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reasons why you may hate the 2016 MacBook this is the fourth installment of the Apple experiment I've been very satisfied with the portable devices thus far but I haven't touched on issues that many of you have with the MacBook in particular in part one many of you complain about my laptop choice it's underpowered it's overpriced the list goes on it's ok it's ok so that's what this video will focus on negatives involving the long term use of the 2016 MacBook and after almost 30 days of rigorous use I have a pretty good idea of what needs improvement remember I paid for all of these devices out of my own personal pocket so I'm not obligated to say one thing or another these are just my raw impressions of the Apple ecosystem speaking of which here are the things that I hate and that you may hate too about the MacBook 2016 first up obviously the fact that it's only sporting a single USB type-c port and after countless complaints from consumers in regards to the 2015 version Apple did literally nothing to remedy this issue they didn't really change much at all about the 2016 version they didn't even bother adding a second USB type-c port my solution for now is this a cheap type c2 HDMI USB 3.0 and type C extension its goofy-looking on the expensive side and is an all-around inconvenience to carry around but hey at least it's in the space gray color this of course will depend on your daily needs with the MacBook but I can say with certainty that since I was unable to connect a wireless mouse as is I'll never ever take a USB port for granted ever again it's a feeling you'll only have with a laptop as miniscule as this one not that that's an excuse to only include one type C port something else that downright irritates me is the fact that the glass on the screen extends to the very edge of the frame and while it may look more professional professional in a long run it's a fingerprint magnet oils are constantly showing up on these bezels and it looks terrible in the light this isn't a problem just the 2016 MacBook mind you but seeing is though this is my first Apple computer it's something I personally wish I could change the MacBook Air is on the right track in this regard thanks to its silver bezels perhaps extending the space great aluminum over to this side that might work I just I just hate seeing fingerprints here's one for you the camera we're talking 480p and obviously subpar audio so this is the mic right now that I'm speaking into and this is the laptops audio the laptops just sitting in my lap where it's meant to be this is what I would expect audio and video quality to sound and look like if I was speaking to somebody in a conference call or something along those lines so for 1,000 our laptop again it's just disappointing another aesthetic flaw in my opinion this ugly plastic bar spending the south side of the panel what the heck is this who came up with this it's not like it's only this color for the space gray version either it's this way for the gold version the rose gold version you get my point and it just it stands out it's just ugly why not keep things uniformed all around the screen as seen on the MacBook Pro or go the macbook air route and cover the bezel entirely with the metallic silver plating I don't know if this serves and I actual purpose or if it's just there to look good because it doesn't maybe somebody in the comments can help me out there but needless to say I hope it's phased out in the next generation now let's talk performance yes I knew exactly what I was getting myself into when it came to ultra portable video editing more on that right here but when it came to even other simpler tasks I found the laptop was lagging behind a bit scrolling through this well log for example results in some serious lag and artifacting this is only a 76 megabyte file by the way and seeing as though I do quite a bit of this in my field I'm disappointed by the performance here seventy six megabytes stored in memory shouldn't result in this kind of lag optimizations to blame as well obviously but PDF shouldn't be this choppy even on a lower power dual-core processor with hyper-threading something else I forgot to mention earlier this Apple logo on the front it's reflective not LED backlit like it is on the air and pro I think what's a super decision point blank because now all Apple's done is replaced a prominent and rather appealing logo in my opinion with that of a subdued one which is also get this a fingerprint magnet again so let me get this straight if I'm paying 1000 dollars for an Apple laptop I should expect compromises like these it's something I would definitely change back to the typical pro and err design and I hope that the pro and err MacBooks both keep this this design I think it looks I think looks appealing and it sets these Apple laptops apart from the rest it just says hey I have a macbook boom that's that's really it's all it does but I think it looks nice lastly something else I cannot go without mentioning is the keyboard now I understand that this laptop is super thin I get it compromises had to be made but Apple couldn't raise these keys just a bit more I don't mind key protrusion if it means greater travel distance and responsiveness it really does feel as though I'm typing on a screen at times it isn't annoying at first but if you plan on writing an extensive paper let's say it'll quickly get old but I just I can't make myself and this video on bad terms there are cons clearly you're making compromises going with such a slim portable form factor that was one of the main reasons why I purchased this laptop but there are still many pros that I think outweigh the cons mentioned earlier the purpose of this video was to elaborate on things that deter people from purchasing the 2016 MacBook and I feel as though Apple's MacBook sales would increase if these issues were resolved assuming price stays the same by the way something I didn't mention in the previous videos if you want a laptop that looks identical to this one and are willing to make a few compromises for the sake of saving about 200 US dollars click on the link in this video's description it's the 2015 MacBook same storage similar compute performance only major downside is the fact that it's sporting a lower power integrated graphics processor and a Broadwell CP versus the sky like CPU but I don't recommend this thing for really gaming anyway simply put in my opinion saving 200 bucks justifies the 25% reduction in graphics performance and it's not like we're taking it away from a gaming laptop or anything like that obviously this was intended for a completely different user I purchased this one from Best Buy for 1,050 dollars thanks to the student discount but if I could do it all over again I'd purchase this one right here if you like the insight this video provided be sure to give this one a thumbs up give it a thumbs down if you just feel the complete opposite 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