And it starts at $1,299, only $100 more than the same-size MacBook Air and $400 less than last year's model.

On paper, it looks like the perfect balance: pretty portable and pretty powerful, in a pretty package. It has a great screen, and Apple claims it'll last for up to nine hours. It's powerful, but it's not much thicker than the MacBook Air or your average Windows ultrabook. That's why the new 13-inch MacBook Pro is so intriguing. There's no such thing as having it all, no matter what you're willing to pay for it. Good speakers and screens are hard to come by so are great keyboards and trackpads. You want long battery life and a slim build, gaming's all but out the window. You want power, you're going to need a big, expensive, probably ugly machine. Do I play games? Will I want to play games sometime in the next four years? How much do I travel? How much will I travel? Am I going to be using Office much, or at all, or ever again? I have cable now, but am I going to become a cord-cutting Netflix aficionado sometime before I'm back here shopping for another new laptop?Įverything's a choice with laptops, everything a tradeoff. More so than with any other product category, buying a laptop forces you to make all manner of decisions and prognostications about yourself. Yet it's an almost certain occurrence, at least when you're there shopping for a laptop. I knew nothing about any of this 2 weeks ago, and this was what I found trying to figure it out.Standing in a Best Buy is an odd time for an existential crisis. I'm not sure how the other commenters are getting 4K 60Hz, but I think I've tried everything, and the results I've got are in line w/ the specs I could find. Also according to Dell, late 2013 rMBP has DP 1.2, which should be able to do 4K 60HzĪnd according to Wikipedia, DP 1.1a is limited to HBR, which is limited to 30 Hz at 4K / 3840 × 2160. I think it's because the early 2013 rMBP is limited to DP 1.1a, according to Dell. I am now using 2304 x 1296, HiDPI, at 30Hz. SwitchResX did help me get more resolution options than the standard display settings would. The cable I'm sticking with is the Startech mDP to DP, and the HDMI cable I tried was a 4K Belkin HDMI cable from the apple store.

This LG monitor has DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 2. I could not get 60 Hz on any cable at 4K.

On my early 2013 15' rMBP and LG 27UD88-W 27' 4K UHD Monitor, and SwitchResX, I tried mDP to DP, HDMI to HDMI, all 4K compatible cables, and finally active mDP to HDMI 4k 60Hz cable.

Macbook pro 2013 display