Good evening everyone 
Well it has finally arrived - my new shiny Space Grey MacBook Pro 2016 15". Took around three weeks to arrive. I am very impressed with the colour. Sitting it next to my early-2013 MBP 15, I feel I have made the right choice. It has a sharp, clean enterprise feel about it.
I actually don't feel too sad about Apple getting rid of the illuminated Apple Logo now I have been playing with it. It feels... well, naturally right. Yes, I am surprised I am saying that. It feels grown up. Progress I guess...
I like that it is smaller too. Doesn't feel or weigh anything like my previous early-2013 15"... Due to it shaving a couple of CM width wise, it will now fit in my messenger bag - hurrah! The 2013 model didn't.
I have been lurking around these particular threads for a while now, the MacBook Pro and also the iMac, and have been reading the posts with interest. It landed late last night here in the UK and I even drove to the delivery depot this morning when it opened to save me taking a day off work / missed delivery on Monday to give me the weekend to play with it. I have also been deciding for a while whether to go for this MBP or an iMac 27" 5K so I have been 'trialling' a 5K out during the two week remorse period whilst the MBP was being shipped from China. I nearly cancelled the MBP order, but I am so glad I didn't. To put this in perspective, I have always been a desktop kinda guy as my workhorse. I have a large Photos and iTunes library and laptops never had big enough storage without using externals. I guess I will need to 'think differently'
It was packaged well, however you can imagine my heart wrenching shock when I saw this glaring out at me when I removed the tissue paper. After reading on these forums about scratches underneath the keyboard, I could not begin to comprehend how this would have been missed in Apple's QA?! Looks deep and etched in doesn't it... wowzers.
Fortunately, after the palpitations had died down and thinking I would have to wait another three-four weeks to send this back, I realised that some of it was coming away after rubbing it - it was actually glue residue from the screen edges. After a bit of care it eventually cleaned off. Phew. It kind of killed the new Apple product box opening experience for me this did - take note Mr Cook. I have been buying Macs since 2002. I have never known anything like it.
Setting it up was a breeze although would say it was slow connecting to iCloud during the initial sequence. I like that it turned on FileVault straight away and took care of most things. Touch ID is brilliant. The touch bar? I can get use to it. I see button pressing for open / save / FaceTime being useful and the volume controls, however when turning up the volume, I seem to run out of runway if you know what I mean to turn it up. Speakers are loud... good stuff...
I played around with the LG UF 5K that I got with it. First impressions were wow. This screen is amazing. Incidentally after reading the 9to5Mac article and LG acknowledging the screen blanking / shielding router gate etc, I chatted with Apple about this who said LG are aware have have updated them somewhat about a month or so ago. No other details given. As mine was just shipped, he could not be sure if I had a defective model. I shut the lid, went away, came back, opened lid and this happened to my MBP...!
I have no idea why this happened. I thought Jeez, graphics card must have blown, now this HAS to go back. I shut the MBP down and as it went through this process the colours were the same, turquoise blue screen with white spinning wheel until black. However, booting it back up, it rectified itself. Black screen, white apple logo, booted to normal desktop. Again, Mr Cook, you're killing me. Out of the box, all within two hours, my faith was dwindling for such an expensive product.
Now, don't get me wrong. The machine is nice. It feels solid. Can't really say why people are saying it has sharp edges? They don't cut you and not that uncomfortable - each to their own I guess. I cannot say I really see any difference between the 2016 edges and the 2013 edges? Just my observation.
Next problem I got was I seem to have this sticky key problem. However it was just two. For me it is symmetrically the E and the U key. Goodness gracious me. Was there to be anything else? The computer was cold when I first noticed as had been in a warehouse and shipping previously, but also continued to happen when warm. I guess it is left over residue or something. If they are sloppy with gluing the screen on, I guess there will be some under the keys... I am hopeful that it will dry out. I'm writing this on an external keyboard in clamshell mode to get the laptop warm. The E key is slowly rectifying itself and the U key is not as bad as it was. I tried to upload a video, but it didn't work - sorry... I have read other posts saying it will go in time? Here's hoping. I really don't want to return it as everything else (eventually) is turning out good.
The LG monitor continued to give me a couple of headaches in the way of sleep / wake. I could not get it to wake without either rebooting or reconnecting it. However, I have not had that many problems since I updated to 12.2.3.
On the whole, I am very happy. I am hoping I can be a one machine person. I have a 2nd hand iMac 21" which is my media hub per say, but reckon I will sell that on. I do have iPads and iPhones, but looking to simplify my digital life somewhat and I think the MBP with a monitor is the way to go for me now. Best of both worlds...
Hopefully my ramblings will help someone out there, but I can honestly say the SG is really, really nice. I am very impressed with the colour and aesthetics. The screen is amazing. The LG screen is amazing. Have not really worried too much about the bezel. One thing I did not was the 1080p camera chopped around a bit. Hopefully a SW update can fix this. Speakers, nothing to shout about, but will do the job for a small room I am in.
The way I am looking at this is the decision between this and the 5K iMac is I was nervous about buying something that may or may not get replaced. I would have perhaps just bitten the bullet and got one anyway if this was being sent back. They are great power horses. I have seen comparisons where the iMacs are faster, but by having the UF 5K I get the best of both worlds, and it does look good on my desk and sharp, bright etc.
Just to reiterate, I have managed to get rid of the apparent scratch / glew. I am hoping the LG issues are now resolved with the 10.12.3 update, and am hoping the sticky E and U will go in time, but I shouldn't have these issues in the first place Mr Cook!
I have also had to charge the battery twice today, but am putting this down to my syncing, installing, generally messing around with it. Once it is all set up and stable, I will look at the battery again...
Well it has finally arrived - my new shiny Space Grey MacBook Pro 2016 15". Took around three weeks to arrive. I am very impressed with the colour. Sitting it next to my early-2013 MBP 15, I feel I have made the right choice. It has a sharp, clean enterprise feel about it.
I actually don't feel too sad about Apple getting rid of the illuminated Apple Logo now I have been playing with it. It feels... well, naturally right. Yes, I am surprised I am saying that. It feels grown up. Progress I guess...
I like that it is smaller too. Doesn't feel or weigh anything like my previous early-2013 15"... Due to it shaving a couple of CM width wise, it will now fit in my messenger bag - hurrah! The 2013 model didn't.
I have been lurking around these particular threads for a while now, the MacBook Pro and also the iMac, and have been reading the posts with interest. It landed late last night here in the UK and I even drove to the delivery depot this morning when it opened to save me taking a day off work / missed delivery on Monday to give me the weekend to play with it. I have also been deciding for a while whether to go for this MBP or an iMac 27" 5K so I have been 'trialling' a 5K out during the two week remorse period whilst the MBP was being shipped from China. I nearly cancelled the MBP order, but I am so glad I didn't. To put this in perspective, I have always been a desktop kinda guy as my workhorse. I have a large Photos and iTunes library and laptops never had big enough storage without using externals. I guess I will need to 'think differently'
It was packaged well, however you can imagine my heart wrenching shock when I saw this glaring out at me when I removed the tissue paper. After reading on these forums about scratches underneath the keyboard, I could not begin to comprehend how this would have been missed in Apple's QA?! Looks deep and etched in doesn't it... wowzers.
Fortunately, after the palpitations had died down and thinking I would have to wait another three-four weeks to send this back, I realised that some of it was coming away after rubbing it - it was actually glue residue from the screen edges. After a bit of care it eventually cleaned off. Phew. It kind of killed the new Apple product box opening experience for me this did - take note Mr Cook. I have been buying Macs since 2002. I have never known anything like it.
Setting it up was a breeze although would say it was slow connecting to iCloud during the initial sequence. I like that it turned on FileVault straight away and took care of most things. Touch ID is brilliant. The touch bar? I can get use to it. I see button pressing for open / save / FaceTime being useful and the volume controls, however when turning up the volume, I seem to run out of runway if you know what I mean to turn it up. Speakers are loud... good stuff...
I played around with the LG UF 5K that I got with it. First impressions were wow. This screen is amazing. Incidentally after reading the 9to5Mac article and LG acknowledging the screen blanking / shielding router gate etc, I chatted with Apple about this who said LG are aware have have updated them somewhat about a month or so ago. No other details given. As mine was just shipped, he could not be sure if I had a defective model. I shut the lid, went away, came back, opened lid and this happened to my MBP...!
I have no idea why this happened. I thought Jeez, graphics card must have blown, now this HAS to go back. I shut the MBP down and as it went through this process the colours were the same, turquoise blue screen with white spinning wheel until black. However, booting it back up, it rectified itself. Black screen, white apple logo, booted to normal desktop. Again, Mr Cook, you're killing me. Out of the box, all within two hours, my faith was dwindling for such an expensive product.
Now, don't get me wrong. The machine is nice. It feels solid. Can't really say why people are saying it has sharp edges? They don't cut you and not that uncomfortable - each to their own I guess. I cannot say I really see any difference between the 2016 edges and the 2013 edges? Just my observation.
Next problem I got was I seem to have this sticky key problem. However it was just two. For me it is symmetrically the E and the U key. Goodness gracious me. Was there to be anything else? The computer was cold when I first noticed as had been in a warehouse and shipping previously, but also continued to happen when warm. I guess it is left over residue or something. If they are sloppy with gluing the screen on, I guess there will be some under the keys... I am hopeful that it will dry out. I'm writing this on an external keyboard in clamshell mode to get the laptop warm. The E key is slowly rectifying itself and the U key is not as bad as it was. I tried to upload a video, but it didn't work - sorry... I have read other posts saying it will go in time? Here's hoping. I really don't want to return it as everything else (eventually) is turning out good.
The LG monitor continued to give me a couple of headaches in the way of sleep / wake. I could not get it to wake without either rebooting or reconnecting it. However, I have not had that many problems since I updated to 12.2.3.
On the whole, I am very happy. I am hoping I can be a one machine person. I have a 2nd hand iMac 21" which is my media hub per say, but reckon I will sell that on. I do have iPads and iPhones, but looking to simplify my digital life somewhat and I think the MBP with a monitor is the way to go for me now. Best of both worlds...
Hopefully my ramblings will help someone out there, but I can honestly say the SG is really, really nice. I am very impressed with the colour and aesthetics. The screen is amazing. The LG screen is amazing. Have not really worried too much about the bezel. One thing I did not was the 1080p camera chopped around a bit. Hopefully a SW update can fix this. Speakers, nothing to shout about, but will do the job for a small room I am in.
The way I am looking at this is the decision between this and the 5K iMac is I was nervous about buying something that may or may not get replaced. I would have perhaps just bitten the bullet and got one anyway if this was being sent back. They are great power horses. I have seen comparisons where the iMacs are faster, but by having the UF 5K I get the best of both worlds, and it does look good on my desk and sharp, bright etc.
Just to reiterate, I have managed to get rid of the apparent scratch / glew. I am hoping the LG issues are now resolved with the 10.12.3 update, and am hoping the sticky E and U will go in time, but I shouldn't have these issues in the first place Mr Cook!
I have also had to charge the battery twice today, but am putting this down to my syncing, installing, generally messing around with it. Once it is all set up and stable, I will look at the battery again...
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