Apple’s new MacBook Pro is its fastest MacBook ever, but does it also have a better keyboard? 

Apple has silently updated its top-of--line 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro models with faster Intel processors. For some perspective, maxed-out model w packs an 8-core i9 chip clocked at 2.4GHz, that’s capable of chalking Turbo Boost speeds up to 5.0 GHz – making it fastest MacBook ever. We’ve never h any doubts about Mac (Pro) tebook’s performance, and even its battery life to an extent, but new MacBook Pro raises more questions than it answers. Two questions pop up almost instantaneously – does new MacBook Pro have a better keyboard, and can it take so much power that Apple has crammed into it, without breaking a sweat? 

MacBook has h a troubled record over both se aspects. Apple has even publicly ackwledged (and even apologized for) m. 

Both se aspects – keyboard and rmals – are key to any laptop, even more so for a premium laptop. While throttling can (still) seemingly be controlled through a software update, failing keyboards are a more complex issue. It’s a nuisance that’s re by design – a big question mark on Apple’s engineering genius that has long been raved for its high-quality standards. Remember, this is same company that recently canceled an anunced product that did t meet m. One wonders, how its controversial butterfly keyboard ever me it to a commercial product – and it continues to be part of its MacBook lineup to this day. 

Surely, Apple has been tweaking its design to find a fix. Its last update ded a rubber membrane to individual keys to keep dust and debris from getting inside – but clearly it wasn’t eugh. For social media is abuzz with users complaining about failing keys (on a laptop that costs close to around 1 lakh and over) - and Apple itself, continuing its tryst to find that ‘perfect’ solution. In its fourth such refresh, Apple is w using “new materials” inside mechanism that are said to “significantly reduce occurrence of double and missed key presses.” 

re’s clarity on what se new materials are and how y’ll suddenly make new MacBook Pro keyboard less susceptible to failing, but one thing’s clear – Apple is still t letting go of butterflies. Wher or t new fix is effective (eugh) is something only time will tell, but in meantime, Apple can’t stress eugh that it has your back should things go awry. Apple is expanding its Keyboard Service Program to include all MacBook models with butterfly keyboard – which basically means all modern-day Mac tebooks. And it, will speed up keyboard repair times.   

As for throttling, Apple seems to be using same rmals inside new MacBook Pro models as outgoing ones – so that’s that. 

A quick rain-check on new MacBook Pro core specs w: 

15-inch MacBook Pro – w starts with 6-core i7 chip clocked at 2.6GHz (Turbo Boost speeds up to 4.5 GHz), followed by 8-core i9 chip clocked at 2.3GHz (Turbo Boost speeds up to 4.8 GHz), and lastly top-end model with 8-core i9 chip clocked at 2.4GHz (Turbo Boost speeds up to 5.0 GHz) 

13-inch MacBook Pro – w starts with 4-core i5 chip clocked at 2.4GHz (Turbo Boost speeds up to 4.1 GHz), while top-end model w ships with 4-core i7 chip with Turbo Boost speeds up to 4.7 GHz 

Rest of specifications remain same – which means, updated models have same integrated graphics, same retina display, same SSDs and same all-day battery life claim.  

In India, new 13-inch MacBook Pro will start at Rs 1,59,900 while new 14-inch MacBook Pro will start at Rs 1,99,900 – te that updates apply to 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro models with touch bar (which means entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro isn’t getting any update). Apple will start shipping new MacBook Pro models in India starting later this week. 

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