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Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by yusefnapora »

heipei wrote: post #268

Am I the only one that is scared at the prospect of losing physical keys for changing volume and brightness? I do this all the time, changing volume up/down during conference calls, adjusting the brightness when working late at night. Can you even map the Touch-bar to have "keys" for these instead of the slider which seems way less precise and direct? Genuinely asking since I'm still on 2014 MBP.

If you don't mind spending a few bucks on a third-party tool, Better Touch Tool (https://folivora.ai/) will let you map two or three finger swipe gestures to control volume and brightness. This lets you adjust either without having to look at the touch bar and find the virtual button. It's still a slide instead of a press though, which takes a little getting used to.

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by lostgame »

angrygoat wrote: post #562
mrfinks wrote: post #550

Why is the touchbar still a thing. I hit the speaker button inadvertently at least once a day. "Pop!"

Did you know you can rearrange the buttons for the touchbar? System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Customise Control Strip. My bugbear was hitting the siri button by mistake, I swapped that for a 'do not disturb' button which is harmless when pressed.

The point is we shouldn’t have to be reconfiguring our laptops to make them usable. :/

I’m so over Apple hardware. Just let me hackintosh it.

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by dangoor »

ebg13 wrote: post #479
saintx wrote: post #301

People make a lot of noise about the missing function keys. But the keys that I miss the most on my 2018 Macbook Pro are the "E" and "SHIFT" keys.

Yeah. My "F" key broke in a way that isn't fixable without replacing the whole thing (one of the ultra tiny pins that keeps the keycap in place snapped off). At least you get two shift keys.

F for your F key.

https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/612924-five-years-ago-ca...

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by brightball »

EnderMB wrote: post #531

While it's nice to see an opinionated company like Apple admit fault and revert to what people want, I wonder if this move is too late for many of those that decided to move away from Apple? Years ago, I switched to a Surface Book, and while I'm tempted to go back for this MBP I reckon that a Surface Book update would be enough to kill any desire for the Mac range. While Apple stagnated, many of the high-end manufact…

I bought a 17" Dell laptop with Ubuntu and have no plans to go back after 10 years on OSX. It's got everything I need and I can open it up to improve it more.

It's also huge, which I kinda like now...but that huge comes with the ability to have 3 disks, a huge replaceable battery, 8 cores and 64gb of RAM.

There's a slight learning curve to using Linux as your daily driver but it's hard to go back once you figure it out.

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by pmontra »

I'm not a fan of Apple but there are a few things I like of this laptop. Starting with the most important:

- It's got no number pad, so the screen, the keyboard and the touch pad are aligned with the nose of the user, which doesn't have to shift the laptop to the right to work and have 2/3 of the screen to his/her right.

- It's got a slightly larger screen than my HP ZBook but it's narrower and lighter: 14.09 inches (35.79 cm) and 4.3 pounds (2.0 kg)

- It can go up to 8 TB of storage and 64 GB of RAM (but there are laptops with 128 GB in 2019).

I didn't investigate if it can be upgraded (RAM and SSD) or if everything is soldered.

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by jordache »

"The 16-inch MacBook Pro features a new Magic Keyboard with a refined scissor mechanism that delivers 1mm of key travel and a stable key feel, as well as an Apple-designed rubber dome that stores more potential energy for a responsive key press"

Wow..

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by Rebelgecko »

charlesju wrote: post #584
ben7799 wrote: post #494

64GB RAM is like "hallelujah". Doing enterprise dev with Docker + Java is pretty horrible with 16GB on my 2017 MBP. The fact that this review didn't even once mention the fact that this machine is now thicker & bigger and yet they didn't add any useful ports back in is amazing. I still hate that the 2017 one I have has only USB-C + Headphone jack. I appreciate that it still has the headphone jack. But at our office w…

What are you using that isn't USB C/Bluetooth at this point? Honest question.

Literally every single TV or projector I've ever given a presentation on

Ethernet

(micro-)SD card

Keyboard

Mouse

Displays

Flashing microcontrollers (technically could be done over BT but it is a pain in the ass)

Gamepad

I've bought dongles/docking stations for all of these devices but it is a huge hassle when traveling, which is a use case a laptop should be able to excel at. Adding just a single USB-A port and HDMI would be a complete gamechanger for me. Apple wouldn't be able to sell as many of their $70 dongles though.

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by reificator »

Jonovono wrote: post #244
Someone1234 wrote: post #22

Holy heck, they re-added a physical escape key. That's a huge improvement. a slight shame they didn't just move the touchbar up and re-add the F key row too, but it is a good compromise and improvement regardless. This could be the one a lot of people have been waiting for if the new switches/design pans out. PS - Although I might be an unusual demographic as I touch type and wouldn't use the touchbar regardless (sin…

Whats with you guys and the ESC key? It's so far away do you actually use it? I map caps-lock to ESC/Hyper key which I find pretty useful.

> Whats with you guys and the ESC key? It's so far away do you actually use it?

You're joking. You realize this forum is filled with programmers and other digital creative professionals, right?

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by ProZsolt »

blhack wrote: post #373

It's hilarious to me that their own marketing image has two dongles plugged into the laptop so that the user can still use USB. Apple please for the love of usability: please give me back USB. I AM the pro that you want to feature in every one of your marketing videos. I have a music studio in my house, I build interactive lighting installations for the biggest music festivals in the world, I build custom hardware co…

I'm the opposite. All of my stuff uses USB-C except my MBP. It seems finally I can upgrade that as well. I hate bringing my MBP charge whenever I travel.

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by ses1984 »

eitland wrote: post #217
ses1984 wrote: post #80

"I'm so glad this model has a touchbar" "I would buy a dell xps but only if it had a touchbar" things no one ever said.

For the record: think twice before buying Dell XPS. I'm on my second now. Poor hardware quality on both. The first got a full replacement of mainboard, keyboard and battery after short circuiting. The second came with a broken hinge cover out of the box and there still seems to be a driver problem I haven't figured out (random lags up to 5 seconds or so but usually less multiple times a week if not multiple times a d…

You have given good reasons to think about avoiding that model.

Lack of touchbar is not one of those good reasons.

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