Hey, look what I have here. It is Apple's new form of microtransaction scheme
It is MacBook Pro in-app purchases
Which has the touch bar gimmick.
Oh I'm sorry that wasn't supposed to be a statement, that was supposed to be a question. Let me do that part again.
Which has the touch bar gimmick'
OK, wait.
The touch bar is a gimmick!
Is a, is a gimmick. is a gimmick?
Anyway, I'm here to review...
MacBook Gimmick. Dammit!
And here it is. 2016 MacBook Pro
The MacBook I’m about to review is 15 inch model that has a 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB of RAM, 512GB storage and 2GB Radeon Pro 455 GPU
The unboxing experience is pretty much same as all previous MacBooks.
However it doesn’t come with a power extension cable probably because that would make this macbook way too professional for us.
15-inch macbook comes with a 87watt usb-c power adapter, usb-c cable, the usual manuals and stickers
You can remove all the USB ports, memory card slots, everything but I dare you to remove this Apple!
Here we go
And the first new feature introduces itself right there. MacBook turns itself on when you open the lid.
Wow it looks really nice.
Aaah the new laptop smell.
OK, I was getting ready make fun of this but this looks really cool
Look at that giant track pad
I mean falling in love with this macbook wasn’t part of the plan and yet it happened at first sight!
Compared to my Mid-2012 MacBook, it is thinner, thanks to it’s thinner bezels even though the screen size is the same the laptop smaller
Yes, it is still not pitch black but at least it is Space Gray and not a tasteless person’s Honda Civic grey
The screen is brighter and less reflective so it is a little easier to see while you’re outside.
So let’s put this MacBook next to my Late 2014 4Ghz i7 iMac and Mid 2012 2.6Ghz i7 MacBook pro and run some speed tests
In Geekbench 4, 2016 MacBook Pro came really close to iMac in CPU test results.
In Geekbench 4 gpu tests it was in between iMac and 2012 MacBook Pro
In Cinebench OpenGL and CPU tests 2016 MacBook Pro was in between again
However during the Disk Speed Test 2016 MacBook’s result was unbelievable.
So I thought I should export the same Final Cut Pro project from all three computers to see what all those numbers meant.
The project took 9:17 to be exported from 2012 MacBook Pro. iMac 2014 exported it in 7:42 seconds
And the brand new 3050 dollar 2016 MacBook pro exported it in 8:43
Only 34 seconds faster than 2012 MacBook And 1:01 second slower than iMac
Playing TeamFortress 2 was easy, MacBook Pro had almost constant 60fps. Which is great compared to 2012 MacBook Pro but not even close to the iMac’s frame rate
Now let’s see how the new speakers sound.
So yes, the new MacBook Pro sounds better than the old MacBook Pro.
Also I’d like to point out that what you’ll hear in real life will be a little different than what you just heard.
For example iMac sounded a little too bass but in real life iMac is the most natural sounding one, 2012 MacBook Pro is horrible, 2016 MacBook Pro is fine.
Now let’s talk about the Touch Bar and Touch ID.
There is no other way of saying this. Touch Bar is a gimmick.
It looks like an iPad 2 or atm’s touch screen
I’ve been using this MacBook Pro every single day ever since I got it and I’ve never seen an advantage of having a touch bar.
Don’t get me wrong I like having it there and it doesn’t get into the way of my function keys so it didn’t change my experience for better or for worse.
It seems like a desperate attempt from apple to appear cool.
And if you’re kind of a person who doesn’t look at the keyboard, you’ll forget that is it even there.
On the other hand, having touch id is great. But the question is why didn’t have it up until now?
So when you want to login you simply put your finger over the touch ID and it selects your profile and if you’re logging in for the first time it brings up the password window.
So your crazy lover can’t login using your finger while you’re sleeping.
Now one interesting thing is turning off
Sleep, restart, shut down selection doesn't appear when you click touch id button
Which is one of the few weird things apple did with this MacBook Pro. They even removed the start-up chime.
You know that f# you pay attention to while you reset the pram etcetera
They actually removed so many things, there is not much left in it. So maybe we should call this laptop a…
a lefttop
Except for the MegSafe. I’m probably one of the few that I never liked that magnetic power cable connection.
So having a proper USB-C connection that will stay in its place is perfect for me.
So when you plug the charge in while your computer is off, it turns on.
Why are your turning on?
Now let's see what happens when I use photoshop.
I like to edit one of my idols. Not this guy
No not this guy
Ah this guy is good
See I can open here let's just duplicate that layer. The giant trackpad makes this very easy.
Even though I'm still not used it. I'm still using a tiny bit area
Let's go to feather.
5px that is good. Let's copy this. Paste it. Content aware fill on Phil
Let's do it. Didn't look much content aware
Let's just move it a little like that. Try it again. Much better. Mask this part off. Looking good
This looks pretty good and it was really easy to prepare
Now I'd like to add a text
And of course, finally lets give this a background. Let's go to fill, and fill the background of Phil
Perfect!
See in minutes. Nothing was weird, the keyboard was really nice also typing on the new keyboard is very easy
The new keyboard is actually my favorite thing on the new MacBook Pro. It is much much better than the previous MacBook keyboards.
Make the text bold, italic, underlined
Now I already have this USB-C to USB dongle. I mean adapter
But that's not enough because I still need the HDMI output for my tests.
Paying 53 dollars on top of a 3,050 dollar laptop brought that guns n roses song to my mind.
Welcome to the jungle, I’m going to watch you bleed. Welcome to the jungle, welcome to the…
dongle… I want to hear you scream!
Welcome to the dongle We got fun an games
You learn to spend like an animal In the dongle where we pay
I like the new MacBook Pro it think it is really nice but for me since it is a little faster than my 2012 MacBook Pro
And it is slower than my iMac. I really can't find a $3000 reason for owning this.
I mean, think of this way. All these products they have the fantastic iPhone, the iPad, this, the iMac, the Mac Pro
And what do people do with them? They put it in ice and throw it from the top floor of a building to see if it breaks
This is what they can do with those products they don't know how to use these products.
They connect four chargers to see what this would do
Whose fault is this?
When you go to Apple Store, let's go down here. Let's say you want to get this iMac
8GB of RAM is included. If you want to get 16GB of RAM they want $200 more
$200 more. 16GB of RAM is $94 on Amazon.com right now
You're charging, $200 more and on top of that you're taking back that 8GB of RAM that was initially included in this setup
Isn't that kind of...
evil?
The way you put everything inside this MacBook Pro, I can't change the ram, I can not change the storage, I can't change anything
So what else can I do? Of course I'm going to put this in ice and throw it off a building
Why doesn't this have at least one USB port? Just one
I don't think that's what stay foolish means. I think this is just idiotic.
Why can't I put simcard in this like an iPad?
Why doesn't the iPad have a calculator?
Let me tell you Apple. You just put an app. A calculator app
it opens in a tiny window that floats on top, that stays on top
And then when you go to your other app where you want to do the calculation you drag the calculator around
and then you use the calculator. it is that simple. iOS 11. Let's see that
Why isn't there force touch on the track bar, why isn't there haptic feedback?
My love towards the new MacBook Pro lasted less than a butterfly's life
So if you excuse me, I have a laptop to return.
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