every Apple product gets covered to death and for the most part by people
who are more intimately familiar with macOS so take this video for what it is
I'll look at the dongle Book Pro 2016
but from the perspective of a longtime Windows user who isn't expecting to
switch platforms anytime soon
so my MacBook Pro 2016 took so long to
arrive because I hastily cancelled my order for a topspec 13in when I realized
its best core i7 CPU was a dual core
with hyperthreading what so my 15in then
Rox a core i7 6920hq hyperthreaded quad
core 16 gigs of dual Channel low power
DDR3 memory a radio Pro 460 discret
graphics card with 4 gigs of memory and a wicked fast 1 TB NVMe SSD for which I
paid or at least debrand paid thanks Bros a cool
$3500 so what else do I get for their money H well a 2880 by 1880 wide gamut
display with a blinding Peak brightness of 500 nits it's absolutely stunning a
surprise to no one one by the way some not overly loud but very competent
speakers a 5500 Milah battery a touch
bar above the completely redesigned keyboard a gigantic trackpad a cooling
system that gets a little shouty under heavy load but whose ability to intake
air from the sides even when sitting on something like a a bed sheet is
definitely appreciated and a highly
controversial IO configur figuration that includes a single headphone
microphone combo Jack and four Thunderbolt 3
ports let's start though with some spec discussion is the MacBook Pro 2016
overpriced for the hardware that you get
if you mean by that is Apple's markup over their cost from their suppliers
higher than the typical pcem then yes
looking at something like Dell's XPS 15 a similarly positioned PC the pro 2016
doesn't look very competitive raw spec for speec the Radeon Pro 460 comes very
close to a last gen 960m the topend model CPU ends up
throttling down to nearly the same speed as the lower spec 6700hq on the Dell
under an intensive mixed CPU GPU load
and it costs nearly ,000 more for the same capacity SSD
but assuming that the professional work you're doing doesn't require more than
16 gigs of RAM or above a mid-tier AMD
GPU and you prefer macOS then it'll
more than fulfill your needs it's not like it's not a fast machine without
unique and attractive features like the noticeably bigger screen thanks to its
more Square aspect ratio it's just expensive which you should probably be
used to by now and IO is depending on
whether you're Forward Thinking or whether you want your shiny new machine
to work with all the stuff you've already got in your pockets arguably
vastly Superior Intel's Thunderbolt 3
has some huge realworld user benefits
not the least of which is the massive 40
gbit throughput enabled on each of the
four ports on the MacBook Pro 2016 that
is to say if you're willing to invest in the costly but incredibly versatile
external devices ranging from professional audio and video equipment
to wicked fast storage and even external PCI Express enclosures that could be
used to add devices like red rocket X accelerators or video cards in theory
more on that later because there are still more benefits each Port is also
capable of 10 GB USB 3.1 Gen 2 HDMI and
DisplayPort using relatively inexpensive passive dongles and they
carry power two ways to boot hooking up
the MacBook Pro to my LG 38 u99 is a
treat and a half charging USB hub and
DisplayPort for its 3880 x600 resolution at 75 HZ all in one cable
that feels like the future but Apple's decision isn't without its issues the
absence of Mag safe for power ass side
the biggest problem with Thunderbolt is how confusing it is for consumers
Thunderbolt 3 uses a reversible USB
type-c connector which can also be found
on pure USB 3 devices or even USB 2
devices and Thunderbolt 2 used a mini
DisplayPort connector even though they are not the same standard at all look at
all these OnStar reviews for a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter
from people who are upset that they can't run their mini DisplayPort
monitor they don't realize that
Thunderbolt only outputs to a DisplayPort monitor if it's Daisy chained
through an actual Thunderbolt device
first and I don't blame them they needed
this adapter and then maybe this one uh
making matters worse Apple has intentionally locked out Thunderbolt 3
devices using Texas Instruments first generation TPS 65 982 USBC and power
delivery controller from macOS so
everything that I'm aware of today including my Razer core and aido
external storage box you plug it in and nothing no error message nothing I mean
I don't honestly expect that to come up a whole lot since most people will never
need more than the io expansion of a handy little dongle like this one from
Juiced systems that I picked up to add Ethernet and SD reading capabilities to
my blade but it does mean that until
second generation TPS 6598 3 based
Thunderbolt 3 devices arrive you'll be using all of your ports in USB mode
unless you want to run Windows where funnily enough both of those devices
work just fine but that's not a great experience for a variety of reasons boot
camp is super super easy to use but almost none of the MacBook Pro 2016's
strongest points translate well to the Windows Experience Touch ID is the bees
pajamas as the kids are saying almost as
good as Windows hello for signin and better for paying for stuff doesn't work
in Windows the display is still good so there's that but the touch bar just
works as a typical frro without any of the very cool and shockingly intuitive
contextual controls that make everything from watching media to interacting with
the calculator application much easier
and the trackpad sucks plenty in Windows
if viewed in a vacuum I mean who would need to right click and drag anyway
right but is especially offensive
compared to how amazing it is in macOS
in my first couple of weeks with this device I went from feeling like it must
have been built so large as an accessibility feature for old people to
understanding why Mac people are always saying that they rarely feel the need to
use the mouse the acceleration curve is perfect gestures become second nature in
minutes and the Palm rejection which I was really worried about when I saw how
big it was is outstanding though I can't say the same
of the keyboard I don't hate it as much
as I did initially um and I never hated
it for the same reasons as some others I don't find the noise annoying but while
I did grow more comfortable with it as time went on I never truly got up to
speed even if it's not something that I can easily measure using a typing test
which I did attempt to do it's like um the short travel is fine for burst
typing maybe even better making it optimal for tweets or SMS replies uh
getting text messages on the computer with continuity Is Amazing by the way
way I was using an iPhone 7 during my review period and like ah the Apple
ecosystem it does work well together tooling around with slow-mo footage in
Final Cut Pro X is almost as great as
its admittedly Lightning Fast project exports but back to the keyboard I never
got comfortable enough with it that I
felt like I wanted to work on a longer writing project and typing suggestions
in the touch bar won't help anyone but the most egregious hunt and peckers
which is exactly what allowed me to come to peace with this product I'm not going
to repeat what everyone else is saying this laptop isn't Pro because Apple's
probably sitting at their headquarters down in Cupertino going duh nothing we
make is designed for pros how many actually bloody Pro creative
professionals are even out there and as for programmers No Escape key I mean who
cares you were probably hacking Linux onto a Chromebook anyway
Apple has redefined the conventional product tiers
in a way that apparently giving that these things are selling like hot cakes
makes sense to people mainstream now means browsing Facebook
not having a 100 printers and crap connected and pro now means you want
peripherals and some more performance or
in the case of the 13in you don't even really need the horses you just want to
feel like one of the cool kids and spending more money to adjust your
volume or scrub through a YouTube video faster is going to get you there and as
for anyone beyond that the true power users well those guys are going to
customize and hack the crap out of it to get the experience they want anyway at
least they will if they can afford one and they're willing to put up with the
well-managed during standby um and under
light loads but uh less than advertised
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