Stuff UK – September 2019

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eing a big cheese is as
much about image as
anything else. The laptop
you choose to be seen using will
tell your minions a lot about you
as a boss – so just as you wouldn’t
drive a convertible Nissan Micra
to the office, Gav from accounts
won’t take your dressing-down
seriously if you’ve got something
generic on your desk.
Apple’s latest MacBook Pros
send the right message: they’re

smart, powerful and expensive; so

depending on whether you go for

the 13in or 15in version you can

have up to 4TB of SSD storage,

32GB of RAM, Radeon Pro Vega

graphics and an Intel eight-core i9

processor. You might have to ask

someone in IT what all that means,

but the integrated Touch ID sensor

and Touch Bar are easy to show off,

as is the sharp Retina display.

A big part of the appeal of Macs

is the operating system – and with

the Catalina update due out in

autumn, you’ll get a few more neat

tricks added to your Pro’s arsenal.

Beefed-up privacy and security

are handy but the best thing is

probably Sidecar, which lets you

use an iPad as a second screen

with certain apps.

If you really must, you can even

run Windows on a Mac these days,

but if anyone tries to make you do

that it’s probably time to haul them

in for a formal warning.

DELL XPS 13

Dell’s XPS 13 might
not have the wow
factor of a Mac
but it’s one of the
finest laptops you
can buy today.
This thin and light
13-incher has
an 8th-gen Intel
Whisky Lake
processor and a
battery that should
just about get you
from nine to five.
from £1379 /
dell.com

Apple MacBook Pro (2019)

from £1299 / apple.com

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Positioned below the

QWERTY is a trackpad

you could land a chopper

on. It also supports Force

Touch, so will respond

differently depending

on pressure applied.

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The one thing that might

hold your Pro back is

a relative lack of ports.

Most models have four

Thunderbolt 3s (USB-C)

but the cheaper ones

only get two. Avoid.

ALTERNATIVELY

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