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DANA WOLLMAN: This is
the new MacBook Pro.

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I don't love it, but I
don't hate it either.

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It's just not the laptop I
thought we'd get after waiting

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so long for an update.

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Before I rain on
everyone's parade,

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though, here's what I like.

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The new 13 and 15 inch
Pro are each thinner

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and lighter than
their predecessors,

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and generally take
up less space.

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Their screens are brighter
and more colorful.

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The trackpads are bigger.

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Their performance is all-around
faster, especially the SSDs.

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The new keyboard takes
some getting used to,

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but I ultimately really like it.

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Oh, and the sound quality
is surprisingly great, too.

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Now for the not so good news.

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The so-called touch bar that
replaces the function row

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is kind of gimmicky.

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It makes basic things, like
adjusting the brightness,

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feel less efficient
than it used to.

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Also, the Siri shortcut that
now sits above the Delete key

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often gets in the
way, but at least

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you can rearrange those
shortcuts in the Settings.

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The new MacBook Pro also does
away with full-sized USB ports

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and the SD slot, which means the
so-called pros this is aimed at

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will need a dongle
for just about

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everything requiring a port.

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That's not cool.

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The bottom line, many Apple
fans will still buy one,

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if only because they've been
waiting so long for an upgrade.

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Really, though, I wish we could
get a mashup of last year's

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MacBook Pro and this year's,
because what we have here

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isn't necessarily
designed around

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the way people actually work.

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It's designed around the
way Apple wants you to work.

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