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13-inch Retina MacBook Pro review: Thinner, lighter, and faster never hurts
   
      
      
         



   

You may not know it to look at them, but the latest 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display models are thinner and lighter than the Retina systems they replace. Lighter is always better in a portable—but factor in the new MacBook Pro’s increased battery life and the faster integrated graphics, and you have a laptop you can love.


The new 13-inch Retina MacBook Pros look very similar to the previous crop (released in February), but they are 2 ounces lighter and 0.04 inch thinner. Even when you compare a new model side-by-side with an early 2013 Retina MacBook Pro, the difference isn’t obvious.

Image: Michael HomnickThe new 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro (right) is thinner and lighter than its predecessor.

The new 13-inch Retina MacBook Pros have the same connections and ports as the previous versions: one HDMI port, two USB 3.0 ports, a headphone jack, and an SDXC card slot.


The new laptop also has two Thunderbolt 2 ports, which are supposed to deliver faster throughput than the previous-generation Thunderbolt ports that the older laptop carried. Though some manufacturers have announced Thunderbolt 2 peripherals, none of these products have yet arrived in our lab for testing. Thunderbolt 2 uses the same cables and connectors as Thunderbolt—but to get the increased bandwidth, you need Thunderbolt 2 devices.
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