I did take a close look at the Surface Pro. Sorry, the build quality is nowhere near a MacBook Pro. Secondly, I found the touch screen very gimmicky. I tried using it for a week and found that my hand just hurt lifting it up repeatedly and also hated switching context from the keyboard to the screen. Not to mention, the screen was full of smudge marks after awhile.
To be honest, I really found myself using the keyboard and touchpad the most on the Surface and when you think about it, the MacBook Pro has the best touch pad. I think Apple needs to do some minor things to get the MacBook Pro back on track:
- Fix the battery issue. They really need to fix that from a hardware perspective. Also, the OS needs to be optimized to preserve battery. The burden can't be fully on hardware.
- Put magsafe back or some sort of USB-C magsafe solution.
- Bump the specs. The whole point of the Pro is it is leap years ahead of everyone on processor, HD, and RAM.
- The keyboard is getting better, but I still think it needs more travel time.
- The screen could be further to the edges a bit for a more modern look.
- The ports. Look, I get it, you want to embrace the future but then please include free cables to help in the transition. A power extension cable was not even included in this MacBook pro release, that is just sad.
To be honest, I really found myself using the keyboard and touchpad the most on the Surface and when you think about it, the MacBook Pro has the best touch pad. I think Apple needs to do some minor things to get the MacBook Pro back on track:
- Fix the battery issue. They really need to fix that from a hardware perspective. Also, the OS needs to be optimized to preserve battery. The burden can't be fully on hardware.
- Put magsafe back or some sort of USB-C magsafe solution.
- Bump the specs. The whole point of the Pro is it is leap years ahead of everyone on processor, HD, and RAM.
- The keyboard is getting better, but I still think it needs more travel time.
- The screen could be further to the edges a bit for a more modern look.
- The ports. Look, I get it, you want to embrace the future but then please include free cables to help in the transition. A power extension cable was not even included in this MacBook pro release, that is just sad.