I have the same exact laptop. No, sounds like a software problem, or a broken disk. Nothing in Safari should be processing that much unless you're on some experimental HTML5 site.
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2017 MacBook Pro is Up to 20% Faster Than Last Year's Model in Benchmarks
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Totally agree with this. Either pay $2500 every 5 years or $500 per year and have a new machine each year!!!
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Kaby Lake isn't much faster, as long as you don't underreport the Skylake numbers like the article writer did. I'd never advocate for not moving to newer processors though, even if it is an incremental update.
I had to buy the 2016 MBP (15" Touchbar) in December, my 2012 machine graphics card failed and I couldn't wait. Very happy with my new machine, and maybe several years from now I'll get a new one. In the meantime, I'll depreciate this one...
Hate to break it to you guys 
It'll be 20% faster in 6 months again
It'll be 20% faster in 6 months again
Do you have some info on what apps (if any) apfs breaks? Do adobe programs still run fine?
So far all I've used is chrome and VLC, it's hooked up to my tv so I mainly use it for streaming. But I can toss CS6 on it if you'd like me to test it out. hasn't crashed yet but it seems to log you out after being asleep for awhile. previous betas have done that but get fixed down the road.
Man so many are so salty because they made a bad decision and purchased the worst MacBook Pro since 2008.
1. When the 2016 MBP was released it was already outdated.
2. 8 months is not a short upgrade cycle. You can argue these machines should have been released two months ago.
3. Apple heard the complaints and finally released a MacBook Pro worth purchasing.
5. For those that can wait, CoffeeLake is going to be an even more dramatic upgrade. 30% improvement over KabyLake, 32GB LPDDR RAM support, the biggest iGPU leap to date and probably additional power savings.
1. When the 2016 MBP was released it was already outdated.
2. 8 months is not a short upgrade cycle. You can argue these machines should have been released two months ago.
3. Apple heard the complaints and finally released a MacBook Pro worth purchasing.
5. For those that can wait, CoffeeLake is going to be an even more dramatic upgrade. 30% improvement over KabyLake, 32GB LPDDR RAM support, the biggest iGPU leap to date and probably additional power savings.
By the time my 17" Core2Duo dies, Coffee Lake should be coming around to give us a mini MacBookPro with a 4-horse engine.
I have a use for a big 17" or larger, with a display big enough to look at all day long, or a tiny 13" or smaller for maximum portability that can then power a coupl big external displays. Either way, they both need some proper power. The 15" has the power configurable, but has neither a big enough display, nor the portability to be that mobile. The 13" is better on mobility but its power is too limited, and they still don't have a 17" professional workhorse.
Really, with the 11" Air being discontinued instead of upgraded, to position iOS as the ultimate mobile solution, a beefed up 17" 4K display squeezed in a stiff MacBook Air-shaped body with room for two SSD's would be ideal.
I have a use for a big 17" or larger, with a display big enough to look at all day long, or a tiny 13" or smaller for maximum portability that can then power a coupl big external displays. Either way, they both need some proper power. The 15" has the power configurable, but has neither a big enough display, nor the portability to be that mobile. The 13" is better on mobility but its power is too limited, and they still don't have a 17" professional workhorse.
Really, with the 11" Air being discontinued instead of upgraded, to position iOS as the ultimate mobile solution, a beefed up 17" 4K display squeezed in a stiff MacBook Air-shaped body with room for two SSD's would be ideal.
The price difference between maxed out 15" 2016 vs. 2017 isn't $0. Pay attention that previously you should pay extra $200 for top GPU but now it goes with a stock model, so you pay nothing for it. So the price difference would be $200
Love paying $40 for an ugly dongle hanging off the side of the computer and taking up a port.
Did anyone notice that the key caps on option and control have changed? It weirded me out for a second when my new 13" arrived today.
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Too bad. I guess that's what the 2018 models will be all about along with Coffee Lake.
On a model-vs-model basis, the benchmark results suggest the 2017 MacBook Pro with a 2.9GHz processor is up to 13 percent faster in single-core performance, and up to 19.7 percent faster in multi-core performance, than the equivalent 2016 MacBook Pro model. Its price remains unchanged at $2,799.
There's only one Geekbench result for the new 15-inch MacBook Pro's base configuration with a 2.8GHz Core i7 processor, but the benchmarks suggest that model is up to 9.5 percent faster than the equivalent 2016 MacBook Pro equipped with a sixth-generation 2.6GHz Core i7 processor.
Article Link: 2017 MacBook Pro is Up to 20% Faster Than Last Year's Model in Benchmarks
Yes, but notice what happens when you compare the 2016 BTO to the 2017 Base:
It's a 6920HQ at 2.9GHz versus a 7700HQ at 2.8GHz. The scores are nearly identical. Also notice how the clockspeeds are nearly identical. The ~100 points could be within the margin of error or due to slight architectural improvements in Kaby Lake, or both. But: this more or less proves that Kaby Lake hasn't changed very much from Skylake and how Intel is sitting pretty (and scrambling because AMD is about to have the upper hand once again with Ryzen and Threadripper).
I don't settle for anything less than GTX 1070/1080 Max-Q performance these days.
Too bad Apple is hung on AMD graphics.
Waiting for the coming crop of Max-Q thin design laptops.
I don't care about eGPU, unless they can prove it is not bottlenecked vs full desktop version.
Besides don't want to pay twice for a GPU.
Too bad Apple is hung on AMD graphics.
Waiting for the coming crop of Max-Q thin design laptops.
I don't care about eGPU, unless they can prove it is not bottlenecked vs full desktop version.
Besides don't want to pay twice for a GPU.
Proper keyboard? I would not want to go back to the old style keyboard at all.
[doublepost=1496892794][/doublepost]I bought a new Honda last year. This year they came out with a new one. Feels like a slap in the face.
Gaming laptops are simply tools for virgins who like to advertise it.
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My late 2016 15" Model (maxed out) scores up to 4586 Single-Core and 15410 Multi-Score.