Customer Ratings & Reviews

I purchased this in September of 2017 and in October of 2017 the screen cracked. I know this is my fault, but we all know that Apple products have a tendency to be sensitive and easy to break. There was a bobby pin in the hinge where you close the screen down to close the laptop and the screen cracked. I did not put a lot of force into closing it either. I feel for all the money I paid for this machine it should take less money to break the screen.

Overall quality FELT good, but my screen started develope lines and eventually it wouldn’t turn on. The data connection to the hard drive came loose and the system said there was no hard drive. I use MacBook for final cut, Swift, and because the os and communicate with Unix well but I always find myself having trouble with MacBooks whether it be hardware issues and always have to switch to my windows pc when I need to run a program that requires more power. I wouldn’t recommend this laptop for the average consumer with everyday tasks (like email, web browsing) but only if you need the before mentioned software bc it’s exclusive to apple.

This is my first MacBook. Prior to this I spent a lifetime on Windows and Linux computers. Those who raise the question of price (I did as well) should look at all the indicators, licensing renewals, longevity, resale value, etc. Here's what I can offer. - They keys are lower profile than my Dell Precision M3800 which threw me off at first, but now that I've put in about 40 hours of time, I'm typing faster and with less movement. - The batter lasts a long time. If I charge it fully and show up at the office at 8AM, I won't even think about charging it all day. I still bring my adapter every morning to work but I never take it out of my bag. I expect that from my Chromebook, but from a laptop with such a nice display, with rich colors, contrast and resolution, yea... I'm very impressed. I've been typing on this thing for the last 4 hours non-stop and it's currently at 88% capacity. - Updates! I already got the latest version of Mac's operating system that was released. Something I didn't realize, upgrades are included. If they come out with a new version of MacOS, I just install it, I don't have to buy it again. If I want to upgrade my Dell, I'd have to pay at least $100 for Windows 10. - The touchpad is not a button at all. It's just a flat piece of glass, but as soon as you turn it on, it acts as though it is a button. The main benefit is that there are no 'dead zones' on the pad. No matter where you press, it gives your fingers the same response. - The operating system is paired really well with iPhones. I keep finding more and more integration between my phone and MacBook, and in the most sensible places. - Macs include "Boot Camp", a program that will walk you through installing Microsoft Windows 10 right along side Mac's OSX. I did that right away just to see how it would go. It was flawless and windows ran rather nicely on the Mac. So now I have the best of both worlds, mainly using Windows for games like Lego Worlds. - The sound system is solid. Lots of bass, clarity, and full volume without vibrations or buzzing. I don't use my speakers much, but it cuts through the room when you're trying to listen to something in a noisy environment. - The webcam is solid as well. I was expecting a much taller walled garden, but what I see is a really good marriage of hardware and software, something that I think any company would want if they could pull it off. When I turn my MacBook off I miss it already. Maybe it's the Apple logo, or it's wonderful display, intuitive applications and features. I honestly don't know, but something about this MacBook just makes me really happy and no regret. And for the many Windows computers I've owned, I've never felt as content.

This laptop is perfect for college and editing video software.

I purchased this MacBook Pro for my boyfriend who is studying software engineering. It works very well and we haven't had any issues thus far. I own the more powerful version plus the Touch Bar. They are light, sleek, and easy to use. Some people don't like the new keyboard, but I haven't found it to be bothersome (we type for hours at a time). Sometimes the machines do run hot, but otherwise no issue.

This laptop is perfect for college. It's small enough to where it's not a distraction or too big for the desks in giant lecture halls. The battery life is insane and everything is snappy. I was a little bit iffy about switching to OSX due to always been a windows user but for portability this thing is wonderful.

I’ve owned and purchased a ton of macs for myself and my business. This particular model needed to be smaller, to be portable. I’m s a great size, powerful, quick. I am however angry that Mac eliminated all the ports. But that’s what they do!!

I bought this for my home office and it is quick, reliable, and runs sooo smoothly! It's a breeze to use, it crunches numbers quickly and has no problem connecting quickly to wi-fi. It's also light and portable and takes up very little space!

I was always a PC user. I decided to buy a Mac after using one of my friends for years. This MacBook is the best purchase I’ve ever made. It is so fast and has about nine hours of battery life if you take off that apps you don’t need. It’s lightweight and different from the MacBook from 2012. I love the keyboard. The only downside is that it does not have a USB port BUT, to buy an adapter is only $10 at Best Buy. Best Buy is the best place to purchase Apple products because they do price comparison with Apple. Including their student discounts. They also price match Apple care which now covers drops, cracks, total destruction - everything except lost/stolen MacBooks. I am loyal to Best Buy. And now that I purchased this Mac, I will always go back!

Apple is such a well rounded and trusted brand. I already have a iMac which I use for music making and video editing so when I purchased the MacBook Pro for my wife so she could edit on the go, we were not let down as the transition from desktop to laptop seemed minimal. The MacBook Pro is just as powerful and fast as the iMac, and even handles multitasking without slowing down other programs. The battery life is good the sound is incredible. My only complaint besides no USB, is that memory storage can go fast, as you would expect for a laptop, however thats why their are external hard drives. In all if this is a computer your are looking into for editing or creating music by all means pick this up.

I wanted to buy a new laptop for professional programming, and since Windows is too annoying (it does all sorts of things in the background without telling you) I decided to buy a mac. After some research I found out that this 8GB-RAM 128GB-Storage Macbook Pro is already good enough for me. First, some extra stats that are not listed in the specs, if you want to do the research: Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Storage taken by OS: 28GB Pro: 1. Good CPU & 8GB-RAM is very powerful for a laptop used for work. 2. SSD means super fast loading time. Opening a project with JetBrains IDEs (include: start IDE, load project, finish background tasks) used to take around a minute on my old laptop, but now it only takes a few seconds. I even tried loading a game (Stellaris) and the loading time is probably 5 ~ 10 times less than before. 3. Retina display gives a very good resolution for a 13 inch screen. Cons: 1. 13 inch is kind of small. Although Retina gives you a good resolution, the small font size is not ideal if you want to protect your eyesight. (I'm planning to get a secondary monitor; will update then) 2. There are only 2 USB-C ports, and you need to buy adapters for USB/HDMI or other kinds of ports. I bought a multiport adapter which costed $69. (see pic) 3. The bottom of the laptop is completely sealed, and there are only two small air outlets on the far side (see pic). The laptop got really hot during my test run with Stellaris. But since I will only use this laptop for work it won't be a problem for me - just something for you to consider.

I've been a PC guy for my entire adult life. Built, worked on, used professionally and for gaming. I got tired of my work laptop being so slow, and wanted a Unix kernel machine for some work related learning, and decided to try a Mac. I am delighted with my Macbook pro. Productivity is much improved, even over my 3 monitor PC setup. I Grant you that some of that productivity is due to having a faster machine to work on, but a large part is the desktop switching inherent to Mac OSX, and not having to pick up my phone ever few minutes to answer a text (since they show up on my Mac). Brilliant. There is no way around it... There are things you just can't do on a Mac they way you do on a PC. For my situation, that is a tiny price to pay outweighed by the massive upside. Pros: FAST. Light, easy to lug around. Decent battery life. Continuity features between iPhone and Mac (instant on personal hotspot, calls/texts on computer, application handoff). Sturdy. Amazing multitasking using multiple desktops. Amazing screen (even at 13") Cons: abysmal storage space. Lack of ports (only has 2 USB C connections and a 3.5mm jack). EXPENSIVE. Keyboard design issues (Google it, but they extended warranty coverage to 4 years for the keyboard). Accessories are expensive. Overall, I can't believe how great this machine is. I'm very disappointed my bias against Mac to keep me from this level of performance for so long. I cannot recommend a MacBook pro enough. That being said, skip this model and get the 256 gig SSD model instead. You'll fill up 128GB before you leave the parking lot, unless you're prepared to go with an upgraded iCloud storage account (not a bad idea anyway).

The speed, easy of use, slim size, long battery life, vibrant screen, and ability to send data and photos back and forth with my iPhone via AirPlay have made this laptop and BEST BUY for me!

I've used MacBooks for a little over a decade. This is the 4th I've owned, and my least favorite so far. What I love: I use my Pro primarily for photo processing. I love the retina display, reliability, processing power, and battery life. It's why I own a MacBook Pro. Specific to this version, I love that the speakers are now on right on top, and that the new charger does not use magnets. However, I don't want to give Apple a lot of credit for simply fixing their own bad designs. What I find annoying: This pro has two USB-C ports and a an aux port. That's it. No USB ports, no SD card, no DisplayPort or Thunderbolt Port. I thought I could live with it, but it's absolutely aggravating. I need a $30 adaptor to pull images off my SD card, another $30 adaptor to transfer them to my external hard drive, and once those two are plugged in, I'm out of ports. I can't even charge my computer while transferring images but that uses one of the USB-C ports. What I hate: The keyboard and trackpad. You use them for everything you do - and I hate them. The keys are difficult to press, too big, too flat, too close together - something. I can't tell you exactly what it is about them, but I hate them. And I hate the noise they make. Similarly, I hate the trackpad. I can't tell you what it is specifically about the Force Touch trackpad that makes me hate it so much, but I absolutely do hate it. At this point, I don't care if the machine is beautiful or powerful, it is almost too annoying to use, and that makes it fairly useless to me.

I have always been an apple fan for a long time, i have waited for 6yrs to get my hands on a macbook pro, at first i was very skeptical, i built a custom PC to act as a "game rig", and it turned out amazing, price was double but totally worth it! It handled everything i through at it games, word processing for my side business at the time, editing of my pics and videos off my go pro, and it was lightning fast Core i7 extreme liquid cooled, 2TB HDD raid, 32gb of DDR4 Ram, Nvidia GTX 1080TI, 256GB SSD (for OS), ASUS R.O.G Maximus MotherBoard, 42in 4k LG curved monitor. Windows OS 10, Again i built this computer for a purpose to play games!!, I was thinking of going with a mobile (gaming PC) i.e. Asus, MSI, Alienware, but realized they were so big and bulky, picture like caring around a desktop everywhere you go, i sat down and thought to myself what is going to be the soul purpose of my laptop, to play games?.....Well no i built my desktop for that....word processing?...Yea every computer and tablet can do that now days....criuse the web?....well yea my tablet and phone are good enough for that....then i figured it out....i wanted something to handle a little of everything!....but not extreme...lightweight for ease of travel to and from class/work then i saw this macbook sitting there for display at my local bestbuy, i now thought wow price is doubled of a PC, Lightweight, powerful duel core i5 Processor Duo's are more stable for everyday use in my professional opinion, Quad cores are pointless, after a test you will see that quad cores don't even hit all the cores, at full load they will but at basic use they will only use 2, and some of the 8th gen duo's, have faster speeds with the boost feature then the i5 quads!, All-in-all i decided to go with my mac 13in i5 after seeing the beautiful display, ultra portable design, really bright backlight keyboard, and amazing touchpad!, for the price point of this small but powerful machine, very much worth it!, i will be using it for online schooling, picture and video editing with my go pro, and help with my new job. Don't let the HDD size trick you!!! Buy a portable HDD for mass storage and use google drive for everything else!! Computers don't NEED hdd space to function!! Take it from me just being honest!, I hope this honest review helps people out like some did for me i am big on real life reviews and specific ones as well, i will be doing a video review soon! Will update when it is up. Thanks everyone!

I had a hard time deciding between this and the 2017 MacBook to replace an old MacBook Air. The MacBook is lighter and has twice as much internal storage. This 13" MacBook Pro has a larger, brighter screen and more powerful processor, and weighs about the same as the MacBook Air. In the end, the larger screen and better processor won me over. One concern was that the keyboard would be horrible. After a little more than a week of use, I've adapted. It's not a great keyboard. I'm still getting used to the up/down arrow keys being positioned differently than on the MacBook Air. The short-travel keys are not as comfortable to type on for long periods of time, and it's resulted in my missing a few letters every now and then. But I'm gradually getting faster and more consistent on it. It just sucks that the user has to adapt to it instead of it being designed to better facilitate the user. Another concern was battery life. The MacBook and MacBook Pro are both officially rated at 10 hours of battery life, but from what I read, I was concerned the MacBook Pro would have trouble actually achieving that. Using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to do general media consumption and basic tasks, I'm seeing about 6-9 hours of battery life depending on load. That's not terrible, but disappointing when the advertised battery life is 10 hours. Overall, though, this is a great laptop. I just wish it had come with 256GB of internal storage for the price.

This review is really intriguing to me because this MacBook “Pro” is amazing for me and people like me that have a desk job like I have. I put the PRO in Quotation marks not because it is not a pro machine; but because pro has been confiscated by many to mean video/photo editing at 5K and 7K raw files. I call this mac a pro computer because professional means so much more than that. This computer is pro partly due to the fact that when combined with the rest of the Apple ecosystem everything from sending/sharing files to having all of your contacts and Apple products just work without fuss. Now, I know that the hero there is the software not the hardware; however, when combined, this computer can not be beat. When it comes to the hardware, the screen is gorgeous, the weight is perfect and the aluminum construction is top notch; but to mention that the keyboard is a pleasure to type on. Why does this matter to me; well it matters because my job requires a great deal of typing and interacting with docs of all kinds. The typing experience on this computer is simply amazing and puts it over the 12 inch MacBook in my opinion. This is where software and hardware come together to form something special. I have the base model which is up to the task with everything I have thrown at it so far. Everything even includes the one time I had to edit a 4K video at 60 fps. The major issue people point to with this computer is the inclusion of only 2 USB-C ports. I for one have not had to live the dongle life as almost everything I do happens with iCloud. Once the doc is saved on my computer, it is automatically saved to all of my other Apple products! I did purchase a USB-C docking station that has all types of ports in the back and connects my laptop to a 4K display, all with just one cable! In other words, I never find myself needing an SD card, Ethernet connection, USB port or Video Out port while out on the road. I only need those things while in the office and the docking station works great for that. In my opinion this is the best MacBook Pro for office professionals! Super glad that I have it.

This most recent model of Macbook Pro (2017) comes in a slick design and offers great and fast performance. The Retina Display is amazing. The only caveat for the model I purchased is that it comes with only a 128 GB hard disk (you can get the bigger storage hard disk for a higher price though). I am happy with the purchase and would recommend it to others.

Absolutely love this computer. Super fast. Easy access to applications. Convenient to use. However when purchasing this computer you will need to buy additional accessories for it. Apple made it so that there are no USB ports, therefore you have to buy a dongle or other accessories to fit your needs. Other than this minor flaw, this computer is great.

Beautiful screen. Seems pretty fast. Nice size. Light weight