Apple recently released a new 16-inch macbook pro, which can now be booked and bought later this week at the apple shop. The starting price of us$ 2399 (from us$ 18999) was the same as the previous 15-inch macbook pro. It has new processors, better speakers, bigger screens. The user's most interested keyboard was also upgraded。
Apple has abandoned the butterfly switch used on macbook in the past few years and has instead used a well-functioning and reliable scissors switch. Apples have enough confidence in the new design to include macbook pro in its extended keyboard repair list。
Keyboard
The new macbook pro has a key drive of about a millimeter that gives users a comfortable and quiet typing experience (although it is not as quiet as the keyboard on pixelbook). The voice and touch of macbook pro, with its old keyboard, are softer and thicker than it is, and it is more resilient to experience. It may be shorter than the 2015 models, but the backlight of the keyboard does not leak from the device on the side。
The whole feeling of the new macbook pro keyboard is also more stable than the 2015 version. Apples indicate that they have done more to stabilize the caps, making them a little smaller so that there is more space between the keys and the keys. If a key is broken, you just have to replace the single key instead of dismantling the entire laptop。
Keeps an entity esc key at the top left corner. The tactile strip is still above the keyboard, but it's a little short and still has a fingerprint sensor on the right. Another major improvement is the return to the arrow key's “t-back” format, which makes it easier to find the right arrow than before。
Unfortunately, apples have not upgraded other products of the macbook series to this configuration. It was to be hoped that all the series would be updated in turn, as it was clearly the best. Apple says it's inspired by a bluetooth magic keyboard sold with imac pro, so it's also called "magic." it was gratifying that apples had finally fulfilled everyone's wishes on the new macbook pro。
Dispersion performance and configuration parameters
For the previous generation's 15-inch macbook pro, apples are faced with another requirement: to improve dissipation performance. In the past year, thermal throttle of processors was a major problem, and even after apples had released a software patch, the prevailing perception was that apple-designed thin bodies prevented processors from operating at full speed for as long as other laptops。
Although it is not certain that apples have solved this problem, it does appear that they are trying to resolve it. This 16-inch macbook pro is 0. 7 mm thicker than the previous generation, but more importantly, the entire internal radiator system has been redesigned. Apples indicate that the main cpu has 35 per cent more surface area than the normal, while internal fans can drive 28 per cent more air. The main panel and even the soundbox have been optimized to ensure that the heat is distributed from within the body as efficiently as possible。
Following several rapid video output tests, the preliminary conclusion was that the new macbook pro did indeed have a significant increase in dissipation performance compared to previous generations。
Apples provide the basic configuration of two intel 9 processors. There are 6 nuclear versions of i7 and 8 nuclear versions of i9, but processors are not the most important configuration. More importantly, memory and storage. Their basic configuration is common: 266 mhz ddr4 ram of 16gb and ssd of 512gb or 1tb (depending on the model). Interestingly, ram's maximum available space is much larger than before。
The purchaser can specify the storage of the machine with up to 64gb ram and 8tb on ssd. It's a huge storage space, with a top 16-inch macbook pro laptop sold at $6099。
Another important parameter is the battery. The new macbook pro is equipped with 100 watt-hour batteries. Apple indicated that they had taken note of the united states federal aviation administration's requirement that “the capacity of lithium ion (chargeable) batteries be limited to 100 watt hours”, thereby limiting the battery capacity to the maximum allowable capacity. Because it has to support larger screens and processors, which are running at greater power consumption. Not all of the additional dimensions are intended to extend the use time. Apple rated its "wireless network" service 11 hours, only one hour more than last year's model。
Soundphones and microphones
The apple's "six speaker sound system" is undoubtedly the most amazing thing on this machine. Apples indicate that there are two “compulsory offsets” on each side. In essence, they are designed to offset each other's vibrations, so that they can provide a lower degree of distortion (and fewer keyboard clicks) and thus achieve a better bass effect。
Whether this method of set-off is reasonable or not, speakers performed well in early tests. Stereo sound separation is significant, medium frequency is clear, low frequency performance is better than any other laptop i've heard before。
Apple's three-micro array should match usb-driven podcast microphones. In some recordings, it's better than your standard laptop microphone。
By the way, the camera above the screen is still a 720p sensor for the output of noiseless images. Although most people use it only for videoconferences, its performance remains as usual。
Screen
The new macbook pro is equipped with a 16-inch screen with a resolution of 3072 x 1920 to support the p3 wide colour area and the original apple colour display. It can reach the brightness of 500 nits, but unfortunately it does not support hdr。
Apples compress 16 inches of screens into 15 inches of fuselage by significantly narrowing the border on both sides of the right and the left, and slightly reducing the width of the top and bottom. This 16-inch machine is almost the same size as the old one, slightly larger than last year's。
Summary
It must be acknowledged that the current macbook series are benchmarked at 15 inches of macbook pro in 2015. This could be the last macbook that is almost popular: it's powerful, it's got great keyboards, screens and lots of ports. Apples could take 16 inches to get back to that level。
Unfortunately, at the port level, the new macbook pro still has only four thunderbolt 3 interfaces and one headphone plug. Although the requirement for apples to provide hdmi or even usb-a interfaces is somewhat excessive, it is true that the actual experience would have decreased without the sd card slots。
However, this may not be important. Because it's almost certain that apples have achieved what people have always wanted: a macbook pro with a good keyboard and a good dispersive heat。
