It's great to use on long Web pages or documents. One welcome tweak, 'inertial scrolling,' has been added to the pad's settings it allows the trackpad to work much like an iPhone's or iPad's screen for flick-scrolling documents with two-finger gestures. We still wonder why nobody else makes touch pads this large or comfortable to use with multitouch. The large glass multitouch clickable trackpad we love also remains the same. The 2010 model's keyboard feels slightly sturdier, although the differences may be too small to quantify. We liked Apple's raised, backlit, chiclet-style keyboard before and we still like it now. The cable juts out less and, as a result, it should suffer fewer yank-outs. Even so, a year later, we find the design to be one of the best and most comfortable on the market.Įagle-eyed Mac users might notice one tiny change: the MagSafe magnetic power adapter cord has gotten a slight tweak, now using a thinner side-attaching cable just like the one on the MacBook Air. For anyone expecting greater changes, that might be disappointing: after all, last year's update, though subtle, did include an SD card slot, an integrated battery, and an LED-backlit display. On the other hand, no further engineering improvements have been implemented. The unibody aluminum body is as sturdy and slim to our eyes as it seemed in late 2008, even after a year and a half. The lines, the keyboard, the weight, the materials, and the screen all feel indistinguishable from the previous model. Looks-wise, this is the same MacBook Pro we know from 2009.

Still not gaming-enthusiast level, the graphics are more than capable of running most games at acceptable frame rates. However, there are other modest, but notable, improvements in the 2010 version: for instance, the previous MacBook Pro's integrated Nvidia 9400M graphics have been updated to Nvidia's new GeForce 320M processor. Unfortunately, though the 15- and 17-inch 2010 MacBook Pros received upgraded Core i5 and i7 CPUs, the 2010 13-incher still has a Core 2 Duo processor that has been bumped to a slightly faster version.

We were excited about the 2010 MacBook Pro updates in part because we were hoping that Intel's new processors would find their way into this smallest of all MacBook Pros to make a killer laptop.

We tended to like it even more than the 15-inch model, since it managed to be smaller and still high powered, provided you could live without boosted dedicated graphics.

The 2009 version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro was one of our favorite laptops, providing a great combination of design, performance, and battery life in a thin chassis.

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