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First Impressions From New MacBook Pro Owners: Benchmarks, Weight, ProMotion
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Captured in slow motion at a high rate? And played back normal? Seriously?
I'm an IT Manager and worked at Apple Corporate for 5 years. I've had my hands on a lot of Macs and usually have a new model every year to play with. The 16" Max blew me away.
Overall, what a great Mac.
- Holding the Mac is a pleasure, it feels so futuristic yet so familiar from past Macs.
- The display is awesome. ProMotion isn't too noticeable for me yet, I only noticed the difference when I was swiping along the dock.
- Production is great. I've played with SAP, some web services and did a quick iMovie project of my newborn and it was all so smooth.
- MagSafe is nice, I'm glad my millions of usb-c power setups around the house work fine.
Overall, what a great Mac.
The 16-inch is heavy? My 17-inch 2011 MBP is 6.6 pounds. It is well worth lugging around.
Congratulations to all the new owners. It is the beginning of a wondrous journey for you as you explore and enjoy the depths of your new machine. Hopefully it is powerful enough to pass to someone younger in your family many years later. Even though my MBP is very much outdated now, I still enjoy using it for basic tasks.
Congratulations to all the new owners. It is the beginning of a wondrous journey for you as you explore and enjoy the depths of your new machine. Hopefully it is powerful enough to pass to someone younger in your family many years later. Even though my MBP is very much outdated now, I still enjoy using it for basic tasks.
I buy a laptop because of portability. To use a computer anywhere, which I use on the go all the time.
I understand the smaller and lighter the better.
These are powerful pro machines designed and manufactured to be portable.
Why complain? Just stick with the Air.
I’m curious why all the pros that have been asking for an HDMI port and SD card reader are totally cool with the inferior HDMI 2.0 vs 2.1, and having a slow SD card port on a $6K machine? The current Apple TV has HDMI 2.1. I find it impossible to believe that the hardware in these machines are incapable of making this work.
Exactly. They are still light and portable enough, for what you get in return. Dell XPS 15 and 17 have similar wights (the 17 is quite heavier actually). And as I said multiple times: The first generation Retinas were never considered as "too heavy". The new 14" weights like the older 13" and the 16" is just slightly above the old 15". You get more screen on both, too. No reason to complain. These are very capable Pro devices.
This had been explained numerous times as well, but I will do it again:
- It's just 'inferior' to something which barely anyone needs (120Hz on a TV at home / hotel, or business monitor / projector is overkill nonsense. For that you can still use your three TB4)
- UHS-II (300Mb/s) is not slow. UHS-III cards don't even exist, and even if so they would be ridiculously priced
- The hardware is indeed limited because the lanes' bandwidth is limited to 40Gbit/s (and HDMI 2.1 is 48Gbit)
- Return of 'legacy' is about the convenience of plug & play without error-prone dongles. USB-C only was silly.
- Stop this "$6k machine" argumentation. Starting price is $2k. Barely anyone goes fully max with 8TB SSD
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I also found a lot of ghosting which surprised me: wasn't Promotion suppose to resolve that issue? I honestly couldn't tell the difference between 120hz on these panels vs the old ones
You must be new at MR.
It's always been like that, some people have the insanity capacity to whine non-stop. LMAO
Not complaining, I'm answering your implied question in regards to why anyone would bring up weight as a consideration.
The R23 score is mildly disappointing. About on par with a 5900HX.
I suppose I was expecting around the 15-16k mark.
Ah well, 5900HX performance with zero/very low fan noise sounds good to me. I had a 5900HX RB14 and I had to gimp it by disabling boost because it was constantly trying to levitate off my desk.
I suppose I was expecting around the 15-16k mark.
Ah well, 5900HX performance with zero/very low fan noise sounds good to me. I had a 5900HX RB14 and I had to gimp it by disabling boost because it was constantly trying to levitate off my desk.
Surprised at all these posts looking for flaws.
Best laptop I've ever owned. Reminds me of my 2013 MBP - although possibly slightly heavier (14").
Keyboard is fantastic. Screen is outstanding. Can't say I've noticed any of these stutter / flicker issues others are posting about.
This is one of those laptops that nails virtually everything. Its literally unbeatable.
Best laptop I've ever owned. Reminds me of my 2013 MBP - although possibly slightly heavier (14").
Keyboard is fantastic. Screen is outstanding. Can't say I've noticed any of these stutter / flicker issues others are posting about.
This is one of those laptops that nails virtually everything. Its literally unbeatable.
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Yeah, and the thing is all their bitching makes Macs cost more!
I could do without the mini LED, and the 120 hz screen. And people complain about the notch.
Please help me baby Jesus.
well It makes sense doesn't it? Why don't people that are concerned with weight buy the M1 air?
I have it and its super fast. I suppose it you are doing heavy video stuff.
Oh well there are always some that will complain.
That’s what the bile-filled hate bags of the MacRumors forums are all about.
you forgot to add "*flaming* bile-filled hate bags"
Oh yeah, my Blade 14 got 4-6 hours max. And Ryzen 5000 mobile doesn’t have full performance on battery, it gimps itself as well as SSD throughput.
Can't wait for my MAX 16". Middle of November because of the BTO 64GB RAM.
It looks like Apple nailed on this one. I only hope I could afford an XDR display, but I don't feel paying the price of two MBPs for it. Please bring a cheaper version.
It looks like Apple nailed on this one. I only hope I could afford an XDR display, but I don't feel paying the price of two MBPs for it. Please bring a cheaper version.
I feel that.
I wish they would sell just the 4.5K monitor aspect of the M1 iMac. I’d buy a silver one in a second.
Lol no I’m 6-5” ? it’s the logistics (tractable, it’s size etc) it’s awkward frankly for travel.
Exactly, it's now almost 8 PM, UPS was supposed to have delivered it at the latest at 7 PM. I do have an Apple store near me but it wasn't an option. I know it's a very first world problem but specifying some sort of delivery window of say 2 hours is entirely feasible. UPS suck and I live in one of the wealthiest places in the US, yet their deliveries are always late. I never have this problem with Fedex or USPS. I guess I should be more grateful for the fact I can afford to buy expensive Apple products and I get to live where I do and gripe less about UPS sucking.
Does Apple not have local currier from stores everywhere?
I didn’t actually know about this until today myself. I had my SO’s father receive my 16” as he lives somewhere with lower much tax than us. I was able to schedule same day delivery to him within a 3 hour window from the Apple store.
It was actually delivered by Uber Eats, lol.
So true. I am kind of stunned how good my base 14" Pro sounds. There is even bass. Amazing for a laptop. Definitely best I've ever heard for sure.