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Apple's iOS 13 beta 3 FaceTime gaze magic is triumph of tech evolution
If by triumph you mean we prefer to have our phones lie to us, even willingly, then sure.
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Review: 2019 13-inch MacBook Pro -- ultimate refinement without revolution
1. You don't know when we got our review unit.2 & 3. Gatekeeping the term "Pro" based on what you need it for serves no useful purpose. What you need is not what everybody needs. While we here at AppleInsider would like at least the option for discrete graphics in the 13-inch MBP for our own reasons, they are by far, not mandatory for the vast majority of use cases for this machine. Apple hit the target that it aimed for in this machine. That sounds like it isn't you, and that's okay.HOOOBOY when an admin responds defensively you know you touched a nerve. 1. You're right, I don't know when you got your review unit, if you got it in advance, like some legitimate media outlets are prone to, then congrats! So when did you get your unit? Just for the sake of transparency? 2+3. Gatekeeping the phrase "ultimate refinement" based on your own needs serves no useful purpose either. See how that works? Imperial bloviating serves no one except as clickbait. It would have been more accurate for the 15 inch 8 core vega 20 monster. 4. To me, PRO means PRO as in iMac PRO and Mac PRO and iPad PRO, machines that serve the vast majority of PRO users. That have some kind of longevity and power to justify the increased expense. The 13 inch is Prosumer at best. For comparison sake, the specs of the Razer Stealth: $1699-Thinner Cheaper last year's processor though (Q3'18), plus discrete graphics.... Apple Can Do Better and they SHOULD BE. Quad-Core 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8565U Processor 1.8 GHz / 4.6 GHz (Base/Turbo) NVIDIA® GeForce® MX150 (25W) 4GB GDDR5 VRAM 13.3" 4K Touch w/ 4.9mm slim side bezel 512GB Flash 16GB dual-channel RAM Up to 8 hours Battery (53.1Wh) Anodized black aluminum finish 0.58" x 11.99" x 8.27" / 14.8mm x 304.6mm x 210mm
4. See 3, regarding Pro. If you think "Pro" implies anything more than a simple marketing term to differentiate it from the MacBook Air, and MacBook, I don't know what to tell you.
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Review: 2019 13-inch MacBook Pro -- ultimate refinement without revolution
1. The machine was released May 21, 2019 so you haven't spent a couple weeks reviewing it. 2. The 13 inch pro is a redheaded stepchild of a machine with integrated graphics and should be put out of its misery and not called a pro machine. 3. It's vitally important to get discrete graphics back into a smaller machine, your review should demand as much. 4. Your review of the 8 core 15 inch model is actually the first portable machine in years that deserves the pro monicker. As a matter of fact it proves how important discrete graphics are as the i9 with Vega 20 is a quantum leap above the 13 inch model and has less thermal throttling to boot. Even so, the vega 16 and 20 should be the standard graphics and not be an upcharge.
