so let me get this straight..... people are complaining that the device doesn't have 32 GB of RAM and are complaining about battery life........ how is that even possible?
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MacBook Pro Users Express Concerns About Limited Battery Life
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Look, you get 10 hours when you don't use the computer and leave it open! Hows that for service?
I get 9 hour battery life on mine 
on 75% brightness and regular usage, like browsing, watching movies and stuff like that. When using it heavily (editing,gaming,musicproduction) im at desk plugged i.
on 75% brightness and regular usage, like browsing, watching movies and stuff like that. When using it heavily (editing,gaming,musicproduction) im at desk plugged i.If Apple wasn't so obsessed with making these things as thin as absolutely possible, then we could have had both 32GB and good battery life.
Neither are power-user applications. If that beast cannot even run a multi-platform browser like Chrome properly, well, kiss that "Pro" moniker goodbye and spend that money on a machine that deserves the name.
In my informal testing on my Macbook Air, battery life is about 40% shorter with Chrome than Safari. Firefox when I last tried it out was about 25% shorter battery life than Safari, though Firefox has gone through a lot of changes since I've tried to measure. I would consider using Safari, but I always have a lot of tabs open and while it is smooth as butter in light use, it has always choked on higher numbers of tabs that Chrome and FF could handle better.
That's true...Chrome is an energy hog. I'll use it on my iMac, but not on my MBP. And I only use Chrome to access specific websites (like Kaiser Permanente), as they refuse to display properly in Safari. I am so glad I got the previous model, I don't have to worry about touchbars, battery drain, lack of USB-A, etc.
Another day another bad news. Tim - you are just leading it wrong !
Chrome knocks three hours off all MBPs. Not a good argument.
Yes. My 13" MBA gets 14.5hrs watching video in iTunes. Advertised 12hrs.
Also iPad Air 2 & iPhone SE are in line.
RTFA yourself. People are complaining they didn't get the "10 hours" of battery life Apple Promised them. Apple didn't promise them 10 hours doing whatever they want. .. nor did they promise "10 hours of doing the same thing your old machine did". They promised 10 hours of battery life under the conditions of use they advertised which did not include using Chrome which sucks... or driving a external displaying.... while on Battery (seriously why would anybody even need to do that anyway?
Glad that I bought 2015 MacBook pro they are pretty solid compared to the new ones I don't need dongles and I have dedicated esc, mute and un mute buttons on the keyboard. As a developer I prefer buttons compared to a touch bar and longer battery life.
Chrome is, and has always been, an inefficient browser. Who cares if it is multi-platform? It is gas hog and has been that way on EVERY MBP ever. Apple doesn't need to make their system last 10 hours running a pile of crap application.
By 'cannot run Chrome properly' you mean getting 9 hours battery life while running Chrome? Because that's what this article's talking about.
I only ask this because I've frequently seen you make the argument that Pros don't need or care about battery life. Or that Pros don't just spend their time browsing the Internet.
1) did you use Migration Assistant ? If yes, perform a re-install
2) are you using Sierra beta ? If yes, install regular Sierra
3) do a SMC/Pram reset
90% of users with problems have experienced better battery life with these 3 steps
I'm tired of this "UP TO" marketing BS! The worst one are Windows laptops, include in the list are the ISP's. This should be illegal in my opinion.
HA!!!! this is hilarious. The SP4 has been a "fiasco" since day 1. You will see.
How? The battery life complaint has already been answered. Apple won't put a bigger battery in, as a battery capacity greater than 100 watt-hours wouldn't be allowed on an airplane. The previous gen already had 99.5.
So please, enlighten us: if you can't make the battery bigger, how would a thicker laptop help with battery life? How would 32GB RAM help?
This is a real issue. 15inch maxed, coming from 2013 15inch retina maxed.
Edited photos in Aperture today: 90 minutes.
Regular browsing with Safari, Mail, Messages, Tweetbot: 3-4h.
From Time Machine backup, might try clean install. What a hassle.
Edited photos in Aperture today: 90 minutes.
Regular browsing with Safari, Mail, Messages, Tweetbot: 3-4h.
From Time Machine backup, might try clean install. What a hassle.
What is there to say vs. the millions of reviews you can find? I'll try:
I have a 5k iMac, iPhone 7+, Apple Watch and iPad Pro 12". Yes, a MBP would fit well in this ecosystem, but I'm not platform loyal. I buy quality hardware first, which this emojiPro just isn't.
The SP4 isn't perfect, but it's extremely portable, the pen is outstanding and Windows 10 is fine (don't believe the Apple purists). Yes it's different, but in all honesty, the SP4 does all I need it to do for a highly portable (i.e. laptop) machine. I'm not an armchair graphic designer, just a normal user/consumer. Dual front facing speakers, multi-angle kickstand, IRIS Hello unlocking and an excellent keyboard make it a solid choice for me.
I'm not saying it's better than a $2,700 MBP, but it does "just work." Good enough for me.
If anyone is remotely into graphical stuff, I don't see why in the world you wouldn't just buy a SP4/Surface Studio. Apple is stagnated here and they won't admit it. Life is pretty good on the Surface line, this is a fact. Again, not perfect (every single thing has downsides) but for my money it works well.
Thanks. I guess I wrongly assumed getting obsoleted meant it simply wouldn't be able to update any more. I'll look into it when I get my tax refund at the beginning of the year.
My issue is that it forces you over to the discrete gpu when you plug in an external display. Most common use case for me is plugging into an external display and doing a PowerPoint pesention. 1 hours eats over 30% of my battery.
Even after installing gfxcardstatus it forces you to discrete card upon plugging in external display. The intel adapter is more than capable of running a single external display at 1080p.
Apple needs to offer control over graphics card switching.
Even after installing gfxcardstatus it forces you to discrete card upon plugging in external display. The intel adapter is more than capable of running a single external display at 1080p.
Apple needs to offer control over graphics card switching.
If this doesn't end up being a battery hardware problem or chrome being a battery hog, it's very disappointing, because you can normally rely on Apple's battery estimates to be very conservative, these are Surface pro levels of lying about battery life.
Yeah, I think I'll do myself a favor and stay away from the 2016 MacBook Pro for now. Maybe I'll wait on Rev 2 in 4 years.