For people That have purchased a MacBook Pro 16 before, why did you chose the 16 instead of the 14? Did the size bother you at all when taking it on the go?
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Why did you buy a MacBook Pro 16“ instead of the 14”?
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conmee
macrumors 6502a
More thermal headroom (larger fans and heatsink). And more roomy screen. However, not as convenient to take on the go as the 14". I'm getting a 14" this time around after having 15"/16" since 2011.
chrono1081
macrumors G3
I purchased the 2019 MacBook Pro 16 inch because there was something it had the 14 inch did not and I forget what. I did also want a little bit of increased screen real estate because I was moving it about the house and didn't always want tied to the desk. I'm a software developer so some extra coding space really helped.
That being said I did go back to a 14 inch because I ended up traveling a lot more with the laptop than I was originally. It did suck to give up the extra space but I got used to coding on the 14 inch.
I would say if you're using it in the home mostly and are on the fence, 16 inch is a very nice laptop. The screen real estate makes working away from a monitor a joy. If you will be traveling with it a lot I would suggest the 14. It fits nicely in a bag, it fits nicely on plane tray tables, and the 16 will just be big and heavy, especially the M series which are a giant slab of (powerful) computer.
That being said I did go back to a 14 inch because I ended up traveling a lot more with the laptop than I was originally. It did suck to give up the extra space but I got used to coding on the 14 inch.
I would say if you're using it in the home mostly and are on the fence, 16 inch is a very nice laptop. The screen real estate makes working away from a monitor a joy. If you will be traveling with it a lot I would suggest the 14. It fits nicely in a bag, it fits nicely on plane tray tables, and the 16 will just be big and heavy, especially the M series which are a giant slab of (powerful) computer.
Basic75
macrumors 68030
It existed. There were 16" and 13" MacBook Pros in 2019, and only the 16" had a dGPU, perhaps that was it?
chrono1081
macrumors G3
I didn't buy the 16" but bought the 14" M1 Max. With what I know now I would have gone for the 16" model simply for the better battery. Battery is not super important to me, plugged in all day to my 5K screen for work, but still always nice to have a better battery and I get nowhere near the battery life our company owner gets with his 14" M4 Pro. The Max in the 14" does not have the great battery that the rest of the models have from what I have read. Again not terrible but not that all day battery Apple claims.
AndreeOnline
macrumors 6502a
You can't work* on a 13" laptop, and by extension, not on a 14" either. You can work on 15", but 16" is better, and 17" is probably the sweetspot, even if there are some tradeoffs at that size.
*= by work, I mean stuff that you can't do on a 13", but that starts to become possible on 15" and larger. Stuff that some people claim to be work, and that CAN be done on a 13", I claim is not work, whereby my general statement above holds up. [intended as light humor, that is nonetheless true.]
*= by work, I mean stuff that you can't do on a 13", but that starts to become possible on 15" and larger. Stuff that some people claim to be work, and that CAN be done on a 13", I claim is not work, whereby my general statement above holds up. [intended as light humor, that is nonetheless true.]
tarsins
macrumors 65816
It's all about screen estate. I'd have bought a 17" if Apple still made it, although admittedly the 16" MBP does have higher resolution and thinner bezels which probably mitigate the difference.