Guys i am in to buying mbp 16 base model with i7 and 16 gb ram. In my country prices are very high and ı have to choose carefully or wait. What ı mean waiting is that some of my friends told me that this year 16 inch mbp going to have changes. I am not sure what kind of changes it will have, ı checked the site but cant figure out to big changes they mentioned. Just saw that it will have 1080 p webcam. I want to ask you some things before buying. If you have time to answer, it will be appreciated.
Have you ever faced any drastic problems on your 16 inch mbp?
Any keyboard or touch bar problems?
Some people mention about ghosting and freezing screen?
Cause we r mid in year, they ship mid 2020 products? I ask this cause some sites still sending 2019 products.
How is cooling? I use my laptop for only writing. And sometimes youtube. ( fade in, office etc..)
Before buying what things i should be careful about?
Some questions can be noob one but really i am not good on techs. Also if ı should wait please tell.
Regards
There are two schools of thought on this type of question. The first is, you can almost always get a better deal if you wait. Second is, there is always a better deal coming, so at some point you just have to jump-in and buy. I typically check this site:
https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Pro_16 prior to making a purchase. When I purchased my 16" MBP, it was listed as 'neutral,' and that was just under two-weeks ago, and now it says 'caution.' WWDC is just about 9 days away, and there are lots of rumors and speculation flying around. Nobody really knows what is going to be announced. MacBook Pros are expensive, long-term purchases. It is never a good feeling to spend that much, just to see it get replaced or discontinued shortly after purchase.
Even if Apple announces or even releases a new 16" MacBook Pro at WWDC (which is not expected), most folks seem to think it would be a minor spec-bump, upgrading to 10th Gen Intel CPUs (which are NOT the same as the 10th gen in the 13" and MBA), and will not make a huge difference. In my opinion, that would not be worth waiting, IF you need something now. If you don't have a pressing need and can wait, it certainly won't hurt to wait until after WWDC (which will be starting 22 June). They seem to update the 15/16" about once a year, which means that we are still about 3 months out for a refresh. I would not be surprised at all, if nothing is said at WWDC, and a refreshed model comes out in the Oct/Nov timeframe with the spec bump.
The current 16" MacBook Pro is a 2019 model (released in November 2019), the only 2020 models are the 13" MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air.
Also remember, coming to a place like this to see about problems folks are having, gives you an extremely biased viewpoint. Folks that are not having problems, don't tend to make posts, so all you here from are the folks with issues. The problems I have seen (and I wouldn't personally call them problems yet) with my 16" MBP, is that it can get hot to the touch, but so did my older 2015 MacBook Pro. The fan noise is also pretty much the same as my 2015 model, but it doesn't seem to turn on as much. The display is actually slower than some that I have used, but it is not nearly as bad (from my perspective and opinion) as some posts here state. Display performance is a personal experience, and the 16" MBP display works the way I expect it would. My desktop (which is for games) is faster, but I have no issues with the MPB. This is my first one with a TouchBar, and so far it hasn't given me any issues.
Good luck!
Rich S.
