The top-of-the-line MacBook Pro I was provided with for this review would cost $6,699! Yikes! If I was serious, I would purchase everything but the $2,000 upgrade from the 2TB SSD drive to the 4TB, and it would still cost $4,699.

However, the latest MacBook Pros are really amazing… and really expensive. I am a big advocate for the ability to upgrade and repair computers, so Apple’s venture to create what is essentially a leased computer ecosystem that needs to be upgraded every year or two usually puts a bad taste in my mouth. If you want to read more about that glossy info head over to Apple’s site. Apple is also touting its improved butterfly keyboard switches as well as its True Tone display technology. It has four Thunderbolt 3 ports and, for some reason, a headphone jack. The Radeon Pro 560x GPU with 4GB of GDDR5 memory and even a 4TB SSD storage drive. In addition, you can add up to 32GB of 2400MHz DDR4 onboard memory. With some controversial fanfare, the 2018 MacBook Pro can now be purchased with the blazingly fast Intel i9, 2.6GHz (Turbo Boost up to 4.3GHz) six-core processor. Wait? What? You wanted some actual evidence as to why you should buy the BMD eGPU?įirst, I want to go over the latest Apple MacBook Pro, which was released (or really just updated) this past July. You can buy it from Apple’s website, where it is being sold exclusively for the time being. Blackmagic’s eGPU is worth the $699 price tag.

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