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Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (2020) review: If it ain’t broke, give it a new keyboard

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Magic Keyboard • Solid performance • Generous storage capacity

Expensive • Low-quality camera • Underwhelming battery life

Out of all four configurations, the $1,799 13-inch MacBook Pro is your best option. In addition to the Magic Keyboard, it packs the latest Intel processor for strong performance and plenty of storage to power you through all your creative tasks.

Since…

Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Pro vs. the MacBook Air: Which one should you buy?

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Apple quietly launched a new version of its 13-inch MacBook Pro on Monday, quashing rumors (for now) that it’s working on a 14-inch Pro. 

The new MacBook Pro starts at $1,299 and has an upgraded keyboard and more storage. For big processor and memory upgrades, however, you’ll have spend $1,799.

This makes it an interesting alternative to Apple’s MacBook Air, which was launched earlier…

Apple launches 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard, new processor

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Apple launched a new version of its 13-inch MacBook Pro with an upgraded keyboard, processor, and storage. 

The new laptop has a 1.4GHz, quad-core, 8th generation Intel Core i5 processor, which can be upgraded to a 2.0GHz, quad-core, 10th generation Intel Core i5 processor. 

It starts with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. There’s also a version with 16GB or 32GB of RAM, and up to 4TB of…

Big iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard is way heavier than you’d want

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Apple has been positioning its iPad Pros as productivity devices that can replace a fully-fledged computer, and the recent launch of the Magic Keyboard, which has a full set of keys and a trackpad, is a big step in that direction.

You’d still expect your iPad Pro and keyboard combo to be fairly light, though, so the Magic Keyboard’s weight is a bit of an unpleasant surprise. 

Apple…

AMD Radeon Vega Mobile Discrete Graphics llega a MacBook Pro

Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chairman: What happens next? Technically Speaking

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Teardowns of Apple hardware have repeatedly revealed just how difficult it is to repair. Apple doesn’t want you to repair its devices, so why make it easy? But with the introduction of the T2 chip, Apple switched from deterring repairs to outright blocking them by anyone other than Apple authorized service providers.

The T2 chip is an 64-bit ARMv8 part that runs an operating…

Boosting your Mac’s graphics performance with Blackmagic’s eGPU is more trouble than it’s worth

Blackmagic's eGPU was co-designed with Apple. No wonder it looks like the trash can Mac Pro.Image: raymond wong/mashable Blackmagic eGPU $699

View Product The Good

Super quiet • Pass-through charging for MacBooks with USB-C

The Bad

Expensive • Non-replaceable graphics processor • Many apps aren’t optimized for eGPU • Most apps don’t support hot-plugging • eGPU support for macOS…

Apple’s 2018 MacBook Pro can’t recover data if the logic board fails

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If you buy one of the new 2018 MacBook Pros, you’d best back up your data, since recovery will be much harder than it was before if your logic board fails.

It turns out Apple removed a data-recovery port from the logic board in the latest iteration of the MacBook Pro, according to MacRumors. On previous models, the port served as a last resort for data recovery…