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16-Inch MacBook Pro Available Today at Apple Stores in United States With Pickup Reservation
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i see that in stock today at one store nearby.
shame really, the cpu upgrade definitely isn't worth it. The ram and gpu are, and I might have splurged on the ssd, but the cpu pushes it over the limit
I plan on a five year useful life. Won’t even consider the 6-core, $5/month well spent.
From what I've herd, it feels almost identical to the Majic Keyboard that is available with the iMac
Improvements across the board would mean a better (not just slightly bigger) display and 802.11ax W-Fi, neither of which happened. It's nice to see Apple executives finally realize it's no longer 2012 when it comes to SSD storage, though...
...about this glowing logo thing (about which some people seem at least semi-serious).
The glowing logo was just a translucent panel that let the LCD backlight shine through. (Hold your old MacBook up to a bright light and you'll see a ghostly Apple logo glowing on the front of the screen). Neat hack.
Has it ever occurred to anybody that maybe the new P3 500nit panels simply might have a more opaque backing (putting in a more reflective back layer seems like step #1 to making a brighter display) so this approach just wouldn't work?
Now, killing the startup chime and the lack of any power on indication (touch bar?) is another issue...
Blame Intel for the Wi-Fi AX thing, and the screen is technically better. The 15 inch has 220 PPI, this 16 inch has 226 PPI. Yes, its a small difference, but its a difference, so you can't say they didn't improve the display. Also, going to 3 better microphones, 6 speakers instead of 2, 11 hours of battery instead of 10, 2600 DDR4 RAM instead of 2400, up to 8TB instead of 4, and adding an escape key and better keyboard. Literally the only thing that didn't change is the CPU and the webcam.
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I miss the start up sound, but now that the Apple logo appears as soon as you open the lid makes it almost stupid to have it. But, I hope the new Mac Pro has it, mainly because if you install a new graphics card, its important that if your displays ar not working, there is an auditory indication that the computer is starting.
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Same here, but I could use an upgrade. I'm using a 2016 13 inch, with the base CPU, and only 8 gigs of ram, with a 512 GB SSD. It is starting to show its limitations. Plus, the battery is terrible, and I've had the keyboard replace twice, and had several other problems with the keyboard.
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I would spring for this except for the fact that I'm already loaded up on newish Apple gear. And yet.....SO tempting!
You may be technically correct (as you would be if it'd gone from 220 to 221 PPI), but 220 to 226 PPI is not what I'd call an improvement. It's more of a horizontal move, simply taking the 15" and making it bigger.
3840x2400 or even just 3360x2100 would be what I'd call an improvement.
I picked one up last night at Best Buy. It feels good. Like the old one did. It does seem small however. It feels like they could have made the key caps a little bigger. The large amount of empty space looks rather funny.
Some people don't want to put $3000 in limbo while they try a computer, especially with how natorious Apple is at denying in-warranty repairs. I'm sure returns are just as challenging.
At work I have a 2014 13" MBP and 2013 iMac with the old wired keyboard. The scissor mechanism on both of those have a key travel of about 2mm. The new scissor mechanism will be about half of the key travel.
A couple weeks ago the 27" iMac at home gave up the ghost, so I replaced it with a 2019 model with the new Magic Keyboard (which I'm inclined to think that the new MBP keyboard is a close cousin) and the key travel is definitely smaller. I like it better than the 2017 13" I had with the butterfly mechanism, but not as much as I like the older scissor mechanism. However, I'm sure with regular use, I'm sure I would adjust just fine to the newer mechanism just fine.
Some other stuff like car tires have been sold in imperial format for years too.
If you need to trade your car in for one of these... you probably should be getting one.
Just in case, you were serious.
It's still a little bit less, more like the new magic keyboard (2) so I think it should feel fine as that's a widely lauded typing experience
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I was planning on waiting another year until I built a linux desktop for my hobbies (since the new Mac Pro is out of my price range) but after seeing the specs in the new 16 inch + the $950 trade in on my 3 year old laptop make me change my mind. I'm going to try a laptop as a desktop replacement.
When have you placed your order? I'm still waiting for my shipping notification and I have ordered 2 days ago. I'm located in Germany.
Magsafe take up too much space, the Apple logo, while it looks cool, is a waste of battery power and non-replaceable parts started under Jobs.
I order 3 seconds after it popped up on the Apple website. Mater of fact when i was looking a configurations i opened up another window it would not let me in. I knew this was going to be a popular model and wanted to order mine ASAP. I asked for the express shipping with my configuration.