Apple’s New MacBook Pro brings back its Ports after removing it—What to Expect
Apple's new MacBook Pro re-introduces its ports after the Cupertino giant decided to let
go of it in
2016.
Apple’s New
MacBook Pro brings back its ports after removing it in 2016. Here’s what to
expect from its comeback.
As per Wired, all MacBooks since 2016 released without
any ports, except for the USB-C. However,
in exchange, all of its variants got impressively thinner and more powerful,
albeit it’s lesser usability due to the missing SD reader and HDMI.
Before Apple purged all
of the additional ports on the MacBooks, users could even plug in multiple
standard USBs, along with an SD card, HDMI, and Thunderbolt Display Port.
All of those useful
ports were seen from the MacBooks from 2005 to 2015 as 2016 has been a radical
change for the Apple machines.
Apple's
New MacBook Pro Brings Back its Ports
But now, Apple is retracting its move and it's bringing back all
of these ports to their MacBook Pros, including
the 14-inch and 16-inch variants.
The COVID-19 pandemic must have propelled Apple to look back at
its decisions. In this day and age, MacBook users have been forced to work for
hours on their laptops at the confines of their homes to avoid contracting the
novel coronavirus.
What's more, the latest trend of teleconferencing for meetings
required its users to at least have a decent microphone and even an external
display for their MacBooks. But all of these extra accessories would need an
additional dongle to deal with.
Just in the nick of time, Apple is bringing back the ports for the new MacBook Pro series, along
with its M1 Pro and Max chip, a redesign, and a notch for its 1080p camera.
The latest MacBook Pro models now sport an HDMI port, a MagSafe 3
connector, and an SD card reader.
It is worth noting that the new MacBook Pro series could still
charge via its Thunderbolt ports, which would be best if you have been using
USB-C power bricks.
Apple
New MacBook Pro: What to Expect
Aside from the comeback of the ports, Apple's new MacBook Pro
models now also boast a 120Hz ProMotion Mini LED display, which is also known
as the Liquid Retina Pro XDR, according to The Verge.
The introduction of the iPhone-like notch comes with the
introduction of a better webcam, sporting up to 1080p resolution, which would
be better for endless Zoom meetings.
The more powerful version of the M1 chips, the Pro and Max variants, will be powering the MacBook Pros with beastly performance.
14-inch MacBook Pro
The smallest model of the MacBook Pro has 10 CPU cores, along with two options of GPU, a 14-core or a 16-core. On top of that, it could also go with a 16GB of RAM, or an upgrade of up to 32GB. For its price, it starts at $1,999.
16-inch MacBook Pro
On the other hand, the biggest MacBook Pro could get a higher GPU score for its M1 Max model of up to 32-cores, along with a higher RAM of 64GB, starting to the tune of $2,499.