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My experiences so far.... not great... 15 inch fully loaded.
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In raw speeds, it is a faster processor according to bench marks (as for if it will be noticeable, probably not), although the new CPU will excel in other area's, such as efficiency (and whatever else skylake has to offer).
No, either network or new machine spotlight indexing. 4K YouTube videos are amazing on the new screen. The sound is amazing also. My first MacBook that max audio and screen brightness was too loud and bright. As others have posted the brightness control is odd with just one or two bar change making the screen darker than you would expect. Touch bar had me hooked in about 5 minutes though. My only negative experience was the text from my bank with the debit amount when I purchased at my local Apple store
With the holiday return period, I have along time to decide if I'll keep it.
So where exactly does Touch ID work and not work? Does a web site have to be compatible like an iOS app or is this strickly run by keychain and it's web site neutral? What about Apple Pay? Do you still have to confirm on another device or can you use Touch ID to confirm payment?
One trick I realized regarding the "hidden volume bar" problem. If you go into your settings you can change it so that when you press Fn it brings up the control bar (with volume, etc) rather than the function bar. This is tremendously helpful when you want to skip songs or adjust keyboard brightness, etc. It feels more like a hotkey to skip a track now rather than a huge drawn out process.
I had only one use for function key (F5 in vim) and I simply remapped that. Now I never need any other function keys.
I had only one use for function key (F5 in vim) and I simply remapped that. Now I never need any other function keys.
Its not flimsy. Its flimsy in comparison to the 2009 MacBook Pro. Its a fantastic build. It just was a very very different beast. I will definitely be more careful with this one. Thinner always means flimsier. But the build is fantastic.
[doublepost=1479397314][/doublepost]To the person asking about shaking sounds of magnets or something. I dangerously shook the computer for you. I hear no sounds!
You have to select 5GB and let it run few times to get the real max speed reading. The reading is not limited at 2000MB/s.
The SSD is absurdly fast. Hard drive choking does not exist when doing multiple things. Really impressive. I have an SSD in my old tower and it chokes. Granted its an old computer so obviously it won't compare. But I am seeing on this Mac, crazy download speeds because the computer is not the bottleneck. and while downloading I am doing a million other things. Its definitely a beast. Can't imagine how fast the iMacs next year will be with this technology and a true desktop processor.
I absolutely guarantee you will eventually. Every rMB and rMBP I've come across develops this after a while if it doesn't have it out of the box. This is the second report of it happening with the 2016 MBP, so I'd put any amount of money on it being endemic. It can take a while to start happening, though.
I've read one theory that it's the 'light guide' behind the display panel, but I don't buy it. Not sure what it is, but it's bizarre how universal the issue is. Shake your MB or MBP horizontally and you'll hear it. It varies from day to day, implying that heat has some effect, but sometimes whatever it is gets loose enough to be heard sliding around by just tilting the 'Book let and right.
Annoying when you know it's there, but it doesn't have any ill effect beyond that.
Ok, I'm sorry about that. I better understand you now. I can see how coming from a 2009 (which is heavy and big) would be a drastic change.
Sorry, I should clearly stated that's from my tower Mac Pro. I just want to show him that BlackMagic is not limited to 2000MB/s.
Wait so 4k videos actually run smooth for you with no stutter/lag? OP said 4k doesnt work on his so im kinda confusedNo, either network or new machine spotlight indexing. 4K YouTube videos are amazing on the new screen. The sound is amazing also. My first MacBook that max audio and screen brightness was too loud and bright. As others have posted the brightness control is odd with just one or two bar change making the screen darker than you would expect. Touch bar had me hooked in about 5 minutes though. My only negative experience was the text from my bank with the debit amount when I purchased at my local Apple store
I definitely could not get 4k youtube 60fps videos to not stutter a lot. They basically looked like they were dropping to 24 fps or lower. BUT that is youtube and in a browser. It might be very different using VLC or quicktime etc. Probably is. 1440 60fps was buttery smooth after I restarted.
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BATTERY - I use a mix of a tiny bit of photoshop, excel, mail, safari, iTunes, acrobat throughout the day and I really only average around 4 - 5 hours of battery life so far. I need to experiment a bit more but overall Its not that great. I like the speakers but I'd gladly ditch them for battery life. I am not sure what apples idea of "light" use is. because I am not even close to 10 hours.