I've used the new MacBook Pros! Ask me anything!

[apablasa]

I've grappled with that same question all weekend...and have come to the conclusion that in reality I do very little final cut editing on the road...most of it is done at home on my Mac tower...still waiting for the new iMac...so I will go with the portability of the 13 with the knowledge that I can still do editing and hardware intensive actions on the 13.

 

[Matty]

Rene, very important question.

How many dongles do you use? ^_^ (JK) #JustDongleIt

The only question i would love to know about is, since the laptop is so thin. Is it sturdy? What i mean is, does it flex of bend in anyway? including the screen.

Thank You.

 

[HRNess]

Is the Touch ID button physical like a iPhone 6s home button? I wonder about things like resetting SMC and how we'll do that now.

 

[chad_winker]

Hi

I'm planning to buy a Macbook pro but undecided on the one with touch bar. Is the touch bar app dependent? If playing an app that does not support touch bar yet can it still use the function keys on the game?

 

[anon(9776449)]

I've spent almost an hour with the new MacBooks Pro during the event, so if you have any questions, ask away and I'll do my best to answer!

https://youtu.be/q-TZ-vMPpbs

Do you find the new touch bar useful? Or it's just a new feature to say like "yeah this is the new MacBook Pro"?

 

[Justinj01]

Will you be buying a 5k display? It sounds like you're not sure about the model, so if you get the 13", I'm guessing it won't work with that graphics card.

 

[Chemy JMHT]

How did you feel the change to AMD? I mean, it's powerful? temperature? what else could you say about it?

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I'm also choosing power this time around, even though I've been a MBA user for a while now. My plan is simply to buy an extra power cord for my work desk: I'm currently carrying my MBA and its power cord everywhere (3.5 pounds together) whereas the 15" is 4 pounds on its own. So theoretically I'll only be adding half a pound to my bag, which right now seems worth it simply for the extra 2 inches of work space, not to mention the other benefits!

 

[Rene Ritchie]

Hi Rene,

Everything was going fine yesterday as I was watching the keynote until the prices came up. $2299 CAD for the model I'd have to get to match what I have now. I'm wondering what in this machine would make you buy this over the 2015 model costing $1799?

DCI-P3 display, TB3 / USB C ports, incredibly fast SSD, Touch Bar, Touch ID...

 

[Rene Ritchie]

You only spent an hour, so not sure if you can really answer yet, but: is the larger version a burden to lug around? I remember when I got my first white MacBook. Carrying it and the power supply became a burden for anything over a couple hours. Is it light enough where you won't really notice it?

It's more to lug around but Apple's done a lot to make it lighter. It'll never be less than the 13-inch, of course, but it's lighter than any 15-inch has been before.

 

[Rene Ritchie]

Do you think they'll bring the TouchBar to the Magic keyboard ?
Most of the time my macbook pro is "docked" anyway...

I think so! Apple can already do remote Touch ID from iPhone to authorize Safari on Mac, so doing it from Magic Keyboard to Mac seems possible.

 

[Rene Ritchie]

That touch bar looks like it might be very useful for music production software like Pro Tools. Did you hear anything about this Rene?

No, but Pro Tools has the same access to the API as all the other debs!

 

[Rene Ritchie]

Are the keys individually lot like the MacBook keys?

Yes sir!

 

[Rene Ritchie]

What happens to the touch bar when dual booting Windows and/or Linux?

TBD.

 

[Rene Ritchie]

Will I be able to put permanent screen capture button on the Touch Bar since I can never seem to remember the shortcut keys? LOL.

There's a screen shot button, far as I can recall!

 

[Rene Ritchie]

How does the display on the 2016 Macbook Pro compare to the Retina Macbook Pro's?

They're both Retina but the new one has DCI-P3 wide color gamut, which makes for better reds and greens, and better technology for deeper blacks. It's like the 5K iMac screen.

 

[Rene Ritchie]

Can you give us some details of what functions the touch pad has?
How customizable is it?

It's basically a short cut and toolbar area. It's as customizable as the app developer allows.

 

[Rene Ritchie]

He Rene, whats your impression of the weight and size of the 13 inch new MacBook Pro? It looks a lot smaller than the 13 inch MacBook Air.

Feels about the same as the 13-inch MacBook Air to me!

 

[Rene Ritchie]

Was looking forward to the new MacBook Pro and I still am. However, the starting price for the 13" model seems high at $1799.99. Thoughts?

It's using a lot of state-of-the-art technology, including in the screen, in the Touch Bar, and in the storage. That drives up the price, short term.

 

[jarnold96]

Hey Rene, what are your thoughts on the touch bar? Do you feel like it's worth the extra $300? Also how do the speakers sound? I want to buy one for producing music so that's a big one for me.

Cheers,
Jake