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The new MacBook Pro is razor-thin, featherlight, and now even faster and more powerful than before. It has the brightest, most colorful Mac notebook display. And it has the revolutionary Touch Bar—a Multi-Touch–enabled strip of glass built into the keyboard for instant access to what you want to do, when you want to do it. The new MacBook Pro is built on groundbreaking ideas. And it’s ready for yours.
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First, this is my fourth MacBook Pro going back 6+ years. I waited to for the 2017 version to upgrade from my 2015 MBP due to early reviews on the 2016 battery life and after using this, I have to say I am disappointed in the device as it has gotten tangibly worse in several areas and I don't think better in any. Here are my key points:
1. Keyboard - The new low-travel Butterfly keyboard is just not as nice of a keyboard to type on and I make noticeably more mistakes because of the need to press slightly harder. Also, with pressing harder, the keyboard is louder. Others complain about the same thing. Just a less pleasing keyboard to use than the 2015 MBP.
2. Touchpad - This was always the strength of the MB with other devices coming close, but never equaling the quality of the touchpad. With the new MBP, the touchpad is bigger and I don't see the added value in the size. But my issue is not that directly, it is that like the keyboard, there are more "errors" with the touchpad because the palm rejection is not perfect and your palm naturally hits it more. More frequently than it should occur, I find two-finger scrolling will stop and it is because my palm is hitting the bottom right hand corner of the touchpad.
3. TouchBar - Lot of discussion on this and maybe over time it will have more value with app support, but I am not a fan. The Touchbar is just not in your field of view and I don't see the value of any of the buttons currently pushed to it. I think they really missed on this.
2. Touchpad - This was always the strength of the MB with other devices coming close, but never equaling the quality of the touchpad. With the new MBP, the touchpad is bigger and I don't see the added value in the size. But my issue is not that directly, it is that like the keyboard, there are more "errors" with the touchpad because the palm rejection is not perfect and your palm naturally hits it more. More frequently than it should occur, I find two-finger scrolling will stop and it is because my palm is hitting the bottom right hand corner of the touchpad.
3. TouchBar - Lot of discussion on this and maybe over time it will have more value with app support, but I am not a fan. The Touchbar is just not in your field of view and I don't see the value of any of the buttons currently pushed to it. I think they really missed on this.
Battery is good with the 2017, I am getting around 8 hours which is acceptable and in line with my prior MBP. I also did not comment on the port situation which is one of the most complained about areas. I am fine with the USB-C ports as they do add value in charging, connectivity, etc. My only complaint with the ports is the design inconsistency for Apple (iPhones cannot plug into MB, iPhone headphones cannot plug into MB), which has not been common in the past.
An ok device, but honestly, this is the first MB I have gotten where I liked it less than my prior.
My Best Buy number: 3507771411
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No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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