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Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2018

Style: Intel Core i5Capacity: 128GBColor: SilverVerified Purchase

I’ve been windows from day one and was iPhone/iPad all the same. Never thought twice about buying into the Apple OS world because of their outrageous prices until windows got on my last nerve. I researched for a while, I think I was trying to justify why I was changing over. Lol Once I made my decision I was sold. I chose the 13” MacBook Pro without the touch bar. The touch bar is a joke and I was not buying into it. Received it on time and was pleasantly surprised it was brand new. I’m not a gamer or heavily involved in graphic design but I have been a CorelDraw user since the 4 version (updated to 10) for design and photos due to my hobby. Corel still does not support most of its software which is sad but I was glad to let them go. With that said, as a newbie, the Apple OS is very impressive! I am a serious fb user due to admin’ing close to 10 support groups. Having all my files transfer from my iPad to the Mac was four steps I didn’t have to go through with windows. I’m a newbie and still learning the ins and outs but everything I discover is awesome. If you are a light laptop user working with windows and use an iPhone or iPad I highly recommend it. Read others experiences because I have no knowledge the depth of the Apple experience. What I am discovering is one less road I don’t have to do with windows. Embarrassed to say, lol, I’ll buy another Mac when I have to. Sometimes you just have to give in. :)

Bottom line, sellers response was quick, product was was excellent and I am very pleased with the whole experience.

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CJ

A true work horse

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2019

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I use this Mac for my business and I take it every where. The battery life is great and it is one of the first computers of any kind that I actually like using the trackpad enough that I dont carry a mouse around with it. That may seem like a small thing but when all I have to do is put this in a carrying sleeve that can fit in a backpack or larger purse it really makes a difference in space and time. Sometimes I forget to charge the battery for days and it isnt a problem. For giggles I did play a few games on it.. eh.. I deleted them. It ran things that I was suprised it could but it isnt optimal. I do use this Mac for design and it does great. No problems with the Adobe products and it has done decently with Unity. Programing is really nice on this puppy. I never thought I would like Visual Studio on a Mac better than I like it on a PC. On the PC I typically just use Atom or even Note++ for code but on the Mac Visual Studio ran great right out of the box and I didnt want to pull my hair out and scream in rage. The newer side-by-side OS update to use my Ipad pro as a second screen has also made it possible not to pack up my drawing tablet and has made me a truely mobile office. great buy.

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J. Mills

Great Laptop best of the many Macbooks I've owned

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2018

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This is the fifth Apple laptop I've owned starting with the colorful plastic clamshell twenty-some years ago. This MacBook Pro 13" without "touch bar" is absolutely the best of the five. It's light, sturdy, powerful, extremely fast, and very comfortable to use. Keyboards are personal, and this one has had some negatives in the press, but I love it and didn't have a minute's adjustment period -- plenty of tactile feedback and for me best of all it actually sounds like I'm typing. The screen is vivid, bright and clear, very easy on my seventy-one year old eyes. This is the least expensive Mac laptop I've ever bought, but it has a better "feel" and build than the ones I paid over two thousand dollars to own. Much better balance, speed, and brightness than the latest MacBook Air I tried out in a Best Buy until I got some, "Please go away, old man." from the blue shirts guarding the Apple section. My twelve year old granddaughter, who is a serious student, picked it up and immediately went to work without a pause.

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Lawrence Nakamura

A Pretty decent buy but not the BEST one

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2019

Style: Intel Core i5Capacity: 128GBColor: Space GrayVerified Purchase

A friend of mine who recently lost her laptop. To ensure she could get back to work soon, I gave this machine to her to resume everything quickly. Though, I am a 15years ThinkPad fan. She insists to get Apple. Then, NVM, this is the cheapest that I could find. And I would say I would give it 4/5 review.
Pro:
1. Very very good nit, I mean 500nit+ more in a practical situation means you can see everything crispy clear. I suppose it would even beyond X1C6's Dolby Vision. Superior.
2. Super fast USB3.1, I mean 500MB/s with my Super-Drive, this is incredible.
3. Not ugly. Since it gave to her, it cannot be an ugly one. Apple is not the prettiest one like Fujitsu or VAIO, but it is among the most beautiful machines in the world.
Con:
1. Poor battery life, within 6hours, it died. I mean, I use my ThinkPad X270 as a comparison, these 2 machines were launched in the same year. 270 lost less than 40% and MBP13 already died. What a ludicrous thing.
2. Annoying keyboard noise. Apple engineers should consider their users may use their machine in a library. I felt akward as I typed its keyboard.
3. Little bad performance. I mean 7360U should perform better than looks like. it feels even slower than 7300U based X270. Which is weird. (270 only has half speed NVMe versus MBP13, I am wondering maybe faulted by 128GB vs 256GB)
4. Heavy, a 13.3in machine weigh 1.37kg is a facepalm thing. Fujitsu or VAIO made their machine less than 1kg and maintain full set I/O, LG even have 72Wh battery. Anyway, girls love Apple. lol
Generally, I would still say, it is a good machine that you should consider, if you do not mind, please buy an external battery pack for it, you would need it .6hours is very little juice. That's all I want to say.

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ET

Good for everyday use, do not buy for intensive use, reliable and professional

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2018

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The MacBook Pro isn't for everyone, honestly, if you're a windows person i would recommend looking for a cheaper alternative. However, I'm not going to lie this laptop is heavily reliable. I've had it for a whole school year and it hasn't crashed or let me down yet. Battery life is really good, and it doesn't overheat unless you are using a CPU intense program. If you are planning on using this laptop for like video editing, photoshop, or animation expect delays. This laptop is good for everyday use but honestly doesn't do anything a 500 dollar windows computer couldn't. The only bonus is that you can use iMessage and facetime, which is nice because you can turn off your phone and receive messages on your computer. But other than that, this machine is not special. What you are paying for it the reliability and "professional" aesthetic.
P.S don't think you can do gaming on this thing, it will overheat, you could cook an egg on the keyboard trying to play league of legends.

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C. brown

seldom write-but this laptop is the BEST Iwas very concerned that it did not have the ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2017

Style: Intel Core i5Capacity: 128GBColor: SilverVerified Purchase

Hey their:
seldom write-but this laptop is the BEST!!!!!!
I was very concerned that it did not have the power and adaptors that my Mac Air Had.
This baby has two slots and I did buy an ethernet adaptor. No. Wi-fi here.
No need for my mouse as the laptop has a super active track pad -- that is so amazing--No mouse required! yahoo
I scroll all day long on it -- so easy....
COLOR was better than the 13" Air and the over all responsiveness of the key board--GREAT. a tad hard to get used to
Do not ever believe the negative hype, this is lap top is great ... move on up and buy you will no regret. The speed is so fast it is is amazing.. This is the cheapest apple model and is the best buy I ever made for a lap top. I
I am selling my old Mac AIR , I am happy to do so, as this MacBook is the beast!!! You will love it and AMAZON sells it cheeper than APPLE does.

On a personal note my Micro Soft Word Excel 2008 version software did migrate over, but it will not activate!
Microsoft has blocked me from reusing the soft ware it on my new Mac Book Pro----boo hoo--spoke at length to APPLE SUPPORT and the out come was buy a new version.. So I bought the OFFICE 2016.--Installed it now, Office 2008 works also ! Just beware! . I love apple computers---and I do not a mouse to navigate as the touch pad is awesome.....

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I_Like_Keyboards

Anyone need a heater?

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2017

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This is the hottest, slowest, worst keyboard, bastardized version of a macbook ever. I have never seen a laptop overheat when idle. But this thing can overheat just watching something on Netflix. If you are multitasking, forget it. The fans are so loud it is incredible. But let's talk about the keyboard because not only do the buttons not have any tactile feel after about a month but they also do not click and some do not even register when pushed. Everything that was good about the macbook is dead. This is a tragedy and poor Woz for still having his name on this. You just know that Cook was like "I want it smaller!" and an engineer replied, "The heat dissipation of the i5 would require fans and a heatsin.." "SHUTUP" yells Cook. "Just make it happen! And the keyboard needs to be reinvented because it is too durable and we need the genius bar money".

Maybe that was an exaggeration of what happened but this is the worst waste of money I have spent recently and I just got back from Vegas. And no, I will not give the genius bar money to tell me they need to refurbish my laptop so that I have the same problem over and over until the warranty runs out. I GOT RIPPED OFF. APPLE IS MAKING TRASH NOW.

I had to edit this: There is no way this should have the word "pro" in it. It is so loud that in my last meeting the fans took off and everyone asked if my laptop was ok. It was a complete distraction that turned into the center of attention when the guy next to me touched it and said it burnt him. Then of course everyone else in the meeting need to touch it and comment about how it could cook eggs and whatnot. This is a disaster of a laptop. Just the worst.

Edit: two years later. I was affected by both flexgate and keyboardgate. Apple is dead to me.

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R. Davila

Android and windows user my whoe life

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2019

Style: Intel Core i5Capacity: 128GBColor: Space GrayVerified Purchase

This is one incredible laptop. Huge learning curve to a Android and windows user. I love my Android OS and will never leave that platform. However windows and every computer I've ever had eventually was a pain in the +##. This basic pro version of the MacBook is really, really nice. Beautiful screen, incredible speakers and very fast. Build quality is second to none. It seems most don't read the description of what there buying. They list all options available to buy. Doesn't mean your getting them all. I suggest going to 🍎 website and comparing models. There selling exactly what the heading describes. My mom has a really old MacBook that works as well as it did in day one . That made me want to try the platform. Really enjoy this high quality machine

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Joshua M. Siegert

Good laptop, but limited ports force the purchase of peripheral dongles for standard USB devices.

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2018

Style: Intel Core i5Capacity: 128GBColor: Space GrayVerified Purchase

As for the seller, they were great. Everything went smooth and the order arrived on time without issue.

As for the product... There's no arguing that Apple makes a solid computer with a steady and consistent OS, but their underlying anti-consumer market strategy and general spirit of pretentiousness make me cringe a bit when buying, or considering to buy one of their products. That being said, while the price is a bit high, the MacBook is still a good machine.

Just be aware that this laptop only comes equipped with 2 usb type-c ports and a headphone jack. I think they could have easily added at least 2 more of these ports; especially since there are no standard usb ports, but that's par for the course when it comes to Apple's current offerings. This means that for any traditional storage device including sd, micro sd, USB drives, etc., you will need a peripheral adapter device, sold separately of course, in order to use them. Also true for any other device/ peripheral (such as a wireless mouse or keyboard dongle) that doesn't directly connect via type-c usb.

All in all, the MacBook is light, slim, and easy to carry, making it convenient for on-the-go work or study. And if you can't live without the mac OS, this is the way to go. However, just be aware that there are more affordable windows-based machines on the market that match and even exceed the power and portability of the MacBook series of laptops. Shop around and do some homework before committing.

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M. Hammers

Light, Powerful, but Takes Time to Adjust

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2018

Style: Intel Core i5Capacity: 128GBColor: SilverVerified Purchase

Upgraded from a 2010 MacBook Pro and this thing is way lighter and smaller than the previous computer. MUCH faster with a MUCH better screen - but I guess that’s would be obvious with how far laptops have come in the past few years.

We also have a 2016 model MacBook Pro in our house, and we were expecting this to be more or less the same, and were surprised by how different this one was.

Make sure you know and are okay with the fact that this computer has no USB ports - at least not the kind you are probably used to using. This model has the new USB-C ports. So any previous equipment or accessories you may have, like a thumb drive, portable hard drive, etc, won’t be compatible without purchasing a USB to USB-C converter or upgrading your other equipment as well.

We weren’t thrilled with how few of these USB-C ports were on the computer (just 2 in total, and one of these is taken up by the charger which is also now a USB-C, leaving you with just ONE SINGLE port while charging). I suppose the current trend is to have everything be Bluetooth/Cloud, but I think this would be a 5-Star laptop with just one more USB-C port.

Still a great laptop, but make sure it will fit your needs and any current technology you need to use with your laptop. It ultimately still works for us, but we weren’t really prepared to re-purchase Bluetooth/USB-C versions of our current equipment

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