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- Jul 12, 201890% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Key Takeaways of 2018 MacBook Pro vs. 2017 MacBook Pro
- Apple introduced updated 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar on 12 July 2018 with 8th-generation Intel Core processors; Apple said the 15-inch is up to 70 percent faster and the 13-inch up to two times faster than 2017 models[1][3]
- Design, ports, resolutions and US starting prices stayed the same ($1,799 for the 13-inch, $2,399 for the 15-inch)[1]
Notable features
- The 15-inch goes up to a 2.9GHz six-core Core i9 (2017 topped at a 3.1GHz quad-core i7) and the 13-inch gets quad-core chips up to 2.7GHz (2017: dual-core up to 3.5GHz)[1][3]
- The 15-inch supports up to 32GB DDR4 (2017: 16GB LPDDR3), and SSDs go up to 2TB (13-inch) and 4TB (15-inch)[1][3]
- The Apple T2 chip replaces the T1 and brings "Hey Siri", True Tone comes to the displays, and Bluetooth is 5.0[1][3]
- An improved third-generation butterfly keyboard for quieter typing, though it was unclear if it fixed sticky or repeating keys[1][3]
- The 15-inch has Radeon Pro discrete graphics with 4GB of video memory in every configuration and Turbo Boost up to 4.8 GHz, the 13-inch Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 with 128MB of eDRAM; the Retina display offers 500 nits and P3 wide colour, and Thunderbolt 3 drives up to two 5K displays or four external GPUs[3]
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- [1]90%macrumors.com/2018/07/12/2018-macbook-pro-vs-2017-macbook-promacrumors.com· Posted Jul 16, 2018· Starts Jul 12, 2018 ✓· 0% of score
Happened as dated, per macrumors.com: "…dels, now availa … with any new product launch, there is a wealth of information to sift through, so…"
- [2]80%MacBook Pro - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 14, 2026· 100% of score
Wikipedia's MacBook Pro article confirms Apple[3] "released significant updates" on 12 July 2018, including 8th-generation Coffee Lake processors and Bluetooth 5, corroborating Apple's own release date.
- [3]96%Apple updates MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for prosapple.com· Published Jul 12, 2018· 0% of score
Apple's own newsroom (Singapore edition) press release, dated 12 July 2018, confirms the updated MacBook Pro with faster performance and new pro features, matching the pin's stored date exactly.
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