BACKGROUND
A beloved old feature returns to the MacBook Pro: It starts with M-a-g. If you guessed MagSafe, we have disappointing news, but if you said “Magic Keyboard,” we have the teardown for you. It’s the all-new, butterfly-less, 16-inch MacBook Pro, and we’re here to turn it inside-out.
MAJOR TECH SPECS
• 16-inch LED-backlit IPS Retina display with True Tone, 3072x1920 resolution (226 ppi)
• 2.6GHz six-core Intel Core i7 and AMD Radeon Pro 5300M
• 16GB of 2,666MHz DDR4 SDRAM, plus 512GB SSD
• 100Wh battery, six-speaker sound system, and high-performance microphone array
KEY FINDINGS
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