At yesterday's special event, after presenting the new MacBooks Pro 13 and 15 inch with Touch Bar, Apple said it would also market a 13 ″ model with traditional physical function keys and some lower technical specifications.
The machine, which costs $ 1,500 in the United States and comes to Brazil for $ 11,500 (cof!), Comes with a 2GHz Intel Core i5 processor (with Turbo boost up to 3.1GHz), 256GB SSD, 8GB of 1,866MHz memory, Intel Iris 540 graphics and only two Thunderbolt 3 ports.
Geekbench 4 result for entry-level MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2016): https://t.co/wwaBloBttU
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Since this is the only new MacBook Pro that is already available in stores, Geekbench Browser benchmark. And they put the machine well matched with the 13-inch MacBook Pro released last year: in a comparison, the test single-core even lower (3,556 from the previous versus 3,457 from the new), but higher in multi-core (6,676 against 6,896). In this case, the comparison between a fifth generation Core i5 running at 2.7GHz versus a sixth generation at 2GHz is far more energy efficient.
But that's just the beginning, obviously. It's interesting to see the earnings of the high-end models with Touch Bar because this entry-level MacBook Pro was presented as a good upgrade option for MacBook Air owners, not for those who already had a Pro.
(via AppleInsider)