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Apple on Thursday revealed two new MacBook Pro portable PCs, adding a touch more energy to the line. Both the new 13-inch and 15-inch models will be offered in silver and space dim. They have a Touch Bar that replaces the column of capacity keys found on portable PCs, and in addition a Touch ID unique mark scanner fused into the power catch. They don a Force Touch trackpad that is double the extent of the trackpad in past models. The new 13-inch MacBook Pro is 14.9 millimeters thick, 17 percent more slender than its antecedent. It's likewise littler - 23 percent by volume - and at 3 pounds, it measures a large portion of a pound not exactly the past form. The 15-inch unit is 15.5mm thick, 14 percent more slender than past models. It too has a littler impression than its past era, 20 percent by volume, and it tilts the scales at 4 pounds, likewise a half pound lighter than its forerunner. Both units have an enhanced form of the "butterfly" console presented in Ap...

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