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Almost everything is great.
Except heating (and noise) while the Macbook connected to an external display. So this is the only problem for me now.
Also i would prefer it without a touchpad. It's ok, but just not useful for me, and in some cases phisical buttons would be more convenient.
 
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The screen resolution. The PPI has barely changed since 2012 (226 up from 220), and there are better displays on the market now, in the same price range. Everything looks fuzzy at the default scaled resolution, so I am forced to run it at native and deal with a smaller amount of screen space.
 
Mine came with uneven trackpad (raised in lower left corner) and getting constant tiny electric shocks from the trackpad when using it. Feels like there are dust particles or tiny crumbles on the trackpad, but it's completely clean. When you really concentrate on feeling it you can feel that its like tiny electricity/static when touching the trackpad. Never experienced this on my 15 inch.
 
Do you really see any pixels?
It's not about being able to see individual pixels. I can tell a difference in sharpness because the downscaling algorithm softens everything with hard edges (text, UI elements, etc.).
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It's s good screen otherwise, excellent color reproduction and max brightness. Just wish the resolution and response time were a bit better.
 
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The only thing I don't like is the Touch Bar, because I brush it while typing and doing so interrupts my workflow. I'm not sure how or why my fingers sometimes jut up there, but they do, and it's annoying. Everything else—peachy.
 
Mine came with uneven trackpad (raised in lower left corner) and getting constant tiny electric shocks from the trackpad when using it. Feels like there are dust particles or tiny crumbles on the trackpad, but it's completely clean. When you really concentrate on feeling it you can feel that its like tiny electricity/static when touching the trackpad. Never experienced this on my 15 inch.
electric shocks? dude, exchange it.
 
Mine came with uneven trackpad (raised in lower left corner) and getting constant tiny electric shocks from the trackpad when using it. Feels like there are dust particles or tiny crumbles on the trackpad, but it's completely clean. When you really concentrate on feeling it you can feel that its like tiny electricity/static when touching the trackpad. Never experienced this on my 15 inch.
You cannot possibly believe that this is normal. You clearly have a defective laptop; take it back and get a new one.
 
Nothing - everything is truly great:

-Level trackpad
-No coil whine whatsoever
-No ghosting/smearing any worse than my 2015 15"
-No weird keyboard sounds/backlighting
-No speaker popping
-Bright, accurate screen
-No touchbar freezes
-Nice even and tight gap between display lid and body when closed
-No heating issues, runs very cool

Honestly, from a fit and finish and quality control perspective, it's actually perfect. No issues whatsoever.
 
they started scaling them by default at 1680x1050 instead of 1440x900 which is a true 2:1 of its native resolution, which makes a very noticeable difference in sharpness
Yep, makes sense. But on my 16" i use 1536*960 most of the time, which is 2:1 as well.
 
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You cannot possibly believe that this is normal. You clearly have a defective laptop; take it back and get a new one.
I assume this is referring to the tingle that you can sometimes get from a MacBook Pro when plugged into a non-grounded outlet. I would say it is "normal." Unless they actually are getting shocked, in which case it's a completely different matter.
 
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Popping speakers and that is about it. However it took three units to find the one I was happy with. The previous two were not up to standard. Uneven keyboard, backlight bleed, squeaking case...
 
So far, everything has been perfect with my MBP. I didn't use the F-keys much before, so I actually am getting more done with the touchpad.
Everything else is perfect. Bright even screen, no coil whine, no heat issues of fan noice to speak of. Much cooler than my last MBP with the same work. Decent battery duration, not that I notice any improvement from before. Also, the screen seems perfect with no dead pixels and even backlight with subjectively decent brightness.
While the MBP is overkill for what I most use it for, I still believe it was worth the wait for me, and if it shows the same kind of reliability as my mid 2012 MBP, it will hopefully be in service many years from now.
 
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MBP 16" is what 2016 MBP should have been in terms of everything.
I'm especially liking the up-to-date graphic performance. 550 & 560 in 2019 15" MBP is shame really. You will have trade offs in performance and heat if you want the form factor of MBP 16".

However, the screen resolution is the problem. Apple shocked people with their retina screen when it was first introduced. Very high DPI in notebook sector was very rare back then, and Apple's decision was noble. However, PC laptops eventually catched up and now they offer better options going from 4k UHD, high refresh rate to OLED.

By going from 15" to 16", the resolution of MBP 16" increased somewhat, but it should have been atleast 4k UHD panel with 2x FHD retina. Or it should have been atleast 120 hz screen. I'm still bit skeptical about OLED due to burn-in so I'm not sure about that though.
 
By going from 15" to 16", the resolution of MBP 16" increased somewhat, but it should have been atleast 4k UHD panel with 2x FHD retina. Or it should have been atleast 120 hz screen. I'm still bit skeptical about OLED due to burn-in so I'm not sure about that though.
Do you think we can expect 4k UHD panel with 2x FHD retina this fall?
 
Speaker popping in safari when I put it on anything below 48khz. Coil whine when it ramps up (willing to bet users who don’t hear it aren’t sensitive enough for it). Response time and resolution could be better other than that it’s great
 
Well, I'm pretty frustrated with choosing the 5500M 8 GB to be it's best dGPU offering. I'd be singing praises to Hell and back if they managed to put a 5700M of some kind in the 16" MBP, but yeah.. The dGPU is gonna cause the 2019 "16 MBP to age badly.
 
MBP 16" is what 2016 MBP should have been in terms of everything.
I'm especially liking the up-to-date graphic performance. 550 & 560 in 2019 15" MBP is shame really. You will have trade offs in performance and heat if you want the form factor of MBP 16".

However, the screen resolution is the problem. Apple shocked people with their retina screen when it was first introduced. Very high DPI in notebook sector was very rare back then, and Apple's decision was noble. However, PC laptops eventually catched up and now they offer better options going from 4k UHD, high refresh rate to OLED.

By going from 15" to 16", the resolution of MBP 16" increased somewhat, but it should have been atleast 4k UHD panel with 2x FHD retina. Or it should have been atleast 120 hz screen. I'm still bit skeptical about OLED due to burn-in so I'm not sure about that though.
I feel like a 4K screen on a laptop isn’t worth it. You have to be within a foot and a half of the laptop for it to make a difference from 1080p and doing retina scaling at 4k would kill the battery (and there are already complaints about battery life with an 100wah battery).
 
Catalina. Mojave seemed to be pretty solid from my time with it, Catalina not so much.

I also want an SD card slot again. Slot is thinner than the computer so it's not a space issue. But by this point I doubt there will be any more ports added.
 
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Well, I'm pretty frustrated with choosing the 5500M 8 GB to be it's best dGPU offering. I'd be singing praises to Hell and back if they managed to put a 5700M of some kind in the 16" MBP, but yeah.. The dGPU is gonna cause the 2019 "16 MBP to age badly.
For that kind of chip, your demand can only be met if Apple offers a mobile workstation level laptop with thicker casing. I'd love to see that with equivalent of mobile 2080.
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Do you think we can expect 4k UHD panel with 2x FHD retina this fall?
Well heck. I don't know. Only Apple knows, and given how they just updated the screen, I wouldn't bet it for next several years.
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I feel like a 4K screen on a laptop isn’t worth it. You have to be within a foot and a half of the laptop for it to make a difference from 1080p and doing retina scaling at 4k would kill the battery (and there are already complaints about battery life with an 100wah battery).
that's one area it will have negative impact, but 4k is great so why not? :)
 
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