Apple MacBook Pro (13.3-inch, Mid 2020)

Design still holds up ;Excellent keyboard;Top-drawer display;Loads of options for RAM, SSD

Low-end models miss out on big internal upgrades;Couldn’t we have some slimmer bezels?;Still no SD card slot

Industry-leading display ; Thin and light design ; Excellent new keyboard ; Hard-as-rock build quality

Confusing processor choices ; Average battery life

Much-improved keyboard ; Bright and colorful display ; Apple doubled the base storage ; Healthy battery life

Bottom side can get hot ; You have to buy at least the $1799 model to get 10th-gen Intel processors ; No discrete graphics option on the 13-inch model ; We still miss USB-A ports and the SD card reader ; Still not feeling the Touch Bar

Fast ; Intel-based apps work well ; Excellent battery life

Awful webcam ; iOS apps are a whiff ; It’s time to admit Macs would be better with touchscreens

Apple has released a new MacBook Air with its own processor inside, the Arm-based M1 chip. It makes this laptop very fast and runs Intel apps without any significant problems. It also has very good battery life but a bad webcam.

New keyboard ; Faster processor on upgraded model ; Nice build quality

Average-at-best battery life ; Average-at-best webcam ; Bezels a little large by current standards

Apple has a new 13-inch MacBook Pro with a Magic Keyboard instead of the old butterfly mechanism. In this review, we test the 10th Gen Intel Core i5 processor version. It runs macOS apps well, but it does better on both battery life and performance...

It's kind of a shame that we didn't get a refresh of the 16-inch model, however. In our brief testing of laptops rocking the new 10th-gen Intel Comet Lake-H processors, we've seen much better performance along with some amazing battery life. Maybe...

Elegant design ; Solid performance ; Great keyboard ; Excellent SSD speeds ; Powerful speakers

A bit heavy ; Thick bezels ; Battery life could be longer

The MacBook Pro offers double the storage with great performance and the excellent Magic keyboard, but the battery life could be longer.

Magic Keyboard is a genuine improvement ; Great screen has all the brightness/colour/resolution you'll need ; Ample power and eGPU options via Thunderbolt

Doesn't move the design forward - where's the 14-inch rework? ; No Face ID login ; No discrete graphics ; So-so battery from 10th Gen configuration ; Pricey configurations

A modest update over the 2019 model, the 2020 Pro does bring a much-needed new keyboard design, but it's not the 14-inch reimagining that many had expected. Still, it's a great workhorse that's the right balance of performance and longevity.

excellent case and build quality;huge trackpad with great precision;usually very quiet and cool operation;very good display with flawless scaling;very good speakers;4x Thunderbolt 3 w/ full bandwidth

no Wi-Fi 6;neither USB-A nor HDMI;bad webcam;very expensive – especially the upgrades;power supply reaches its limitations

Fast and responsive (even under emulation) ; Reasonably priced ; Astonishing battery life ; Runs iOS apps

Compatibility issues with some software

Finally, to the verdict, and it’s a pretty easy one to give. If you’re in the market for a new laptop and you have around £1,300 to spend – and assuming you’ve checked that it will run all the software you require – there is no other laptop that comes...