 I'm pretty sure you've heard of the new
 16 inch MacBook Pro;
 well everyone seems to be talking about it
 and most of the reviews are very positive -
 which, from one point of view, is amazing
 because Apple is finally listening to it's users
 And what they really want in their
 MacBooks,
 but on the other hand,
 it created a lot of hype around it
 Well no wonder you might feel that you
 need this 16 inch Macbook
 Because, suddenly everything else is
 not good enough;
 Well it's not a cheap computer,
 MacBooks are generally quite expensive
 And let's face it, if you are a creator
 on a budget
 you might save quite a lot of money by
 picking up the previous generation instead;
 and if you already have this one
 and you're thinking of upgrading
 Stay with me and we are going to compare
 the new 16 inch MacBook,
 to the previous 15 inch generation
 and see if it's worht the upgrade.
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 Now, to better understand my point of view
 when I'm comparing
 these machines, it's kinda important
 to know how I use them. 
 For me this is my main machine where I do almost all my
 business work, After Effects, coding, designing,
 Sketch, Photoshop, Premiere - well pretty
 much everything - although I prefer to use
 iPad for certain things - my point is, this
 machine gets used quite a bit. 
 I'd say easy 9-10 hours every day and
 sometimes even things like rendering overnight. 
 I usually upgrade every 3 to 4 years
 and that's me using it every single day.
 That's why I wanted to do this video because
 you might be in the same situation -
 running on 2015, 16, 17 or even on 2018
 and you might be thinking of upgrading
 to this latest 16".
 There is a lot to like about this generation
 of Macbooks.
 You can choose between i7 or i9 models,
 this one is 2.3GHz i9 model.
 It's actually the "cheapest" 8-core i9 from
 their lineup
 so it comes with 16gigs of ram, Radeon 5500M
 with 4gigs of ram and 1TB SSD storage,
 which is crucial for this setup.
 I'll show you why in a second.
 It costs ¤2800 or pounds - because apparently to
 Apple conversion rates mean very little. 
 On the positive note, it costs the same as
 the previous 15" generation;
 which might feel like you're getting all of
 these upgrades for free -
 well don't think like that, you still have to pay
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 Just visually comparing
 these two, you can see it's actually thicker
 and that is because of the new cooling system
 for that CPU. 2018 Macbooks had issues with
 overheating and subsequently throttling your
 CPU, specifically on i9 models, that's why
 I got i7 on this 2018. I'm glad that they've
 fixed this and I really don't mind that it's
 slightly thicker. You still have four Thunderbolt
 3 ports, two on each side - cool thing about
 them is the fact you can plug in your Macbook
 charger to either side, which makes it slightly
 easier in terms of cable management. I would
 love to see more of them though, as having
 only four means that you will very likely
 need a USB hub at some point, especially when
 using it as a desktop computer with an external
 monitor hooked into it.
 If you're coming from the older generation
 of Macbooks, like 2015, the first thing you'll
 notice is this massive touchpad. And if you
 think the keyboard looks pretty much the same
 as on 2015, apart from the touch bar on top
 you are not wrong. That's because Apple re-introduced
 this keyboard again in this 16" Macbook as
 the previous generation had some issues with
 these butterfly-style keys. Now, I'll be perfectly
 honest here - I've never had any problems
 with it on this 2018 Macbook so if you are
 thinking about upgrading just because you
 read all the horror stories online - I wouldn't.
 I mean, okay, the new one is less noisy and
 perhaps gives you a little bit more of that
 travel distance, but I'd say both of them
 are good and comfortable. In any case, Apple
 offers a free replacement on them in case
 something goes wrong.
 I like that they listened and brought the
 Esc key back as a physical button rather than
 being a part of the touch bar. Speaking of
 touch bar - I'm yet to meet someone who actually
 uses that to speed up their workflows. It's
 more annoying than useful, I don't know, maybe
 they will come up with something else how
 to make use of it. This is a fingerprint scanner,
 which I think will get replaced by bringing
 that true-depth camera from iPhone to Macbooks.
 But we are not there yet. I'd love to see
 The display itself is the big thing here.
 It jumped from 15 to 16 inch and it looks really
 nice with these thin bezels. The top one is
 a bit thicker as you have your camera there,
 which by the way is horrible 720p. I absolutely
 love these Macbook displays though. If you're
 coming from let's say 1080p screen - which
 is still relatively common on laptops - you
 will never go back. And now you have even
 bigger, 16" of that super sharp retina display
 - it's really good. Take After Effects for
 example - it's cluttered with panels and buttons
 and that's before you even start installing
 additional plugins so that extra inch does
 quite a bit. And the same goes for Premiere.
 The size doesn't matter as much in Photoshop
 and Sketch, because the interface is not that
 cluttered but that retina display matters
 a lot. Especially when working with vector
 stuff like icons, user interfaces, typography
 and so on. So if you don't have a retina display
 yet, this new 16" is worth every penny. If
 you are upgrading from 15" Macbook that already
 has retina - I don't know. That extra inch
 is nice and useful but is it worth the upgrade?
 I'll leave that to you.
 Now when you are getting a laptop, you're
 probably thinking about portability. That
 goes hand in hand with the battery that's
 inside - and in this 16" Macbook the battery
 excellent. Pretty much hitting the 100W limit
 that you can take with you on a plane. Apple
 claims 11 hours running on battery power,
 but keep in mind this is while browsing the
 web and perhaps some other light tasks. If
 you are creator though, you already know 11
 hours is nowhere near what you are gonna get.
 Realistically, you're looking at around 3-4
 hours of battery on a typical day to day content
 production work that includes a bit of editing
 in Premire and After Effects, browsing the
 web, doing some design work, slack and so
 on. Now, of course, this drops further with
 heavy use of tools such as After Effects - on
 relatively complex projects, with a lot of
 RAM previews, I was averaging about 1.5-2
 hours. It might seem low when you compare
 that to 11 hours, but it is pretty much as
 good as it gets running these CPU intensive
 tasks. No complaints here whatsoever.
 Let's talk about storage. If you do video
 editing on these machines, you probably know
 that cache created by After Effects or Premiere
 can pretty much fill your whole drive in a
 matter of minutes. Add Dropbox synced files
 into that mix and I can guarantee you that
 anything below 512GB is not going to be enough.
 Thankfully Apple discontinued 256gig SSDs
 so even the base i7 model gets 512gigs by
 default while i9 gets 1TB. Now, if you take
 anything from this video, let it be this:
 Go for 1TB SSD. Here is what I've found out
 by using 512gig SSD in these previous Macbooks
 for day-to-day work. You will most likely
 run into space issues when dealing with video
 files and everything that comes with it. And
 of course, I get it, you probably have a dedicated
 external SSD for cache and another one for
 storing your files and then another two for
 backups. If you don't, you should - that's
 for another video, but in this case, the most
 significant benefit you will get from opting
 out for larger SSD is the ability to split
 that drive into two and install Windows on
 one of them via Bootcamp. Yes, Windows. From
 Microsoft. Apart from confusing half of the
 coffee shop crowd by emitting Windows sounds
 from your Mac, you will also gain a great
 deal of flexibility of having both operating
 systems under one roof. There is a lot to
 talk about around this topic so let me know
 if you want to see a full tutorial. In any
 case, I think this alone makes Macbook way
 more interesting because let's face it - there
 is still a lot of tools for creatives that
 work better under Windows environment and
 vice-versa. So I think having that space on
 your SSD to do this without plugging in any
 external storage is excellent. You are essentially
 getting two computers in one - both with a
 great trackpad, great battery, high-res display
 and i9 CPU. Now of course, if your budget
 allows, you can go higher than 1TB all the
 way up to 8, just try to stay away from 500gig
 if you are creating content and want to have
 both systems installed at the same time.
 You might be on the same boat as I am with
 this 2018 Macbook running i7, because back
 in the day i9s had these thermal issues, and
 you might be thinking of upgrading to i9.
 One thing you really need to keep in mind
 is that you will unlikely be putting this
 CPU under such heavy load consistently. Don't
 be obsessed with that decrease in render times
 as it very rarely means anything useful. If
 you were rendering all day and night then
 yes, you could say I save X hours every day,
 perhaps if you're freelancing, you can fit
 in more client work in that saved time, but
 in reality, your average CPU use is around
 20%. At that level, you will notice very little
 real performance increase, if any, between
 these i7s and i9s. But that is just my advice
 to take any benchmark you see with a pinch
 of salt as it is way more important to pay
 attention to things you are gonna be using
 100% of the time, such as good keyboard, nice
 touchpad, high-res display and battery.
 The final question is: Is this new 16" Macbook
 Pro a good investment for creators? It does
 tick most of the boxes. i9 CPU will be more
 than enough for day-to-day work for the next
 couple of years for sure. Again, keep in mind
 you are unlikely gonna be hitting 100% CPU
 usage consistently so if you are currently
 running on i7, I wouldn't be too obsessed
 about upgrading. But of course, other things
 might be worth it, like 16" retina display
 - If you don't have retina on your computer,
 this is definitely a good reason to upgrade.
 The battery is also very good, the keyboard
 is better than before, and the touchpad is
 good enough to be used for some light Premiere,
 After Effects or Photoshop work when you're
 on the go.
 The answer to the question, therefore, is
 yes; the new 16" Macbook Pro is a very, very
 good machine for creators who want to have
 a powerful machine that is also portable.
 If you are on a slimmer budget, go for i7
 version but keep an eye on that SSD as 512gigs
 might not be enough for everyone who creates
 content, especially if you also plan on running
 Mac and Windows from the same drive. If you're
 thinking about upgrading from the 2018 Macbook,
 you might find it hard to justify the cost
 of the 16" and to be perfectly honest 2018
 is still a good piece of kit.
 I wanna do a lot more videos for you guys,
 including proper benchmarks of this Macbook
 from creators point of view, maybe comparing
 it to our Windows machines in the office.
 Well, you let me know what you want to see
 in the comments below. If you've enjoyed this
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