Apple's new 16-inch MacBook Pro: hands-on first impressions

We thought there might be a new MacBook Pro by the end of the year, after all, Apple has a new Mac Pro that's that crazy big cheese grater coming out in December. In fact, there is a new MacBook Pro and I have it here and I just started looking at it, it's a 16-

inch

MacBook Pro that has improved processing, a 16-

inch

screen, better graphics, better audio, better microphones, better battery, but The number one thing you'll be most interested in is this type of new keyboard. and I just started playing with it, I haven't even been using the 16 inch MacBook Pro for a full day.

These are my

first

impressions

using it so far, typing it and just feeling it and FYI, the specs of the model I got from Apple is an 8-core 2.4 gigahertz Intel Core I 9/9 gen, 32 gigabytes of RAM and AMD Radeon Pro 5500 M graphics and let's take a look at 2 terabytes of SSD that can now be expanded up to 8 terabytes and the RAM can be expanded up to 64 gigs, we will find out what those configurations are price-wise, but it starts at $23.99 . Let's talk about Apple keyboards, they were great and didn't tend to be a problem. I remember having a ton of Mac books and I love the experience of writing with them.

I have a 2012 MacBook at home. The keys have a really nice travel and that's what I was used to. Then things changed. Apple introduced this butterfly keyboard with the 12-inch MacBook and it created this flatter typing experience that became a lot of people left and also started having a lot of problems a lot of people had problems with the keys breaking or getting stuck if they something got under them, they would be very difficult to replace Apple extended its repair program and it is a big The problem now is that Apple has decided to change the keyboard again, not on the other Mac books out there, but on the new MacBook Pro , and the keyboard you installed is like an upgrade from one that already exists, the iMac and the iMac pro magic. keyboard and this is called a magic keyboard, what this means is that your new type on them is not really anything exciting, it is what you expect the keyboard to be, the keys click more, they have more travel, this has a millimeter of travel key, which is less than the older MacBook Pros and MacBooks used to have like the ones I have on my 2012 model, but it's much better than butterfly keyboards that feel flat and almost don't look like keys at all .

This is my favorite in-between feel, it's also backlit and uses a mechanism. That also has a little rubber dome underneath apparently that means the keys can be removed so I think it should be easier to repair. We don't know much more about it, but it sounds promising and writing with it for just a little while. Although it is a great keyboard, I can definitely feel there is more travel here, there is still a clicky feel, but I feel like the keys actually move. It's the keyboard I wanted on the other MacBooks. To be clear, I've used a 2018 MacBook Air as my work computer and I think those keyboards are fine when they don't break, so I'm used to typing on screens.

I'm very forgiving of weird typing mechanisms, so those keyboards are fine. I think these keyboards are much better and sound. It looks like it's going to be a lot more durable, so that's good news, so we have to create a completely new MacBook to introduce a completely new keyboard, no, and this is the other question: when are they going to introduce this keyboard in other Mac books? It's not clear that the 16-inch MacBook Pro starts at $23.99, so it's not a MacBook for everyone or even me, but it's available and maybe Apple will adapt this keyboard to its other Mac books, but not yet.

They have announced it and they have not done it. It's clear when that would happen. FYI, Apple also made a big deal of the Escape key, which used to be part of the Touch Bar and not a real key. I've never used the Touch Bar and don't really love it, but it's here on the 16-inch model and you can't opt ​​out of it. This time it's smaller, it doesn't have any vibrating touch feedback, it's still basically a touchscreen, but Touch ID is now broken down a bit like on the model. MacBook Air, so at least you can feel it if we're not looking at the screen and there's a real Escape key which Apple says is very important for programmers or maybe for anyone, but why not make the rest of those real keys ?

I wouldn't mind that option, let me take this and show you so the 16-inch MacBook Pro has slim bezels, feels like the thinnest bezel MacBook I've seen in a long time and the chassis is meant to feel like a Very similar to the 15 inch MacBook Pro which by the way Apple no longer sells, the 16 inch pros are its replacement and it starts at the same price the 15 inch used to be now, that being said you could probably get it. That 15-inch MacBook Pro is sold plenty of other places, but on paper it sounds like a much better laptop because its processor hits its screen, its keyboard, the battery here is 800 watt hours, which Apple says will last about an hour longer in daily use, 11 hours compared to the last claim of 10 hours, but it's a much larger battery so I'd love to see how it performs in terms of gaming and graphics performance, keep an eye on that and its weight I mean, it's not a lightweight laptop, it weighs 4.3 pounds, not bad, although I feel like you're buying a laptop like this because you want to develop its power, you're not looking for the lightest thing, so it still feels good hold it like this.

I would not do it. I want to hold it like this for a long time, but it's compact, it feels good, you just know you're dealing with a laptop with a slightly larger body, before it takes up a slightly larger space and the trackpad is a bit thicker on These Mac books by him are tremendous, this one doesn't look like it's any bigger but I always loved the fact that I could put my whole hand on it. I don't know if I need that but it's a lot of space, you'll notice that there is There's a lot of space here, although on either side of the keyboard, part of that is to accommodate a six-speaker array that includes subwoofers that are intended to cancel each other out and provide this sound rumble that sounds really cool, do you need it?

Really great speakers on your MacBook Pro, maybe if you're producing, know professional movies and need to play them, the microphones here are also designed to be worthy of an Apple podcast so you can record something you can use in a studio. setting up Lee's triple microphone array, but again, if you're a pro user you probably have something else you're plugging in, but FYI, that's also there as far as ports go, there's still only four Thunderbolt three ports or, well, there are four Thunderbolt ports three, depending on how you think about it, there are no additional ports which might be really frustrating for you, but you can use any of them to charge your

macbook

pro, which by the way comes with a slightly power charger largest, 96 watts.

Again and again, like a big white brick, who is this for? It's definitely not for me because I'm not a super pro user, but we're going to give a lot of pro insights into the MacBook Pro and its performance. You can get many things. from other laptops for less, including Mac Books that work great and aren't that expensive, but it's great that Apple is releasing something that's overdue for a big performance boost, especially with the launch of the Mac Pro , which is making a big leap for video and graphics and 8k, there are many more questions you will have about this laptop.

Pro users want to know everything about performance, but in the few hours I've had with this laptop I've been able to answer them yet, and I'm not going to. I was very curious about the keyboard. I've been waiting for a new keyboard on a MacBook for a long time and it's great. This is my favorite writing experience. I'm not crazy about the Touch Bar, although I wish it was. They've been changed, maybe they have haptic feedback or use physical buttons. For more information on the 16-inch MacBook Pro, including graphics performance tests and more, stay tuned to CNET.