The model I unboxed for testing and reviewing is a 15-inch MacBook Pro, which already sets the price floor at $2,399. Get ready for some serious sticker shock if you want the new MacBook Pro's most-buzzed-about new features. The first take originally published July 12 follows. The company says the issue was due to a previously undiscovered software problem, and that it has issued a patch in the form of the MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update ( download here) that should address it.Ĭheck out our forthcoming review to see test results before and after the patch is applied. CPU clock speeds were slowed down as internal temperature spiked during high-load computing sessions. Update, July 24: Apple has confirmed the widespread reports of throttled CPU performance on its 2018 MacBook Pro models, which have emerged since the laptops were released earlier this month.
