Upgrading from 2018 MBP to 16 inch MBP for $900?

[jackcoke]

So if I sell my 2018 MBP and buy the 16 inch MBP, I will have to top up around $900 to gain the following specs:

15.4 inch -> 16 inch screen
2.2 GHz 6 core -> 2.6 GHz 6 core (newer gen)
32 GB 2400 MHz RAM -> 32 GB 2666 MHz RAM
550X graphics -> 5300M graphics
storage unchanged at 512 GB
**** keyboard -> better (hopefully) keyboard
1.5 years AppleCare (non-plus) left -> 3 years AppleCare Plus

I don't play a lot of games, and mainly use it for work/coding. Seems like much of the upgrades are going to be barely noticeable, so a lot of the cash is really going towards the larger screen and better keyboard, which I value a lot. However, the increase in screen real estate also seems barely noticeable.

Should I go for it or keep and wait a couple more years for a better 16 inch model iteration?

 

[Kraizelburg]

Hi, as far as I know new 16” MBP still comes with same 9th gen i9 chips. Intel hasn’t released “H” series chips yet so still 9th gen.

In your situation the only noticeable improvement I see it’s the keyboard, GPU and better thermals.

I recommend you reading 9to5 Mac article; https://9to5mac.com/2019/11/14/15-inch-vs-16-inch-macbook-pro-comparison/

 

[dukebound85]

Seems to be an expensive endeavor for not much change

 

[leman]

I don’t think it’s worth it.

 

[Thornblom]

Hi, as far as I know new 16” MBP still comes with same 9th gen i9 chips. Intel hasn’t released “H” series chips yet so still 9th gen.

In your situation the only noticeable improvement I see it’s the keyboard, GPU and better thermals.

He has the 2018 15 inch, that is 8th gen chips. i7 8750H vs i7 9750H

 

[Kraizelburg]

He has the 2018 15 inch, that is 8th gen chips. i7 8750H vs i7 9750H

What I meant is that intel hasn’t released any new gen for H chips yet, hopefully new 13” MBP will have “ice lake”
in any case 8th gen vs 9th gen isn’t a big improvement, still 14mm chips both.

 

[leman]

He has the 2018 15 inch, that is 8th gen chips. i7 8750H vs i7 9750H

It's the same chip, just with a 0.4ghz bump on max turbo. Not worth the upgrade.

 

[maflynn]

Should I go for it or keep and wait a couple more years for a better 16 inch model iteration?

Your spending 900 dollars to get a new keyboard, and a bit more screen real estate (not that much to be honest). I don't know, its hard to justify ¯\_(ツ)_/¯