The fans in the MacBook Pro, when active, put out the same decibel level of sound, but push way more air than before. The heat pipe that carries air in and out has been redesigned there are more fan blades on 35% larger fans that move 28% more air compared to the 15” model. The new power supply delivers an additional 12w of power and there is a new thermal system to compensate for that.
Both models can also now get up to 8TB of SSD storage - which Apple says is the most on a notebook ever - and 64GB of 2666 DDR4 RAM, but I’d expect those upgrades to be pricey. You can configure both models with an AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 8GB of GDDR6 memory. It rolls with an AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 4GB of memory. That’s a nice bump in storage for both models, into the range of very comfortable for most people. The i9 model will run $2,799 and comes with a 1TB drive. The system continues to use the dynamic hand-off system that trades power for battery life on the fly. The standard graphics configuration in the i7 is an AMD Radeon Pro 5300M with 4GB of memory and an integrated Intel UHD graphics 630 chip. The i7 model of the 16” MacBook Po will run $2,399 for the base model - the same as the old 15” - and it comes with a 512GB SSD drive and 16GB of RAM.īoth models can be ordered today and will be in stores at the end of the week. No advancements here is largely a function of Intel’s chip readiness. These are the same processors as the 15” MacBook Pro came with. The 16” MacBook Pro comes configured with either a 2.6GHz 6-core i7 or a 2.3GHz 8-core i9 from Intel. Let’s run down some of the most important new things. It is, however, better than the current MacBook Pro in all of the ways that actually count.
This is not a thinner machine, it is not a smaller machine, it is not a quieter machine. Importantly, the team working on this new MacBook started with no design constraints on weight, noise, size or battery. This is a brand new model that will completely replace the 15” MacBook Pro in Apple’s lineup, not an additional model. This is a re-think of the larger MacBook Pro in many large ways. This isn’t a review, but I can take you through some of the new stuff and give you thoughts based on that chunk of time. I’ve only had a day to use the machine so far, but I did all of my research and writing for this first-look piece on the machine, carting it around New York City, through the airport and onto a plane where I’m publishing this now. It’s got better graphics, a bigger display for nearly no extra overall size, a bigger battery with longer life claims and yeah, a completely new keyboard. It’s a machine that offers a massive amount of upsides for what appears to be a handful of easily justifiable trade-offs. The new 16” MacBook Pro Apple is announcing today is an attempt to rectify most, if not all, of the major complaints of its most loyal, and vocal, users.
But as problems with the models started to mount - unreliable keyboards, low RAM ceilings and anemic graphics offerings - the once insurmountable advantage that the MacBook had compared to the rest of the notebook industry started to show signs of dwindling. Most of the company’s product lines were booming, including newer entries like the Apple Watch, AirPods and iPad Pro. Over the past few years, Apple’s MacBook game had begun to suffer from a similar malaise. It can steal your forward momentum bit by bit, using the warm glow of a winning hand or two to cover the bets you’re not making until it’s too late and you’re out of leverage.
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