The sound system, web camera (now HD 1920×1080) and the new keyboard are all delights to use. It has one HDMI port for displays and three Thunderbolt 4 ports in total. It is a 1000 nits / 1600 nits peak HDR screen – twice that of an iMac. Without a doubt the machine is impressive, the screen is remarkably brighter. Thankfully the innovation, build quality and Apple moments of delight are all present when you open the lid and switch it on.

Apple built these new laptops with function firmly in front of form, something decidedly un-Apple-ish. But the market for this computer is not the fashion-forward sleek designer crowd. If you never opened it, you could be forgiven for thinking it was 2015 (or even 2006).

After years of dongles, you can plug an HDMI monitor in directly! Add to this the computer is a beast. The computer has ports – loads of sensible ports, which would not be important to mention except it has been years since we could plug an SD card directly into a card reader on the MacBook Pro, or headphones and there is even a Magsafe power plug. The computer is remarkably powerful, insanely powerful for a laptop, but when you first pick it up, it seems like you have jumped back in time. The first impression of the new MacBook Pro is that you have stepped back in time.

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