Well designed and well made

It was expensive

Just when you think the competition might be starting to catch up to Apple, it manages to wow us all over again. The 15in MacBook Pro is the best professional-grade notebook, bar none. It's got power in spades, and it's wrapped up in the best-looking package ever to grace a desk.

Gorgeous looks; Superb performance; Excellent display quality

Touch Bar and Siri are still a little pointless

I grabbed this laptop to handle some basic video editing in the field and so far it has not disappointed me at all. Lightweight, super fast, and impressive color and sound. The pressure sensitive touch pad take a little while to get used to (it can be frustrating just trying to move a doc to the...

On paper, it looked like an impressive, if predictable, set of internal component upgrades. Apple's 13-inch and 15-inch Touch Bar MacBook Pro models would get new eighth-gen Intel processors , more storage and RAM options, a color-temperature-sensing True Tone screen and other tweaks -- all nice...

The latest 15-inch MacBook Pro offers major internal upgrades to the CPU, RAM, storage and display; The Core i9 version delivers a worthwhile speed boost on processor-intensive tasks

The basic design hasn't been updated, keeping the same advantages and flaws; Adding the new high-end options drives the cost way up

Never had an Apple Mac before and I'm beyond impressed with this model for the price it has amazing features.

The MacBook Pro is a great performance laptop, but it comes at a price that can get ridiculous with various tick-box upgrades. Still, it's a workhorse that delivers on its pro-name promise with style.

Searing performance and super-fast SSD; Far better keyboard than last year's; TrueTone display is excellent

Touch Bar not hugely useful; No discrete graphics option for 13in model Lack of ports (it's USB-C only; Battery life not best going; Pricey

The new MacBook Pro therefore hits a sweet spot that we've rarely seen from an Apple laptop. It's powerful enough to match the performance of similarly configured $3,000 Windows machines on the types of tasks that its owners will likely care about, while remaining a standard-bearer in terms of...

Excellent battery life; Core i9 processing muscle; Sleek, thin all-metal design; Beautiful display with automatic color-temperature adjustment; Roomy SSD

High starting price, and painfully expensive as configured; Limited I/O options

Apple MacBook Pro 2018 : What is our concept of a professional laptop While I would have thought it would be thin, but powerful, notebook devices that are light enough to be carried around, a recent trip to Japan turned out to be an eye-opener.

A few years back, I reviewed the 13-inch MacBook Pro – the 2015 model, before the current redesign. It was the best productivity-focused laptop I've ever used, and even after switching to the 12-inch MacBook for a while, I still stand by that statement.

The 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro provides impressive performance -- especially if you add the Core i9 upgrade tested here. The fact that the MacBook Pro can accommodate a powerful CPU and GPU without increasing its size or weight -- or affecting battery life -- is no mean feat either.

Impressive CPU and GPU performance; Attractive; high-resolution display; Slim; lightweight design; All-day battery life

Very expensive; Sealed unit prevents user upgrades and repairs; Lifeless keyboard