The results of the presentation of Apple: MacBook Pro, which is (in?) Lived up to expectations

In preparation for the new presentation of the Californian giant, obviously, put the quality at the expense of quantity. The highlight of the program was the new MacBook Pro, but somewhere in his shadow settled new TV app on Apple TV and an updated Final Cut Pro X.

MacBook Pro

The first four years of professional notebook Apple's a really innovative.

Main feature of the new MacBook Pro - it is certainly, Touch Bar. This multi-touch screen, which has replaced the entire top row of buttons on the keyboard. The fact that it appears in the new MacBook Pro, it was known in advance, and at the presentation we were able to finally see live, that is capable of this magical strip.

Touch Bar functionality varies depending on the task. For example, while surfing in Safari, it allows you to easily flip through tabs when working in Final Cut timeline displays in Photoshop Touch Bar and completely transformed into a full toolbar. In the same way the touch screen works with other programs. Already at the start promises to support an impressive suite of applications, which is subsequently filled up with products and third-party developers.

All displayed on the Touch Bar buttons can be customized. And if you suddenly need the good old keys F1 - F12, then pressing the Cmd they will appear on the touch panel. In general, the keyboard Touch Bar MacBook goes to a whole new level of convenience and ergonomics. If the owners of laptops from Apple and earlier were almost the only ones who do not use a mouse, but now they are simply the risk of forgetting what she looked like.

Another innovation is also not a surprise. However, his coolness will not lose. Speech on the Touch ID. fingerprint scanner located in the power button and responds to a light touch. In addition to unlocking the laptop without a password, Touch ID allows to make online purchases via Apple Pay. Damn handy feature, it must be said.

Let's move on to the housing. Of course, the new notebook is lighter and thinner than previous models. A trackpad, on the other hand, has become twice as much. As for connectors, there proves to be a benchmark MacBook minimalism and versatility. On the sides are located on the two superhighways port Thunderbolt. Through them, you can charge the laptop to connect to a monitor and other electronic gadgets. But the familiar 3.5-mm headphone jack remains unharmed. And thanks for that.

But if the coolness of new ports can cause a debate, the iron in the new "Proshko" uniquely excellent. Fresh 15-inch MacBook Pro is up to 130 percent faster than the old model to cope with the processing of three-dimensional graphics, a 60 percent performance in games and 57 percent quicker during installation video.

The youngest model - 13-inch MacBook Pro without a Touch Bar - equipped with dual-core Intel Core i5 with 2.0 GHz, 8GB RAM, flash drive 256 GB graphics and Intel Iris Graphics 540.

The basic configuration of the 13-inch notebook with Touch Bar has Intel Core i5 dual 2.9 GHz, 8GB RAM, an internal memory 256 GB and 550 Intel Iris Graphics graphics.

The older base model line - the MacBook 15-inch - boasts a quad-core Intel Core i7 with 2.6GHz, 16 GB of RAM, flash drive 256 GB and graphics Radeon Pro 450 GB 2 memory.

In general, as always, new Apple gadgets pleased with almost everything, except the price. Cost laptops is 119 990, 144 990 and 189 990 rubles respectively. Order them on the official website Apple you can now.

TV app for the Apple TV and updating of Final Cut Pro X

you can search for movies and TV shows on various services, as well as to watch live broadcasts of TV channels through a new application. TV will be able to work both on the console itself, and on the iPhone and iPad. And to help in finding content to Siri. In addition, the application will be available a convenient catalog with recommendations and purchased content.

Also at the presentation showed a professional video editing application update for Final Cut Pro X. In addition to supporting the new Touch Bar, video editor obzavolsya new interface and features that surely will appeal to an editor. For those who have already bought Final Cut Pro X, an update is available for free.