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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