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Ninth-generation 6-Core Intel Core i7 Processor
Stunning 16-inch Retina Display with True Tone technology
Touch Bar and Touch ID
AMD Radeon Pro 5300M Graphics with GDDR6 memory
Ultrafast SSD
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Six-speaker system with force-cancelling woofers
Four Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports
Up to 11 hours of battery life
802.11ac Wi-Fi
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| Product Dimensions | 9.68 x 14.09 x 0.64 inches; 4.3 Pounds |
|---|---|
| Item Weight | 4.3 pounds |
| Manufacturer | Apple Computer |
| Language | English |
| ASIN | B081FZV45H |
| Item model number | MVVJ2LL/A |
| Batteries | 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required. (included) |
| Date First Available | November 13, 2019 |
Mike –
If you’ve been waiting for Apple to wake up and address the concerns raised by the Apple community — your wait is now over. This is the MacBook Pro we’ve all been wanting for years. This review is for the higher end model, stock.The good.- Keyboard. It’s fantastic. The key travel has been extended to 1mm, which is about half of the original keyboard found on the 2015 and prior model years. It feels just as good to type on because apple improved the tactile feedback. The keys sort of spring back. The keyboard is quiet and very comfortable to type on. The keys are slightly smaller but do not make typing on them any more difficult. The directional arrows are now properly setup and the physical Esc key is back, making it a breeze to flip through open applications.- Screen. The difference in size is subtle but noticeable. It’s technically even more dense, but just barely. You won’t notice much difference from recent MacBook Pros but true to Apple, the display is absolutely gorgeous. The 0.6 inch difference in size retains the same logical resolution, so everything should look just slightly bigger which I welcome.- Processor. The base model has the same chipset as the 2019 15.4″ model. The performance, however, is about 10% better due to significantly improved airflow and larger heatsinks. The issue of heat related throttling has been largely addressed. On the upper model, the machine now comes with 8 cores and serious performance bump. There is literally nothing you can throw at this MacBook that it won’t handle with breeze.- Graphics. The traditional setup is still here. You have the onboard Intel chipset, which operates when the demand for visual performance is low. You also have a discrete AMD chip which delivers significant improvement over the previous generation. In fact, the base model delivers performance in excess of the upper spec Vega chipset from last year. The leap is extraordinary. As before, the system will automatically choose which graphics card to use depending on demand.- Sound. In one world, amazing. Imagine Apple took a HomePod and flattened it to fit it in the housing of the MacBook Pro. That is essentially the experience. Bass is pronounced and crisp and treble is sharp. The sound is rich and room-filling. There are six speakers instead of two in the last generation.-Microphone. Major improvements with three mics instead of one in the previous generation. I use the MacBook to make calls using an iPhone and the sound on the other end is clear and free from background noice. I’ve been told it sounds a lot better than before, but that is of course subjective. On paper, you’re getting better noise reduction and improved sound fidelity.- Touch Bar. Controversial in the past, I think it may now be the “happy medium” between physical keys and the useful Touch Bar which adapts to the content on the screen. The Esc key is back and on the right hand side you’ll find Touch ID and power button.- SSD. You’ll love the fact that now base starting size of the SSD has been doubled on both the entry model and the upper model with 512GB and 1TB respectively.- Gaming. This has to be mentioned. The graphics card offers incredible leap in performance. Modern games that would get 14-16FPS on high setting now perform at 35-40FPS with ease. Same settings. Same games. Huge improvement. It’s now possible to play AAA games on the MacBook Pro with reasonable performance and high visual settings.- Productivity. This machine is a beast. I use the full Affinity suite and do some limited video editing. In addition, I have multiple productivity programs open, over a dozen Safari tabs, two email clients, and dozens of other apps, such as CRM, task managers, notes, etc. Everything runs smoothly.- Value. Yes, value. This expensive laptop brings the best value in the lineup of the 15.”4 (now 16″) offering to date. If you carefully look at the costs of truly compatible Windows offerings, you’ll find the MacBook Pro to be competitively priced.The Bad- Weight. The machine is slightly heavier but I welcome the added bulky. Finally Apple went with functionality over its obsession with thiner and lighter hardware, giving us a machine with proper thermal management, proper keyboard and more. But if you plan on taking it with you places, you’ll feel the extra bulk.- BTO Updates. The cost of BTO options is still quite high, with the noted exception of the 8GB option on the GPU. You’re still paying a significant premium for each incremental upgrade over the base model.To sum up — This is the best MacBook Pro in many years. It’s a well-rounded, powerful machine that brings about incredible performance and value. I would highly recommend it to any Pro.If you’re upgrading from the 13″ model and wonder how much more real estate you can expect, see attached side-by-side comparison photo.Update 3/15/20 — Absolutely a beast of a machine. I love it. It has been pretty much perfect and its performance continues to surprise me. I have the top-speced model and it smokes pretty much everything I’ve used to date. In fact, it will perform on par with the new Mac Pro base configuration. Don’t believe me? Google it. This is by far the best MacBook Pro to date and an amazing value. Well worth the price of admission if you need it.
Bruce Haydon –
Like most people, I was tempted to wait for the new MacBook Pro 16″ with the new M1 chip coming out this year, but the more research I did, the more I realized that if you need to run Windows (work, etc.), it makes a lot of sense to buy this model. New M1-based Macs simply cannot run Windows at this time (1Q2020), and even if/when Parallels or VMWare does come out with an emulation software layer, it’s performance will be questionable due to the latency introduced by performing low-level instruction translation between M1 & Intel chips. On the other hand, with this current model, Windows runs natively on Intel chips giving you the option to run it on a thin virtualization layer in Mac OS (VMWare/Parallels/Wine etc.), or at the bare metal level using Boot Camp. For anyone that wants the ability to run high-performance MS WIndows now and in the future, this is the best choice for the long run.
The Truth Teller –
OMG!!! This is my 3rd MacBook Pro that I have owned over the past few years, and I have to say this one is by far the best one yet. This is my first Space gray, and I it’s absolutely gorgeous and sleek. A very sexy machine. It looks so much better than the silver. A more modern look.The screen is freaking GORGEOUS! The colors, the brightness, so pure and crystal clear. And me being an animator, graphics designer and writer, I can tell the larger screen for sure.My last MacBook Pro was the 15 inch 2015, and I thought I was going to miss the glowing Apple logo, but to be honest, I don’t. When I go back on my 2015, it seems so outdated. The mirrored logo looks so much more modern.The trackpad is HUGE, and I love it. My 2015 track pad seems so tiny and disappointing now.I have no idea why so many people say they hate the Touch Bar. I LOVE IT! I can not imagine life without it. It’s beautiful and as a writer I love how it recommended the corrected words. I love being able to run through videos, play music and navigate more effectively. It’s perfect. Well….almost. The only complaint I would say is it goes dim in dim light. I thing it should be our decision to dim it. Other than that it’s perfect. I also love how easy it is to get to the emojis. 😊The Keyboard….OMG! I love it. It’s so much better than the 2015. I can type so fast on this thing. It’s AMAZING. I also love the backlight. It’s so bright in a dark room and it doesn’t bleed out like the 2015.And lastly. I LOVE how powerful this beautiful beast is. I can created my animations with no struggle. And it renders at lightening speed which means my fans of my Youtube Channel will get faster animated horror stories from me.If you are caught on the fence if you should buy it. Get off that fence right now, and BUY IT! IT’S 100% PURE PERFECTION!!!! Thank you so much, Apple. Windows users are soooo missing out!👍
R. Heimuli –
I can finally sit down at my local coffee shop and look like a cool Mac user now! When people walk in, I can subtly peak over my MacBook Pros screen and semi-acknowledge their existence! I’m finally living my best life.
JAWZ –
I have owned the 15.4 Touch Bar model since 2016, I typed on it before I bought it and I knew the keyboard wasn’t as good as my 2012 15″, but, it wasn’t as bad as some reviewers made it out to be, I’m glad I bought it before the bad reviews. The 2016 was a huge upgrade from the 2012 and I can say the 2019 is a huge upgrade from the 2016.There is no one feature that is absolutely night and day from the 2016, but, every function is better. Screen quality and size, performance, keyboard (mostly non-touchbar ESC key for me), battery life, speakers, mic and thermal, it’s a bit quieter than the 2016. If you have been holding out because you like the 2012 keyboard travel and feel, the 2019 travels further and feels better.I can’t personally feel the weight difference in my bag, between laptop, accessories (Jabra speaker being the heaviest) my bag weighs about 9lbs so if it’s 9.3lbs I can’t feel it and once it’s out of the bad I don’t tend to move it around. It is a big larger, but, still fits in my small 2 pocket Tumi laptop bag, so the .25″ doesn’t bother me either.I’m looking forward to seeing if it’s as durable, I got over 300 full battery cycles on the 2016, I expect the same from this unit, but, only time will tell.Hope my experience helps.
GregH –
I purchased this laptop as a dual-purpose work/home use computer and so far this laptop has performed better than any previous laptop I’ve owned, to date. While running parallels it will boot Windows 10 in less than 10 seconds, faster than my HP laptop that only runs windows. This being my fist MacBook computer, most of my frustrations in setting it up have been with the lack of application parity between the iPad and MacBook models, but realizing the two run different operating systems I guess this is to be expected. This laptop is blazing fast to boot up and I haven’t had any issues with the video graphics or CPU showing any signs of sluggish operation while running multiple applications at the same time. Very happy with the fit and finish of the hardware, and it appears to be very well built.
DK –
I really went back on forth on this Mac. I did not want to spend the money and would have gone with a 13 inch option, were it not for the butterfly keyboard issue. I even considered a Windows box, but since i use one in my job was very resistent to the idea.In the end the 16 inch with its magic keyboard was my only real choice. These things are so expensive, but I did realize that it was replacing a 10 year old MacBook Pro that still worked, so I guess you get what you pay for. After shopping around I got a pretty good deal from an Apple authorized seller through Amazon (saved $300). I took the 16Gb i-9 quad core with the standard video memory, slightly higher end card, and a 1TB drive all for $2499. I wanted more RAM, but read that the solid state hard drive would make up the difference quite nicely; which appears to be true.Okay, so how do I like it? I absolutely love this thing!!! It works so smoothly, so fast, and so well. No hang ups or lags, no glitches or little “we’ll fix that later” items. It’s powerful and easy to use. The keyboard feels a little different, but is not a bad tradeoff for computer slimness. The track pad took me a while to get used to, but when you do it’s actually pretty handy.I even love the touch bar, which I fully planned to hate after reading the reviews. It’s easy to customize and it does so many things just when you need them. Example, in finder, the trash can and new folder are right there (in my setup). In Quicktime it has a scrubber bar that lets you smoothly scroll to the frame you want. Oh well, some will hate it – i like it.Performance: I realize that I am coming from a 10 year old MacBook, but I also use a pretty new Dell laptop in my work, which if you throw out the docking station is a pretty good workhorse. My only real performance needs are for home video editing, and ripping and rendering movies (which i buy) for my home server. Video editing is fun again! It adds clips and photos so fast, edits like a dream, and renders like lightning. Video conversion is something else altogether…Video conversion test case: Frozen 2 on blue-ray. Ripping with Make MKV was about the same, owing to my external drive limitations, but rendering using Handbrake was phenominal (to me anyway). It rendered the movie in high quality, H264, 1080p in about 45 minutes. I am no professional, so you will have to rate that against your own experience, but for me it was fantastic!Finally, less demanding software like microsoft Office 365, Apple Pages and friends, and VLC handle quite nicely – loading documents in a flash and never hanging up hiccuping.Oh yeah, i bought two USB 3.1 adapters and one SD adapter for about $8 each, all three with the tiny plug and short cord. That allows you to use all four ports at onc, plus they are all compact and blend quite nicely.Summary: i love this computer and don’t begrudge a penny spent on it.
Andrei C –
My unit has no overheating issues, no loud fan noise (I cannot heat fans at all when doing the usual office stuff), no screen issues. It is very snappy, the screen is very nice.When reading the negative reviews here, make sure to ignore those from unverified purchases who simply hate on Apple. Apple tarnished his record somewhat in recent years with problematic releases. However they delivered everything on this specific model. It feels very refined and a pleasure to work on. Just like they did an awesome job on their new iPhone SE2. If you have an iPhone, this machine will integrate nicely with it.There are many deserving windows laptops out there. A lot to choose from, which is great for all of us. I prefer doing my work on a Mac, and Mac OS. It fits like a tailored glove, and once you’ve experienced that; it’s hard to come back to windows no matter which laptop. And I’ve tried probably close to virtually all of them. If in doubt, buy this Mac; give it a test drive. Return if you don’t like it. But something tells me you will enjoy it very much. 😉
Erik V –
Fantastic
Leo Tran –
Bought on Cyber Monday. This 16 inch Mac is aweeeesomeeeee!!!0.) Expercom is a legit seller with a great price; I saved more than $216.1.) Shipping: 2 days only, satisfy an impatient guy like me.2.) Product: Great overall, but the keyboard is not that “magical”.3.) I didn’t experience any issues… yet, no popping/clicking sounds while playing videos/using apps.Highly recommended product!!!P/s: I heard Apple will release a new Macbook in late 2020 with Mini-LED screen. IMHO, if you’re having trouble with the clicking sounds or any issues, you should wait until 2020 to buy a Macbook xD.