Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 Review + BenchMarks

Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013


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                                                        We had reviewed many ultrabooks/ notebooks till today but I want to accept a thing here, the most gorgeous and attractive notebooks are Apple MacBooks. Yes, they are the most attractive and their eye catching design and charming color scheme just caught up the heart right in your chest. The MacBooks have Apple Max OS which is not common OS in the Asia and people here prefer the Windows OS but still you can’t ignore the MacBook and most of the people still had the choice to get a MacBook once in their life. So The new MacBook Pro Retina 2013 has been launched and available in the market so lets take a look at it and check it out !!!




                                         The New Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has 13.3-inch case and the notebook really attractive. The color scheme is not much changed but still some improvements have been made. The aluminum is the dominating element in the whole case and all the outer surface of the case has been made with aluminum. The build quality is really great and that is what we always expect from Apple products. The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has good lid and the hinges are also perfect. The total weight of the Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 is about 1.56 Kg which is good as well and also the case is very thin consistently. Overall Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has good design and solid build quality as expected but no major changes.


                                                     The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has 13.3-inch display screen which is obviously an IPS panel screen having the max resolution of 2560 x 1440 which give more than enough details and sharpness to image on the screen but still I think, it not an ideal resolution for 13.3-inch display screen as icons and text will too small to view accurately. The option of installing of windows with boot camp resulted terrible screen quality in windows 8 but the Default Max OS is far better as the driver problem and that kind of staff you know for running Windows on MacBooks. The display screen is really bright and the image quality is terrific (Mac OS) but still I feel a bit difficult to read normal size text on web pages. The contrast ratio is also excellent. The display has wide viewing angles and easily useable in outdoor scenarios. Overall Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has great display screen.

The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 is a 13.3-inch notebook so you get the standard keyboard with Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013. The Chiclet style keyboard with white, backlights is same and unchanged. The keys are decently large and good feed back, pressure points and efficiency of the keyboard is great as expected. The keyboard is really good for typing lovers. The Glass pad or what you call it, touchpad with multi- gesture feature is really good. The size is small but efficiency is really great in Mac OS, not in windows where it suck because driver compatibility so use it in Mac OS and you will love touchpad. The  Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has nice keyboard and touchpad.


The stereo speakers of the Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 produce good louder noise but the base is not much appreciable because of these tiny speakers are not best speakers but still they can entertain two or three persons. The base is low but sound quality is good enough. There are plenty of tools available to enhance the sound according to the needs but still I think speakers are good. Overall Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has good speakers.


The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has aluminum made case which is not appreciable in case of dealing with the heat but that is not an issue in the normal load and you can easily use Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 on the lap while doing normal things but it is still useable under stress and that is the magical part, Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 is useable in stress and surface temperatures remain lower than the previous model and even lower than previous Apple MacBook Pro Retina 2012. The fan of Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 produce really low noise in normal load and it was really low, fan went off some times which is really good but under load it was loud, not much and ignorable and you can still watch movie. Overall Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 remain cool and quiet.



                                                           The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has plenty of connectivity options for users and they are not much changed from previous retina MacBook. The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has Bluetooth 4.0 and High speed WiFi for wireless connectivity. The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 also has Audio jack, MegaSafe2 , 1x USB 3.0 and 2x Thunderbolt 2.0 on the left side and it also has 1x USB 3.0, SD card reader and HDMI port on the right side so the options are also not changed. Overall Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has good connectivity options.


                                                      The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has Lithium-Polymer non-removable battery of 91.8 Watts which is a jumbo battery pack for 13.3-inch MacBook and it proves to be exactly that, the Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 lasts for about 945 minutes in our battery life test which is amazing. We run usual tasks e.g. Microsoft Office, surfing web via WiFi, HD movie, editing audio, videos and photos, listening audio songs, typing, normal gaming, C4D rendering etc. to get the realistic result which are applicable to real life. So Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has top class battery life.
























                                       The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 is really a great 13.3-inch MacBook with retina display and latest Intel Haswell CPU and HD Iris Graphics. The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 also has SSD and 2x Thunderbolt 2.0 port and 2x USB 3.0 ports as well. The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 has great IPS 1440p display and good keyboard and touchpad. The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 is really cool and quieter. It has good connectivity options and speakers as well. The Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 2013 is great for Mac OS users but not great for the people who are well settled with windows because it will not work good as on Mac OS, on windows 7 or 8 because of drivers. It has greater battery life of 945 minutes which is unbelievable. The final decision is your and depends upon your budget, We are here to help you and for advise so do not hesitate to contact us for any advice/ help.



  • Great display 1440p.
  • Good speakers.
  • Runs cool and less noisy.
  • Good connectivity.
  • Good keyboard and touchpad.
  • Best performance.
  • Top class battery life.


  • Screen size is small (13.3-inch) for 2560 x 1440 resolution so reading text is difficult.