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yo guys johnathan here and this is why the 2016 MacBook Pro should remove Pro from its name now specifically I'm talking about the 13-inch baseline MacBook Pro him before I jump in regardless of what I think it should be called there are some Pro things about this laptop for starters performance is better than you might think which might be confusing because one of the biggest complaints I've seen about these MacBook Pros is that they're overpriced and underpowered the perception of value and the idea of more for less only really means something if that more yields something tangible take this 13-inch MacBook Pro for example which runs $14.99 inside you're getting a 2 gigahertz i5 CPU eight gigs of RAM Intel iris graphics 540 and a 256 gigabyte SSD now for comparison's sake the HP spectre x360 runs $12.99 and inside that you're getting a 2.7 gigahertz i7 CPU 16 gigabytes of RAM Intel HD graphics 620 and a 512 gigabyte SSD so on paper that I 7 which is cabbie Lake mind you compared to skylake on the MacBook Pro is clocked much higher and should destroy the i-5 in every possible way but ultimately it comes down to how that hardware works with the software I've talked about it a million times before but the reason I use Final Cut Pro 10 is because of how optimized it is so what I did was take some 1080p footage from the Canon a TD dropped it into premiere on the spectre the timeline ended up being 5 minutes and 51 seconds and from there I did a high bitrate single pass h.264 export now next if this doesn't show you what I'm talking about I'm not sure what else would I did the exact same thing with in Final Cut Pro 10 but the plot twist was I booted up the MacBook Pro launched Final Cut Pro 10 imported the footage into Final Cut drop the footage into the timeline in that same h.264 single pass high bitrate export took a minute 23 seconds on the MacBook Pro which is crazy so think about that and process that for a minute a mere six minute video is exported in about a fourth of real-time now for those of you saying well it's just 1080p footage it's not a big deal well that same exact footage took nearly nine minutes on the specter and Adobe Premiere at this point in the video this is where you come in and say well why don't you compare apples to apples why don't you compare premier versus premier and that is not the point with the MacBook Pro you're not necessarily just paying for hardware you're paying for the software experience that comes with it so for all of you out there who edit and create video it would be a disservice if I didn't show you an option that worked really well if you could get the end result but do it in a fraction of the time why would I not show you that on the flipside this doesn't mean I don't like the HP spectra I think it is a fantastic laptop it's just an example of why specs don't always mean everything another thing that you would never notice just by looking at this MacBook Pro is how fast the SSD is in terms of fancy Tech Talk the MacBook Pro writes around 1,300 megabytes per second it broke black magic the speed test at 2000 megabytes per second and actually it should be closer to 3,000 using the HP Spectre again as an example that writes around 600 megabytes per second and reads around 1600 now what the heck do all those numbers mean for a real-world example what it did was take a 26 gigabyte file duplicate that on the HP Spectre in that finish in about a minute in 24 seconds now duplicating that exact same 26 goodbye folder on the MacBook Pro that took 34 seconds now as far as what else is good on the MacBook Pro the speakers sound fantastic and for reference here's a comparison against last year's baseline 13-inch MacBook Pro and also the HP Spectre so these were all max volume and levels wise they are all pretty equal but the clarity and the overall definition on the new MacBook Pro was night and day better on top of that the display on this MacBook Pro is really freakin good if you've ever used a MacBook Pro where the 13 or 15 inch the extra brightness is super noticeable and beyond just the brightness the color on this display is equally as impressive so with that there are definitely some really good things with this laptop but there's also some negative the biggest drawback for me right now is the lack of an SD card slot simply because it's something that I use so often I understand that Apple is showing us where things probably will be down the road but right now I still use an SD card quite a bit the lack of Mac safe definitely breaks my heart as well but the Thunderbolt 3 ports which come in a USBC form factor are actually kind of cool with these you can do a ton of different things including charge on either port what's kind of red with that is you're not just limited to Apple's charger you can actually charge these MacBook Pros with an external battery bank from there you're able to output both video and data simultaneously which is really cool in a dock type setup and lastly with Thunderbolt 3 you're also unlocking USB 3.1 so for example I edit quite a bit off in external SanDisk SSD with the older MacBook Pros that count down at USB 3.0 so the read speeds were around 4 or 500 megabytes per second and on the new MacBook Pro with a single USB CD USBC cable that unlock the full potential in the read speeds were around 800 megabytes per second now through all the good and the bad the absolute biggest problem I have this MacBook Pro is the name it is confusing as hell right now if you walked into an Apple store looking for a 13-inch MacBook Pro this is the question you're going to get are you looking for a 13-inch MacBook Pro two thunderbolt ports and no touch bar or a 13-inch MacBook Pro with four thunderbolt ports and a touch bar are you kidding me for most you out there who are familiar with technology I'm sure it's not a big deal but the second mom walks in there she's not going to know what to do so with that it would have been way simpler if this 13-inch MacBook Pro was simply the 13-inch MacBook with that it would be the perfect lineup the 12-inch MacBook is one port in 13-inch MacBook is two ports and if you want four ports go to the 13 or 15 inch MacBook Pro at the end of the day a pro label on something shouldn't dictate how you use a laptop or what you do with it more than anything I think it's a slap in the face towards the 12-inch MacBook that is a surprisingly capable machine and I don't think if this was called the 13-inch MacBook it would make it any less valuable take the pro name off of it drop the price slightly have it live alongside a 12-inch MacBook and call it a day now for anyone out there who agrees with me and potentially wants a new MacBook Pro I teamed up with Danny link and over at what's inside not only are we giving away a brand new 13-inch MacBook Pro but also to Apple watches as well that answer all you had to do is make sure you're subscribed here on this channel so go to hit that subscribe button if you have it yet then from there head over to the what's inside channel check his video all right here where you actually dropped a MacBook Pro out of a helicopter which is kind of nuts don't worry that is not the MacBook Pro you're winning you're getting a brand new one so if you're down to win one make sure to smash that like button this is Jonathan and I will catch you guys later