hi everyone Aaron here for ZolloTech and the 2019 16 inch macbook pro is about
three months old and i actually never did a review on it because well there
were a bunch of them out there but now i've had some time to use it and i've
used it as my editing machine on and off while I'm traveling or just on the go or
having issues with other computers for example when I got the Mac Pro the
expensive Mac Pro it wasn't working properly when I first set it up and so I
moved the footage onto this MacBook Pro and edited a multicam clip with no
problem whatsoever and so it performed exactly how I wanted it to and it's been
a very reliable computer ever since and so I wanted to talk about my experience
with it over the past three months using it not only as an editing machine but is
just a normal laptop and browsing and things like that so this laptop is very
familiar it's the same design we've had for a few years now just a little bit
bigger because we have a 16 inch display and that display is really nice it's
what we expect from Apple as far as retina displays if you've used a Retina
display before you'll be happy with this one
so no complaints there and then of course the number one change that people
saw with this was the switch back to scissor keyboards and the keyboard is
great it's fine it still has the touch bar I never use the touch bar other than
turning brightness up or turning volume up I never use it so it's not something
I find valuable it's not something that I use regularly it's just there and if
Apple reverted back to the regular keys I'd have no problem with that either of
course we have our Escape key back which everyone really is pretty happy with and
touch ID is nice as well so keep touch ID get rid of the touch bar keep the
touch bar either way is fine with me but I don't really use it but the
keyboard is nice and if I type something like hi how are you today you'll see I
don't type normally I use basically these fingers and thumbs and I can type
on it fine but one thing I did not expect when using it is it's actually
harder to type on it requires more pressure to push your fingers down so
that took a little bit of adjustment it's not a big deal but it is something
I noticed since the butterfly keyboard takes so little pressure and for touch
typist this is a big problem but for me I actually liked it because the keys
were bigger so I personally never had an issue
with the butterfly keyboards I never had one fail my 2016 13 inch is still
working fine but this is an icer keyboard for sure with the newer arrow
keys or going back to what they should have been all along so no issues I like
it and I have no problems with it now the main thing I got this for is editing
on the go and so what I'm using it it's super fast this is the core i9 variant
with 32 gigabytes of RAM and the upgraded graphics card so I really see
this after using it for three months I see this as a Mac Pro on the go or an
iMac Pro on the go no it's not as fast as the Mac Pro but in most situations
it's the same or better when I'm exporting it super fast except for what
I'm doing things maybe like motion tracking if a motion tracking my hand
here on a video and I'm sticking text to it and want it to track around this
computer will be a little bit slower but when I'm exporting video it's fast
enough that most people won't notice and when I'm editing it's just seamless so I
have no issues and Final Cut it runs fine it's super smooth and fast and no
issues whatsoever when it comes to that and so as a super fast powerful machine
it's great for exactly what I bought it for I use Pixelmator Pro and Final Cut
Pro 10 with no issues and that's what I use it for but when we're talking about
battery life that's where it takes a big hit now when you're using this just to
browse the internet using Safari you'll probably get about seven hours or
so depending on what you're doing if you're watching a lot of video the time
can vary but about seven hours is what I say 7:00 to 8:00 if you're editing video
maybe two so that's pretty typical when you're pushing the processor at full
speed and the GPU at full speed you're going to get about that same sort of
time frame so really don't expect amazing battery life a couple hours but
if you're editing video I would highly suggest you plug it in and just use it
like that if you're on the go you're gonna get a couple hours and that's
really what I find as far as the speakers the speakers are incredible
they work really really well and of course the microphone as well is amazing
so if you haven't heard these speakers when it comes to a laptop I think
they're pretty much the best out there when it comes to the actual recording of
my voice through the speakers on here well let me show you
what that sounds like or let you listen to what that sounds like
so now I'll record with the MacBook Pro microphone I'll put it right in front of
me and record right where it is now I have a microphone right above me that's
recording audio right now let me switch to the MacBook Pro and this is unedited
audio straight out of the MacBook Pro that you're hearing my voice from and
I've put no modifiers on it or anything like that it's just increased as far as
the volume is concerned to match what the volume of the rest of the video is
so nothing is different that's all it is and the microphone sounds pretty
fantastic you could definitely use it in a video if you were in a pinch and you
didn't have a professional microphone around to use now with this MacBook Pro
I finally feel like Apple is listening to creators listening to people that use
their MacBook Pro as professional machines and they're finally doing
things like we need making it a little bit thicker putting in a bigger battery
allowing the thermals to really go to the max and and cool it properly and so
I'm really happy to see Apple doing that and I was very close to thinking about
building my own computer and switching to DaVinci Resolve but after years of
using Windows and being in the IT field I just greatly prefer Mac OS since I've
supported that for over 20 years I really prefer Mac OS after fixing a lot
of issues and things for years and so I'm not using this for gaming if I was
I'll switch to my home built windows compete see and I could show that in
another video if you want to see that but I really think of this as an iMac
pro on the go and so it really accomplishes everything I want if there
were two negatives the first one is price this is over four thousand dollars
as configured about 40 to 50 after-tax maybe a little bit more than that with
Apple care and all of those things so it's a really expensive computer and
then the other thing is which this doesn't bother me so much but it may
bother some people is fan noise to cool this they really spin those fans up so
it's definitely noticeable so if you're editing would say earpods Pro that noise
cancels you won't hear it at all but if you're in a room people are definitely
going to hear you when you're exporting video or
something like that these fans do spin up loud and I'm okay with that as long
as it's pushing through the footage and not thermal throttling so they've fixed
all those issues I really appreciate it in I liked this MacBook Pro it's one of
my favorites I've ever had and I know some other people such as my friend
Quinn over a snazzy Labs he's had issues with Mac OS Catalina in particular I've
had zero issues on the MacBook Pro I've had some other issues on the Mac Pro so
thankfully mine's working great I have zero complaints with it whatsoever it's
the best Mac since my 2013 MacBook Pro in my opinion but let me know what you
think about it in the comments below I know some people have just picked one up
and I'd like to hear what you have to say about it as well
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