Unfortunately, this new entry-level unit comes with only 128GB of storage, half the amount data capacity found in the lowest priced 2016 model. Users have complained about the high price of the MacBook Pro and Apple’s solution this year was a lower priced $1,299 (£1,249, AU$1,899) 13-inch non-touch bar model. Unfortunately, memory capacity still peaks at just 16GB. The previous entry level model of the MacBook Pro 2016 came with 1,866MHz RAM. One other little hardware tweak Apple has introduced here is all the memory across the MacBook Pro line now operates at a 2,133MHz frequency. We’ll have to see if battery life with the latest hardware is better or worse in our full review. Kaby Lake should also afford Apple’s latest flagship laptops longer battery life, but both models still claim to run for the same 10 hours as the previous iterations. The 15-inch models also now feature higher-end discrete graphics, with the AMD Radeon Pro 555 and Radeon Pro 560 with up to 4GB of VRAM. With the latest processors also comes a new generation of integrated graphics, which should better handle streaming 4K media as well as media editing and creation.

On paper, all these 7th generation processors offer higher boost clocks that should translate into better performance.

Now we come to the biggest change within the MacBook Pro 2017 model, the addition of the latest Intel Kaby Lake processors. Meanwhile, the 15-inch version is a small notch down in sharpness at 220ppi, due to its 2,880 x 1,800 pixels being spread across a larger screen.

Macbook pro 2015 vs 2016