And I do find the 4th-gen Butterfly keyboard on this new MacBook Pro to be quieter and slightly more comfortable. MacBook Pro 13-inch (2019) keyboard and touchpadĪs someone who has been using the 2nd-generation MacBook Pro Butterfly keyboard for a couple of years, anything is an upgrade.

But if you want a more intimate concert, you'll want to invest in a solid pair of noise-cancelling headphones. Meanwhile, James Earl Jones' voice sounded even more god-like than usual when I watched The Lion King trailer, and the soaring strings got very loud without getting distorted at max volume. The swirling guitars and pulsing beat were powerful without overwhelming the dueling vocals from S.A. The dual speakers that flank the keyboard on the MacBook Pro produce rich and nuanced sound, as I discovered when streaming 'What The?!' from 311. The screen on the HP Spectre x360 (150%/287 nits) is about as colorful as the MacBook Pro but notably dimmer. The 1080p version of the Dell XPS 13 (126% / 357 nits) also falls behind the MacBook Pro, as does the 4K display model (119% / 375 nits. That MacBook Air's screen is good, but it's dimmer and covers less of the color spectrum (100% / 343 nits). The MacBook Pro's panel also impressed in our labs, as it registered a very good 163% of the color gamut and a bright 441 nits.

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