MacBook Pro 2016 (With Touch Bar) - 13" Buyer's Guide

The fourth generation MacBook Pro 13-inch was officially announced in October 2016. The late 2016 model introduced some big changes, removing legacy ports and MagSafe 2 charging connector on previous models, in favor of Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports and a headphone jack. The completely redesigned MacBook Pro 13-inch also has a thinner and lighter body than previous models, improved display that’s brighter and supports a wider color gamut (with smaller bezels), 46% larger Force Touch trackpad, redesigned second-generation butterfly keyboard, multi-touch OLED Touch Bar with Touch ID, drastically improved speakers with greater dynamic range, and more. Internal hardware specs include Intel Skylake dual-core Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs, Intel Iris Graphics 540/550, up to 16GB RAM, and 256GB/512GB SSD. This was also the year that Apple discontinued the entry-level 13-inch second generation MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) with an optical drive, FireWire port, Ethernet, and hard disk drive.