MacBook Pro 16 Unboxing - Time To Switch Back?

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

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