new MacBook Pro of course I'm very
interested in the new keyboard design
because I have problems with the old one
I have a huge stack of laptops over here
get ready for a mega keyboard comparison
this is the base model six core 512 gigs
of storage the spec right there of my
exact model of course it's in the Space
Gray and obviously it's a premium laptop
no matter which specification you go for
it is a bit bigger than the old version
measuring at 16 inches they apparently
also improved the sound that is a thick
box Jack I just want you to know there's
a little extra there bro boost ah ladies
and gentlemen welcome to your Apple
unboxing experience it's very it's very
that's a two thousand dollar sound will
can't afford that
it's at least two grand for that sound
it's a tiny bit fatter and it's a tiny
bit heavier correct me if I'm wrong
we'll also it comes with a bigger
charger or at least a more capable one
this is now a 96 watt by the way this is
like a paper now that used to be a
plastic that's got something to it
type-c connector on this side over here
this is a 2 meter type-c cable so you
get a little bit of reach away from the
power adapter it also removed this piece
and put your own extension in there it's
a little pro tip stickers as usual I
know you're big fan of the stickers will
ooh these are different ok so here we
are for the old 15-inch MacBook Pro hmm
it's a tiny bit fatter you see that jack
little edge there a little more depth
like this you see the how that shoots
out right there a tiny bit as far as the
ports are concerned it's identical to
type-c connectors on the right hand side
with the headphone jack you spin it
around it's 2 more type-c connector so a
lot of people they had their requests
with this particular device they were
saying maybe Apple was gonna give us an
SD card reader they didn't do that so
it's all type C you're still living in
dongle land no versatility in the port
department it's the same as the old
generation alright let's flip this baby
open you pull the paper
from the display and it kicks on because
Apple knows the experience no power
button necessary the touch bar no longer
extends all the way across the touch bar
on the older model extends the entire
length of the keyboard a fingerprint
scanner on the far right hand side which
also acts as your power switch on the
new model it is a dedicated key on its
own so it should be a little easier to
distinguish has a dedicated escape key
in actual physical Escape key whereas
you only had the virtual Escape key on
the touch bar version what do you think
will you be using a MacBook Pro for a
long time are you happy to have the
physical Escape key do you really care I
do I do like it it's also you can tell
right away it's slightly less low
profile and we expected that because of
course we no longer have the butterfly
mechanisms in here so there was the word
that there was gonna be a really
aggressive screen to body ratio
yes it's an improvement over the
previous version but it's not some crazy
overhaul it's obviously more iterative
in almost every way this sort of sort of
seems like the old one and then the
changes are kind of more subdued there
under the surface they also said they
reworked the audio track pad as far as
I'm concerned still pretty much best in
a business you have this giant glass
trackpad super precise this is still the
top tier as far as I'm concerned the
keyboard it's been the topic of
conversation I personally have had I'd
have had failure in the butterfly keys
which is on more than one model this
keyboard on a new 16 obviously there's
more travel here than the butterfly keys
which you're kind of more aware of
having hit a switch with the butterfly
you relied a lot on the clicking noise
some people liked it Willy do doesn't
mind clacking over there he's clacking
all day so we'll do a clock test right
now I'll show you okay
this is a clack this is a thud yes so
the volume level just went down some
people care about this because Google
made a big deal about it on their latest
device the pixel book go so let's do a
comparison to that right now obviously
the old MacBook Pro is very loud
here's pixel book ooh okay
okay so the the MacBook is still louder
yeah the MacBook has a thumper to it
I don't think anyone's gonna complain
about the noise level of either of these
obviously but it's worth mentioning it's
worth trying the motivation for changing
back is obviously durability because
there were so many issues with the
butterfly mechanisms this is the latest
generation MacBook Air this is the
famous one from the video in which I
believe I was getting II of getting the
letter e I was getting double e's I was
in the double e so now this one and it
was quieter but this one failed on me
within a week and a half maybe two weeks
now funny enough I brought one more
laptop here just to compare with this
real quick the new surface laptop 3
because I think the implementation could
press it's very similar at this point
for what it is for something this
streamlined at this profile this surface
laptop 3 is a very rewarding keyboard to
work on and I'm putting this new MacBook
Pro keyboard in the same wheelhouse this
spacebar on the surface laptop 3 s got a
little more volume to it so couple
comparisons aside let's take a closer
look at this laptop we got a few more
pixels on the display obviously there's
more room to work with there how many
nits are we working with here we'll same
as the old one 500 nits
kind of a fan of the new wallpapers as
well let's go ahead launch a browser
here and first we'll do some dialog then
I'll do some music Pro 16 okay
comin atcha okay Ram you can take up to
64 gigabytes which is actually an
increase over the previous pixel density
didn't change that much it went from 220
to 226 it's a nice rich audio it's not
stupid loud or anything but it's got
some low-end to it
just have a moment together we just have
a
a moment to dis appreciate
technology
[Music]
yes Peter sound good I'm happy with the
speakers all right here is the first
audio test of the new studio microphone
inside of the MacBook Pro 16 will it
sound even better than our actual studio
audio better than you would normally get
on a laptop so like the webcam quality's
not it's not really there it's very
grainy now granted there's not much room
to work in the bezel of a laptop the
audio here
is also gonna be improved if it's using
the same techniques and the same
hardware in the same processing that it
did within the voice memo then you could
have a real mobile video update studio
maybe on the next one that could be
really interesting if you could put a
decent quality webcam in conjunction
with that audio performance now for a
lot of people they could film a quick
video right there all right now let's
type a little bit more on this keyboard
we gotta get to the bottom of that I
only had one error in here I hit an old
before an R over there
I think people can be satisfied with
this keyboard I don't think anyone's
gonna miss the butterfly thing as much
as will might like clacking around on it
just because there's that thing in the
back of your head especially if you've
been around a lot of these systems or
you've seen them failed there's this
thing in the back your head where you're
questioning the reliability based on
other people's experiences or even your
own even yours comes and goes it failed
for a little bit and then I guess
whatever dust was in there got dislodged
and it started working again but you
never know that particular design has
had its issues this is evidence of that
obviously you can spec it out with
tremendous hardware all the way up 8
gigs of video RAM 8 TB storage 6100 USD
I think it might be a little bit
overkill for the average person at that
price point now the last comparison I
want to do is to the current laptop that
I'm using
I'll just recap the back story I was
using MacBook Pros well even before that
man power books I was using power books
will my first Apple laptop was a 12-inch
PowerBook how
crazy as that so that's how far back I
was using Apple laptops and every single
power book generation from there up
until the current MacBook Pro I was
using as my daily laptop so but when
they started to fail a little bit on the
keyboards I opened my eyes a little bit
to the wide variety of Windows laptops
but the main thing was dis right here
this stinkin keyboard all day its
confidence-inspiring it's a wonderful
time if you get a chance to type on
something like this you see what's
possible if you give up a little bit on
the profile if you're willing to take
something a little chunkier so this unit
I'm using SD card slot to traditional
USB ports you flip around to the other
side you've got two more types II
Thunderbolt threes a full size HDMI port
an Ethernet breakout and a headphone
jack so there's other things you get
that are kind of nice to have in a
pro-style laptop that Apple has
basically said look we've gone beyond it
or past it now so I'll probably throw
this on the desk for a bit see where
we're at
see how I adapt and this is one of those
rare cases where it really feels like
Apple's listening I mean maybe it's
becoming less rare well where it feels
like Apple is paying attention to the
noise on the internet we can say goodbye
to a technology in the case of the
butterfly key switches that we developed
that we made a big show about we can put
it down and move on even if that means
going back to the old land and basically
admitting that it didn't work out and I
think that's actually a good move for a
tech company yeah let's cater to the
users