Is the 2016 MacBook Pro 13" Worth It? #Helpful Post

hey guys Austin is the new 2016 MacBook

Pro worth it so the new MacBook Pro is

interesting on one hand it's going to be

a lot thinner a lot lighter and like

immediately

wow it's sort of like the current

MacBook Pro mixed with the 12-inch

MacBook which is not necessarily a bad

thing I think for all its issues the

12-inch MacBook is a really nice machine

this looks pretty similar if you play

with the MacBook before now there is a

new keyboard the trackpad is actually

kind of giant Wow the hardware of the

new MacBook Pro has been updated a few

interesting ways so probably the most

noticeable difference is that the Apple

logo on the back you no longer lights up

which honestly I don't really care

and you're also no longer getting

plastic on the build so it's pretty much

metal all the way through now it also

now does come in two colors so in

addition to the standard silver there's

also now a Space Gray option you know

say what you want about Apple they can

make a nice piece of hardware this thing

feels absolutely sturdy you know it

actually is thinner than the last

MacBook in fact so to put things in

perspective I had the last generation

13-inch MacBook Pro here I set it on top

you'll see that it's actually a fair bit

thinner and considering that you're

getting the exact same sized screen

that's really nice on top of that it's

going to be thinner now it's not a huge

difference I mean put them side-by-side

and you will notice however it's

definitely nice they're kind of trimming

things down however that thinness comes

with a price take a look at the side and

you'll see a pair of Thunderbolt 3 ports

now these are nice to have but based on

USB type-c which means that not only can

you charge with either of them but that

also means that you can adapt out to

display port HDMI or USB there's a lot

that you can do with these however you

need adapters to do pretty much anything

with the old MacBook Pro you really

didn't need any adapters you had full

USB you had a card reader wide HDMI

you've had MagSafe you lose all of that

with the new MacBook Pro to make things

even more complicated there are multiple

versions of the new MacBook so what I

have here is the base model which does

come with the 2 Thunderbolt ports

however if you get the upgraded 13-inch

or pick up the 15-inch MacBook Pro you

get 4 thunderbolt ports now that's nice

to give you more expand ability however

it still doesn't get around the issue of

you're going to need adapters for

basically everything

before we get too far into things we

probably should finish up the unboxing

so inside we get a USB type-c cable it

looks like just the sort of standard

Apple paperwork Apple stickers there's

also the new power brick which is also

using USB type-c now it's nice to be

able to plug it into any port you want

on the laptop however I'm definitely sad

to see MagSafe go

it is definitely saved my laptop many

times just as Ken it would have saved

his put the MacBook side-by-side and you

won't notice a huge difference so even

though the new one has a smaller

footprint it actually does have a much

larger trackpad I've got to give Apple

props this touchpad is really nice so

not only is it absolutely enormous this

might be the biggest laptop touchpad

I've ever tried and you're also getting

front firing speakers as opposed to the

kind of mediocre bottom firing ones on

the older macbook the keyboard has also

been redesigned so it's similar to what

you would find on the 12-inch MacBook

which means that it has the new

butterfly key switch it isn't bad I

think the thing is you just have to get

used to the lack of travel so it's a

very shallow key however it's actually

not that bad I feel like I can get used

to it pretty quick the keyboard is

actually the biggest difference between

the two MacBook Pro models so this has

their traditional function keys so you

get an escape key you can adjust your

screen brightness next track all that

kind of stuff our actual keys however if

you get the upgraded model it comes with

the touch bar this is an interesting

idea it allows apps to take advantage of

the touch bar to change what keys are

actually on your keyboard so it's still

like touch screen what you can do is

still get the standard function keys and

all that kind of stuff but certain apps

such as Final Cut Pro can actually take

advantage of that to let you scroll

through a timeline add additional custom

buttons it's a cool idea it also comes

with touch ID however you want the touch

bar version it's going to cost you the

new MacBook Pro starts at $1,500 however

if you want the touch bar model that's

going to run you 1800 now for that you

do get the touch bar you could touch ID

you get a pair of federal 3 ports in

addition to the two that are already

here

over that's a lot of money across the

board the new MacBook Pro 13 inches are

using either Core i5 or i7 processors

now they're all dual core however the

base model has a 15 watt part where the

higher end touch bar model comes with a

28 watch chip since

based on the same skylake process there

shouldn't be a huge difference in normal

day-to-day use however when you're

getting into heavier lifting such as

video editing having that extra thermal

Headroom is going to be a big advantage

so since we're working with that lower

wattage processor I'm curious how

performance stacks up so to compare I

have the old core i5 model as well as

the i7 they're actually surprisingly

close so both of the core i5 models come

basically within margin of error of each

other

well the i7 has a slight lead

considering that it was a couple hundred

dollar upgrade that shouldn't be a huge

surprise

one thing the new MacBook Pro has going

for it is a super-fast SSD so it's so

quick in fact it literally broke the

speed test with well over 2 gigabytes

per second read and according to Apple

it's actually closer to 3 gigabytes now

the old models weren't exactly slow

however there's no doubt this new

MacBook Pro definitely sets the

benchmark as far as disk speed goes it

also now comes standard with 256 gigs of

storage compared to 128 on the old model

now that's not a huge difference however

when you consider the price difference

if you were to upgrade this to 256 this

is only $100 more it's still expensive

but at least it makes a little bit more

sense now so no one in their right mind

should buy a macbook as a gaming pc it

can't handle some lighter titles so here

we are minecraft and you'll see that

runs completely smooth so we're getting

a lock 60 FPS and this should be a huge

surprise max has been able to play

Minecraft pretty smoothly for a while

however is a totally usable experience

performance wise this actually isn't too

bad it might not be quite as smooth as

Minecraft we're definitely seeing a few

dropped frames here and there but you

can't play some sort of decent games on

the MacBook I'm kind of impressed white

this one's sort of a lighter blue you

know the speakers are not bad so with

those two front firing speakers we're

getting a much better audio experience

and the screen has also been improved so

we're still getting that same 2560 by

1440 P resolution however it now

supports the wider P 3 color gamut we're

getting a much brighter screen at 500

nits and it also has better contrast it

looks nice sounds nice it's a big

improvement as far as the webcam goes we

still have a 720p FaceTime HD camera

it's decent so there's definite some

grainy especially up here you can see

and the audio is good but not amazing to

over as far as webcams go there's really

not a lot to complain about now one of

the downsides to go into a smaller

chassis is that there's less room for

batteries so while the old 13-inch had a

75 watt hour battery the new has a 55

watt hour now Apple claims it still has

the same 10 hours of battery life and

honestly the 13-inch actually had some

of the best battery life of pretty much

any laptop I've tried however a smaller

battery is never a good thing so is the

new MacBook Pro worth it kind of it's a

hard sell I mean on one hand you're

getting nicer hardware you're getting

much better screen better speakers

performance is at least the same with

not better however you are giving up

ports and that's gonna be a tough sell

sure I think USB C and Thunderbolt 3 are

the future however the future is not

here yet you're still going to need

adapters and on top of that this thing's

expensive if you're already looking for

a MacBook Pro it's a decent option as

long as you don't mind adapters but for

most people I think you're better off

passing so what do you guys think about

the new MacBook Pros doesn't be sure to

let me know in the comments below and I

will catch you in the next one