The MacBook Pro with Retina Display benefits from an incredible 2880 x 1800-pixel IPS display, configured in HiDPI mode to look like the 1440 x 900 layout of every 15-inch MacBook Pro since 2006. These are not big laptops in any respect other than workspace, and we consider the MacBook Pro to be an ultraportable just the same as the MacBook Air. The 2014 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display is a bit heavier than the 13-inch, at 2.02 kg, but the same weight as the 2012 model. The 2014 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display is 50 g lighter than the 2012 Retina MacBook, it's now just 1.57 kg. You can expect the same quality of design and finish as with the MacBook Air, but in a marginally larger and heavier chasis. This won't be an issue when connecting to full-HD televisions or projectors, but it does mean you need to use a valuable Thunderbolt port to connect a high-resolution monitor with, eg, 2560 x 1600 display. Unfortunately the HDMI output looks to be set to the older HDMI 1.2 standard or below as we still couldn't get any better than 1920 x 1200-pixel output through this port. Switch to the MacBook Pro and you get a good selection of ports around the chassis, with Thunderbolt now at version 2. The MacBook Air weighs in at a swallowable 1.35 kg. This trusted tech trickled down from the Retina MacBooks, adding noise cancellation to improve voice clarity in FaceTime and Skype calls. One small visible change for the new MacBook Air is an extra pinhole on the left flank, marking an additional, second microphone.
Despite Apple's reputation for assembling premium products at premium prices, we've not seen any Microsoft hardware partner match the features, build and attention to detail, either at the same price or higher. The Apple MacBook Air sports the same supreme all-metal build quality that we've yet to see surpassed in other brands' laptops, styled with a wedged taper from rear to front edge. And that keyboard is one of the best in the business, with very short travel keys that we found made typing comfortable and nearly effortless. The Apple backlit keyboard now so widely copied by others is improved over earlier unibody MacBooks, such that light bleed through the sides of keys is greatly reduced. This is rigid, exceedingly tough and impeccably finished in satin sand-blasted aluminium. It has a beautiful unibody chassis that's just 18 mm thick. The MacBook Air is the ultimate ultraportable laptop. The 2014 13-inch MacBook Air weighs the same as the 2014 model.
The 2014 13-inch MacBook Air model is probably a fairer comparison, and that weighs in at 1.35 kg, just 220g less than the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina. While the MacBook Air gives the impression of being slimmer, it's still 1.7 cm at the thickest point, just a millimeter different. Both MacBook Air and MacBook Pro are stunningly built and finished devices, but the 2014 11-inch MacBook Air is 490 g lighter than the lightest Retina MacBook Pro, at 1.08 kg. The differences here are small but may be significant. MacBook Pro vs MacBook Air comparison: build, design, portability We expect Apple to release bigger updates for its MacBook ranges next year when Intel's Broadwell chips become available. Both the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro have recieved small updates in 2014, reducing the price of both line-ups and also giving each model a little spec boost.
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