Bought an in-store high-spec version on Friday and have been working with it since then. Thought it would be helpful to provide some feedback to buyers on the fence.
This MacBook Pro has the following specifications:
This MacBook Pro has the following specifications:
- 16" MacBook Pro in Space Gray
- i9 Processor at 2.4 GHz
- 32 GB RAM
- 2 TB SSD
- AMD 5500M w/8 GB VRAM
- Apple Leather Sleeve Black
- AppleCare+
- Installed all my daily-use apps (categories: design, develop, entertainment, productivity).
- Wired up all necessary Git repos.
- Rebuilt all apps and dependancies (Xcode stuff).
- Played a bit with Ableton Live.
- Listen to a bunch of music to test speakers being talked about.
- Typed a bunch of stuff to really feel out the new keyboard.
- Feels slightly bigger and heavier than 2019 15", but my backpack handles it fine and I don't really notice the difference.
- Keyboard at first seemed like such a throwback, but frankly feels quite right and no longer a focus point. Right and tight.
- Physical escape key and separate Touch ID: balanced and refined, thinking the design team feels really good about this version, they should.
- Touch Bar size refined as part of Esc key and Touch ID changes: appropriately resized and first citizen.
- Trackpad spacing feels nice and well thought out: slight increase in space between lower keys and pad top.
- Speakers: WTF. Never expect built-in speakers to sound great, these really do sound incredible.
- Screen: Funny to not know the exact dimension changes off hand, but thinking it's +0.6". Regardless, size is noticeably bigger and quite nice for use cases requiring a lot of info (Xcode for me).
- Sound from 1/8" jack: my audio gear sounds smooth as expected.
- Performance: build times from Xcode are quick, allowing a fluid build-test-fix cycle that promotes focus on the right stuff.
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