(Justine gasping)
- This is the brand-new, 16-inch MacBook Pro.
This is pretty much everything
that I think we have all wanted in an upgrade
in the MacBook Pro.
We have a bigger screen, faster performance,
better battery life, more RAM.
Can spec this thing out
to an eight terabyte solid state drive
and 64 gigs of RAM.
And, of course, a redesigned keyboard.
Although, I have had no problems with my Butterfly keyboard.
But this is now using a new scissor mechanic,
and that keyboard design is being modeled
after the Magic Keyboard's, that we all loved,
that come with the iMacs.
This 16-inch MacBook is now going to be replacing
the 15-inch models.
So let's unbox this and take a first look
at the brand-new, 16-inch Retina MacBook Pro.
How many times am I gonna say
16-inch Retina MacBook Pro in this video?
Probably, like, 500.
(Justine gasping) (upbeat music)
Oh, man!
It does come in two colors the silver and the Space Gray.
So this is the Space Gray version.
Oh my gosh.
I need a moment. (exhaling deeply)
This smells like red velvet cake.
The new MacBook is 4.3 pounds.
The previous gen 15-inch that I have right here,
which looks like an absolute mess, is four pounds.
Side-by-side comparison.
Just in my mind, I know that this one is heavier,
but just holding the two, I can't really tell.
You wonder what this is on my old MacBook?
This is Velcro that I use to attach
my external hard drives to.
This MacBook will soon be getting the Velcro treatment,
but not right now.
Because it's too beautiful and pristine.
This has the same I/O ports as the previous gen.
It has four USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 ports.
You can also connect to Pro XDR displays.
Got a chance to see those things at WWDC
and up close they are so beautiful.
Of course we have our USB-C cable.
I think we've all seen one of these before.
Are there Apple stickers?
Perhaps.
(gasps) And they're Space Gray.
The new charging brick is now 96-watts.
So they made this a little bit more powerful,
but it still is same size and form factor
as the previous bricks.
That was like a nice paper feel.
Usually it's like a plastic.
You can get this in two different configurations.
There's the 2.6 gigahertz six-core Intel i7
and there's a 2.3 gigahertz eight-core Intel Core i9.
Let's move this thing up.
And what's really exciting,
is this entire video that you guys are watching right now,
I'm going to be editing on this MacBook.
(Justine gasping)
Oh my gosh, it's already starting up.
I'm gonna get this thing set up.
I'll see you guys in a second.
(upbeat music)
So everything's now set up, and because I have iCloud on
all of my files are synced.
So my terrible, messy, desktop
that I have on my other laptop is now populating
onto this one.
One of the biggest highlights for this new keyboard
is the return of the actual physical escape key.
Now, if you do a lot of coding or programming,
even in editing I need that escape key.
And having it be just on the digital touch bar,
you would sometimes have to do several presses
to get back to that.
But now the escape key is back.
And they also redesigned the arrow keys.
This is also going back to one of the older designs
because the new Butterfly keyboard,
these arrow keys the left and the right
are full-size squares and it's basically the same size
as the up and down.
The speaker's have also been updated,
they have a new six speaker sound system
and they have an updated microphone
that's supposed to give you studio quality recording,
in a three microphone array.
Let's test out these speakers by listening to,
what I always test out with music, Tool.
(upbeat rock music)
Oh my gosh, is this loud!
This sounds incredible.
So I open up GarageBand and now I'm gonna test out
what it sounds like using the internal microphone.
The new MacBook is also shipped with Catalina,
which is great because I honestly haven't
updated my current MacBook yet.
So this is really the first time that I'm getting to have
a MacBook experience with Catalina.
So first let's test the audio
on the new 16-inch MacBook Pro.
Hi, hello, this is Justine reporting to you, not live,
in a room that is slightly echoey.
So if you do hear a little bit of that background noise
that's because I'm in a massive room
that is not sound proof.
Now let's move on to the previous gen 15-inch MacBook Pro.
Looking at these two things side by side, wow,
I cannot wait to get to editing on this thing.
So let's take a look at the size comparison.
Obviously, this one is larger because it is a larger screen.
Surprising that it's not that much larger,
considering you're getting an entire inch more
of a screen real estate.
Look at this.
Here's the size difference between the 15 and the 16-inch.
Can tell right around here.
But the real difference is looking at the screen.
Here they are, side-by-side.
And if you take a look, you can notice the smaller bezels
around the side of the new MacBook,
as opposed to the old one.
And obviously you could tell which one is old one,
not only by the smudges, but by the size of the bezels.
So the screen brightness on both of these is the same,
it's 500 nits.
The track pad is also the same size.
And, again, the keyboard
is where the real updates also lie.
So the keys are a little bit more tactile.
So I feel like when you're pressing down
you actually feel like you're pressing a real key,
as opposed to the Butterfly keyboard.
It's a little more gentle, I guess you could say.
But I'm really excited about these upgrades,
especially having these separate escape key,
the updated arrow keys.
And also, the standalone Touch ID button.
I'll be doing a bigger video diving into some more
of the great things about this MacBook,
but since this is just the first look
the initial reaction to seeing this screen,
like, it's larger but it doesn't feel like
the overall footprint of the computer is actually larger.
I'm sure many of us remember the 17-inch MacBooks
that used to have
and those things just felt significantly larger.
They also felt really heavy.
This feels like I'm almost using my 15-inch MacBook,
but just with a larger screen.
I'm gonna plug this in
because I have to hop on a flight here very shortly,
and I'd like to have a full battery for the flight
so I could edit.
And speaking of battery, not only have they managed to
put the largest capacity battery
that you can put in here,
that it will allow you to so fly with this,
it's powering faster processors, a larger screen,
and you'll still get an extra hour of battery life.
They're saying that it'll get about 11 hours of battery,
whereas the 15-inch you'll get 10 hours.
And obviously, battery life depends on what you're doing.
For me when I'm editing
there is no way I would get 11 hours of battery life.
But any extra battery life is appreciated.
And, like, the charging brick will give us more power.
I mean this thing is so incredibly powerful.
When you think about how much they have crammed
inside of this MacBook, it's shocking.
Especially an eight terabyte solid-state drive?
Trying to get an eight terabytes solid-state drive,
right now, just as a portable drive is almost impossible.
So to have that internal, on your computer, is so amazing.
Not only for me, as a video editor,
is this gonna be incredible
because obviously huge file sizes.
But right now I'm lugging around two terabyte
solid-state drives that are just portable.
But now with eight terabytes
I'm not even gonna need to be editing
off of those externals anymore.
For photographers you'll be able to store
all of your RAW images directly on here,
you won't have to edit from separate drives.
And I cannot wait to test out a Sidecar.
Since I've been holding off on updating to Catalina.
For Final Cut, specifically,
I'm excited about using that when I travel
because I'll be able to have all of my files
and use that as a file browser,
and I can just be focusing on doing most of my editing
and color correction, directly on the MacBook.
Another pretty impressive thing is they've managed
to make the price of this computer the same price
as the 15-inch MacBooks.
So you'll be able to get one of these
starting at 2,399 as the base model,
and the nine core is 2,799.
Which is pretty impressive if you think about it.
So basically they're taking this new 16-inch
and replacing the 15-inch Pro model
and still managing to keep it the same price.
Well guys, this was just a first look
at the new MacBook Pro.
I am really excited
because my entire life revolves around video editing,
production and being on the go.
So being able to just have this device,
this is really going to change everything.
Obviously, the 15-inch MacBook Pro that I had previously
was beyond incredible.
I've edited so many videos on that thing.
And now just with the increased speed
and the amount that I am traveling,
I will be able to have a much faster turnaround time.
I'll be doing some further testing and video editing
and really pushing this thing to the limits.
But, for now, I have to hop on a plane
and I'm gonna take this footage, that I've shot right now,
and I'm going to edit this video for you guys.
(gentle upbeat music)
So it's time to transfer footage for the first time
onto the new MacBook Pro.
So I've been shooting for the Atomos Ninjas,
and these all record externally to solid-state drives.
So we'll just plug this in,
and we're gonna transfer our first bit of data
to the new MacBook.
(gentle music)
Eating and editing is a true talent.
I like to call this eaterting.
(upbeat music)
Just landed.
This is basically a less than 24-hour turnaround time video.
I've been editing all day, we shot all day.
Now I'm gonna get some dinner.
We're are in an entirely different state.
I'm actually in Nashville
to go to on "Good Morning America" this week,
so that's super exciting.
But of course, the editing never stops.
I'm so close to finishing this video.
I just honestly, cannot believe how fast this computer is.
It is so fast even compared to
my previous gen 15-inch MacBook,
which is completely spec'd out.
Back to editing, I'll see you guys in a second.
(upbeat music)
Oh man, my keyboard is greasy.
It's cold. (groans)
And here's my final edit.
I am officially exhausted.
I'm not even sure how long this consecutively took me
because I have been editing so sporadically
throughout this trip.
But the video is done and the one thing that I did notice,
is because this has increased cooling,
they have all new fan architecture
and I definitely notice a difference.
Because I edit a lot with my MacBook sitting on my lap,
and normally you can tell if the computer starts getting hot
the fans will start spinning up,
and the processors will start slowing down a little bit.
But this time I was editing a lot in the car,
with the laptop on my lap
and it stayed significantly cooler than my previous gen.
Definitely looking forward to testing this out more.
I was going to shoot more of a recap for you guys,
but basically I'm loving it so far, it's super fast.
I look forward to testing this out more,
so let me know if there's anything specifically
you guys would like for me to test on here.
If you have any questions be sure to ask me them
in the comments below and I will try to answer some
in the next video.
In the meantime, me and this laptop, and my AirPods,
we're going to bed.
See you soon internet.
(gentle music)