We tested True Tone in three indoor settings – brightly sunlit, electric light only, and near dark – and in all three we found that it was cranking up the yellow pretty heavily. If you go into System Preferences > Displays you can toggle the feature on and off, which makes it easy to see what it’s up to. It’s a similar kind of idea to Night Shift, producing a warmer, yellower colour palette where the lighting requires it. True Tone is an adaptive tech: it adjusts the screen’s colour balance to achieve consistent output under differing environmental conditions. We find typing easier on the 2015 MacBook Pro, however, which has noticeably more separated keys. Note that these issues were also true of the previous MacBook Pro. But Cmd isn’t much better, which is a major concern for hotkey combinations. The direction keys at the bottom right are probably the worst for this, and we found it impossible to use them without looking. The writer of this review is normally a reasonably reliable typist, but found himself producing drivel like “ANother channel I ahve not been invoited to” at a standard speed – three typos in eight words! – simply because the gaps between the keys are so small.
However, we do feel that they are crammed too close together. The keys are pleasant to use, with a shallow but satisfying action, and the sound is not offensive. But Apple maintains that this is for reasons of noise. Teardowns discovered that a new silicone membrane around the keys provided improved protection against intruding particles. This time around, then, it was hoped that the problem would be addressed, and sure enough, But then again, given how much it costs, it would be a scandal if it did. As laptops go this is phenomenally fast, and creative professionals will find that it does not let them down. What has changed is that you can now get six cores and 32GB of RAM. These are the things that have stayed the same or almost the same. And the screen is bright and clear: it might not offer the mad 4K resolutions you’ll see elsewhere but it’s quite good enough for us, and the new inclusion of True Tone means its colour balance is the most consistent around. The keyboard appears to have been improved with regard to its long-running dust allergy, and is a bit quieter too we still find it rather cramped for reliable typing, though. Still, form is temporary and class is permanent, as they say, and this is a classy-looking machine. The design is thoroughly lovely, even though it’s the same design we first saw in 2016, and really not all that different from the one we got in 2012. What do you want us to say? Yes, it’s an amazing laptop, and yes, you could buy a car for less money. Keyboard layout still makes it hard to type quickly and accurately.
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