 GHz Intel Xeon E5 Quad-Core and Dual AMD FirePro D300 GPUs (2 x 2GB) I'm not super spec tech knowledgeable but how would that compare to a 2017 iMac? (3.4GHz (3.8 Boost) quad-core 7th-generation Intel Core i5 processor and Radeon Pro 570 with 4GB video memory) They both go for roughly the same amount so thats not a major deciding factor to me. I don't really have the desk space for a 27 inch iMac + my current external monitor, but I didn't know if the 2017 would be a better performer than the 2013. I'm leaning toward a Mac Pro since it doesn't have a built in monitor and can use my 27 inch external monitor which will also be used by my MBP. I'm looking to replace my current desktop computer (21in Mid-2010 iMac).

Late 2017 mac pro