2016 15" Macbook Pro Review - Disappointed. 

I wanted to love this Macbook so badly. A part of me wants to switch over to Final Cut just for this laptop. Uggggggh.

I waited and waited for the 13' with touch bar man. I had $1500 saved and ready to go for it the day it came out. I was so shocked that they priced it at $1799 at the event. I went out the next day and bought a nearly maxed out XPS 15 and am happy with it.

"in a year from now, no one will be using USB type A anyway" Meanwhile, in 2019...

apple should have put damn usb-c in the iPhone 7

"In 2018, people will not care about the old-school USB port" hmmmmm.........

The point about having to look away from the screen makes so much sense. No other reviewer said that.

Of course you'd be disappointed. *TO ANYONE BUYING A MACBOOK PRO:* Save yo soul and buy a refurbished macbook pro from last year (aka the 2015 model)

The fastest, lightest, thinnest web browser ever made. Only $3000.

I kind of feel that you put "Disappointed" to the title just to attract more views. Basically your review can be summarised as "I really like it, other than that it is too expensive."

i dont know why but i liked dave's review best out of all the reviewers out there

Hi I am from 2018, and we still use USB type a port!

So glad I got a 2015 refurbished

So this laptop is for someone that uses final cut and hates having a full wallet.

Still the best. No, I'm not talking about the MacBook Pro, I'm talking about Dave Lee, my favorite tech youtuber.

What a great review. Clean, detailed, honest. Got a sub from me. ...according to long time watchers you link the wallpapers? Keep doing it please.

See, I just have one problem with Apple's "aggressive" approach. Yes, time moves on and we need changes, and those industry leaders are the ones that need to make that change happen. However, there are different ways to be "aggressive" and implement changes. We didn't switch from steam engine to electricity in one day. Take the new Macbook as an example: Why don't they keep two old USB ports while changing the other two as USB-C, and use a USB-C charger? People will be able to use those USB-C ports and buy USB-C products, thus getting transitioned into the new tech, and at the same time, still able to use their old tech for a while. Yes, old USB ports will keep the laptop a bit thicker, but is thinness really that important? After a smooth transition year, Apple can just take the all USB-C approach the next year. Same thing for iPhone 7. They could totally have kept the headphone jack, but put a pair of wireless earbuds in the package. User will get used to Wireless earphone, and then the next year they can get rid of the jack. Change isn't a bad thing, and we always need them. But just like other things, when we run too fast we stumble. What Apple is doing right now isn't for the good of change, but more for the "we are innovating something" marketing strategy. Getting rid of "old-fashioned" ports, getting "thinner", all sounds cool but not really useful in actual usage. Afterall, we(at least most of us) buy tech to use as a tool, not as living room decorations.

Now I can comfortably shit on Apple even more. Dave can I get that background image on your PC please?

The hard drives soldered on is the worst idea... once the logic board dies so does all your data

Nyan cat is what makes it worth it

No you won't be good in a year. Stop saying that... You can already buy everything with USB C, but you won't be compatible with the world. In a year most people will still have USB A flash drives and external harddrives. In a year everyone and their mother will still use SD cards. These things won't just go away, sorry. Implementing USB C is a good thing, that's not the issue... The problem is removing everything else. In a transitional period you give BOTH OPTIONS. It's as simple as that. And the keyboard has less travel than tablet keyboards? Wh00t?

Apple's new slogan: "You'll learn to like it kind of."

I'm someone who floats between different brands and different platforms. There is no denying that Apple make great looking products. The problem is that the premium they charge for those products just isn't worth it. The new Mac Book Pro is seriously underpowered. Dell's XPS range was released earlier and has the seventh generation of Intel CPUs in it and Microsoft are offering creatives more. Seriously, why did they think a touch bar would be desired when laptops such as the Surface Pro range are offering High res touchscreens?

i gotta say one thing...this guy is the best reveiwer who has the magic to cover all parts and put under a 10 min video other youtubers struggle to say all things in short times. his scripting is dope👍

This is one of the best reviews for the macbook pro I have ever seen. Talk about level-headed. Thumbs up.

It's 2022 and USB A is still more used than type c in laptops

If you believe a year from now USB-C will be the standard you are very much mistaken. Remember this: USB-C will not be the standard for at least 3-4 years. Every third party item uses USB, the populate world will not go out and purchase all new USC-C devices in A YEAR. Even when CDs were introduced tapes were still in play for YEARS - years. Apple got this 100% wrong.

They should include all the adapters. I enjoy my Apple Products, but this is just stupid.

Give me Background on your mac please

Am I the only one to see grey dots in between the keys at 1:41?

I don't like the way Apple approaching this "transition" Rather than getting rid of all ports and putting in only USB-C ports, they should start adding USB-C ports in their products _along__ with other ports

I'm still using my 2009 Macbook Pro with a CD Drive haha. Want another Macbook because of their durability but these videos make me skeptical.

Had to go back here after watching Dave's 2021 16 inch Macbook Pro M1 Max impressions video

WORST MACBOOK ERA 2016-2019 Finally we have returned to the PRO

missed that intro music and missed you fucker. keep making these videos

Nice review, but over 50 minutes to encode a 4k 6-minute file whoa so sloooooooooooow.

I still belive that one USB A port wouldn't have been too much of a burden for Apple

Perfect review. It is a great laptop but is absolutely over priced. The base model starts at $3699 AUD in Australia. I can get a Razer Blade 14 starting at $2599 or a Dell XPS at $2399 AUD (which I did).

2018....I still care about regular usb port

who uses premiere over final?

if they won't change this keyboard - Macbook Pro 15" 2015 will be (sadly) my last Macbook... after that, I'II go for Dell XPS or Razer... but I love MacOS! It's like Apple forcing me to go for Hackintosh! :-/

Thanks for this very clear cut and honest review. I've been struggling to figure out whether to buy the new 2016 Macbook Pro fully loaded with the Radeon 460 or get last year's 2015 Macbook Pro with the dedicated GPU. After weeks of back and forth and finally watching your video, I decided to go with the 2015 model. It retains all the ports needed for my photography and video editing needs, SD card slot, slightly larger battery and the keyboard I've been accustomed to. Still not a fan of the new keyboard despite spending nearly an hour at the Apple store testing it out. Since you edit with Adobe Premiere, are there any other laptops you would recommend (that have a 15 inch screen and build quality similar to the 2015 Macbook Pro) but optimized to run Premiere? Keep up the great videos, thanks!

While review is good, I kinda disagree with USB type C point of view. From my past experience, older (USB3.0, etc) technology is replaced by newer (USB type c) one when product makers (say accessory makers) start to make significantly better product with new one and consumer preferred that. Then no one uses older technology and becomes obsolete. I think computer maker job is to make old and new technology available so consumer can enjoy all options until CONSUMER decides to fade out older technology. Apple failed horribly this time. For example, tape was replaced by CD because CD provided much better sound and convenience factor for consumers. Sony (just an example company) always made their stereo player that could play both tape and CD. It's not Sony's stereo player which forced music company to make CD; it is music company stopped making tapes which forced Sony to drop tape. It's not the best analogy but just illustrating logic and it's just my opinion

APPLE SHOULD OPEN A DONGLE STORE, AND THEIR SLOGAN COULD BE: "THERE'S A DONGLE FOR THAT".

I partially agree with you on the need for everything to switch to USB-C, but the SD card slot is the one port they should've kept. You'll always need a dongle for a SIM card, which virtually all creative professionals use and isn't going away anytime soon.

2018...we still use the ports. Love you Dave and your videos, and I think eventually USB C will phase everything out, but a year is simply not enough time.

Are you kidding?! For professional users USB will remain the standard for next 10 years! All my lab equipment, JTAG, oscilloscope, power supply dataloggers, logic analysers $$$$ thousands worth of equipment that still use USB and will do so for a long time... problem for professionals is that lots on my equipment doesn't work through USB HUBs so this machine is useless !!! I really wanted to upgrade my 2012 MacBook Pro but now I need to get the previous model ?!

The fact that you tear these down and use internal shots for your videos is amazing, it's one of the reasons you're the best laptop reviewer out right now.

Hey Dave. Love your "clean and minimal" reviews. Thanks You used to post a link for the current wallpaper you have on the video. Pleas continue doing so, you always use beautiful wallpapers.

I don't understand people who buy an apple, and then use adobe premier. That's the equivalent of chopping a tree down with an ax when there is a chainsaw right next to you. If you don't know or don't want to learn FCP, then just get a windows pc.

This did not age well. People still want that expandable storage, i/o, etc.

Where can I download that wallpaper? :)

Thanks, I will just wait for next year KabyLake model

This is the first time I've watched this guy's videos and I can safely say they are the least aggressive, most professional and his voice is incredibly soft.... It's easy watching.

no accessory maker will move on to USB-C because its on Apple laptops, Apple already has like 15% of market share, so USB-C only macs are even less than 1%. The only thing that will happen is that macbook users will suffer from using and paying for dongles

Very happy with my new 15.6" Metabox/Clevo P650RP that has twice the ram, a GTX1060, and 512GB and 1TB SSD's. All that for a whopping AUD$3,000 less than what I would have paid on a new upgraded MacBook Pro which would still have been lower specced than my Metabox.

Your explanation of the USB C ports at the beginning of the video was said perfectly

The new MacBooks are garbage and this is coming from a non-Apple hater

I love your iceberg wallpaper! Could you link it pleaseeeee? 😬😬

2018 and usb c still isn't as close to being a big deal as you thought

This is "Macbook Air 2016". Pro my ass.

Still struggling to buy a $400 laptop

Finally a mild mannered intelligent and well rounded review with no over the top editing

I do not think USB 3 will be replaced anytime soon. I like to be wrong though.

Everybody is talking about the build quality of the Macbooks. The outside of Macbooks looks friggin' great! Because as most people don't know... Apple's products are fashion accessories with an added ability to act like Smartphones, computers, etc. Have you ever seen an inside of a Macbook? Clean, great looking too! However pay close attention to the layout of the board, the routing of cables, the components on the motherboard (not just the main ones like CPU, GPU and Chipset. All of them). You will notice that many of the components are completely unnecessary, it feels like they are doubled or something. Added redundancy right? Nope! They are mostly in series of the wires. It takes 1 of the components to die off and the entire connection on the board is dead. It might be a keyboard key, a sensor. It might be something completely harmless. One of those sensors dies off (there are around 7 of them) and the whole f*cking motherboard needs to be replaced, because the Macbook sees a problem and will not start up, it will become unusable and then you will realize what kind of a trash the thing is. What the hell? And Apple's fans are so proud of Apple being ecological because they put up a video of recycling around 5 parts from old iPhones! The screen? It is holded by aluminum hinges, sometimes they even use screws to hold the display! But guess what? Those hinges break because they use improper screws to hold the display! Let's say the hinge is 4 mm wide and 2 mm thick, which is already really thin (lenght can be as long as it needs to be to hold the display). But now engineers get the idea to put a 2.5 mm screw in the damn thing! Now on one side of the screw it it 0.5 mm wide and on the other just 1 mm. Extremely durable don't you think? A macbook cannot survive a fall from a table. A Lenovo Thinkpad can survive a fall from a ladder. Louis Rossmann explains it really well on his RU-vid channel. Go watch him. Buy a proper products, not the crap that Apple gives you. In short, build quality is great only from the aesthetic perspective. From an engineering perspective, it is completely utterly horrible.

Hey Dave, thanks for being so unbiased and honest with this review, and all your other tech reviews. It's good to know that there are those of you out there that create entertaining content that is so well put together, all the while keeping us informed about the tech we may end up purchasing, in part due to your insight.

This PC is for only_apple fan. I can buy super stronger laptop with this 3000$....

Why does every single Macbook Pro review compares it to a consumer grade PC laptop? Since Apple insists on the "Pro" on their think laptop, why don't we compare it to the "Pro" laptop on the PC side? Thinkpad P50 P70, Dell Precision laptops, HP Elitebook and Zbook are the bosses. These laptops are offered with Xeon CPUs, Quadro or Firepro GPUs which is the pro version of dedicated GPU from Nvidia and AMD, 64gb of ECC Ram, Raid NVMe slots (for super fast ssd like the Samsung 850 Pro) and regular 2.5" drive for sick amount of storage + file redundancy, 4k display on 15 inch..... The list goes on. If the Macbook with its lame specs is called Pro, I wonder what should we call these Thinkpad, Precision, Elitebook...etc..? God?

Great review, very honest... I switched back to Windows as I'm a PS user and didn't want to pay $3000+ for a 16GB laptop... and still wanted an SD card. I'm finding the switch back to Windows10 quite refreshing, if Im honest... don't regret my decision one bit...

It'll take way more than just a year for USB-c to become mainstream.

Wonderful perspective. I agree on everything besides Adobe. I don't use it but Final Cut Literally smokes on this.

The removal of MagSafe is the single DUMBEST move Apple made with its newest generation of Macbooks...

I get it USB C is the future but taking MagSafe!?

Make a XPS 15 2016 vs Razer blade 14 gtx 1060 vs the top tier macbook pro 15 2016 video please

I like how you were honest. Nowadays with companies sending people free stuff the reviews tend to just be bubble gum reviews but your review was honest and that's something I don't see on here. SUBSCRIBED!

Always trust in Dave 2D

Get the XPS 15..... thank me later

I’m still using mine 7 years later and it’s working pretty great for streaming and editing. I even use the webcam for streaming and get compliments on my camera. 🤷🏻‍♂️

The Razer blade (late) 2016 shits all over this

2018 I still see the ports a problem....

Awesome review, main reason i didn't upgrade this year, no more magsafe, and way too expensive even for an Apple product. And what happened to the 2 side's thunderbolt have different speeds? I remembered when Jobs put USB3 on Macbooks, he intentionally did away with the different speed USBs, where on PCs, you would have a blue USB port for USB3. Macbook are turning into PCs with nice outer shell.

umm okay but why the hell did they remove the sd card slot?

I Agree 100% with you. Great review

I haven't seen such good review for a long time - no hate, no blind love, so balanced - really nice to watch. Feels like you are not from internet :D

that damn computer has no esc key

Great video Dave. I am also one of the people who thinks this thing is over priced. The touch bar is cool, it looks badass but I think they should of kept the function keys while adding the touch bar above the function keys.

I'm here writing from 2018 just to say that people still care about SD cards and regular USB ports. And Apple's laptop situation is still a bummer :(

"A year from now, we'll be ok"... Get real

Ugh... I've got a mid 2012... wanted to upgrade... but nobody seems to like this machine. And yet, I'll never ever go PC.

Still don't understand why they don't use Nvidia chips tbh. Like I know they have partnered with AMD before, but the new Nvidia chips are super efficient and powerful and when your spending $3100 or whatever on a premium product you want premium hardware

Nice wallpaper on that monitor behind you - where can I get it please?

For 2016, the battery life variability from MacBook to MacBook is substantial. Apple's solution is to apply a sw OS upgrade that gets rid of battery life check.

It's almost 2019, everybody are still using dongles

Its 2018, i still need the legacy ports and sd card slot. :(

Can someone travel back in time and say him that at least the half of humanity is still in need of an USB-A Port in 2021?!

Wallpaper link please Great video btw

Is there even a single person who has bought the silver version? :D

I'm from December 2021.. What a change

In 2019 we still use USB-A

10 years ago people said SSD would take over the market by storm! till this day HDDare not obsolet and higher storage SSDs are still too expensive.. what makes you think that the USB C will kill all other ports in 2 or 3 years? i mean, some devises still use usb 2.0 and that was like 15 years ago. My point is, having only USB C ports takes away the practicality the macbook pro once had.

I tend to believe that in 2018 people would still use some sort of exchangeable storage like SD Card, especially for camera equipment so your first point in companies being "aggressive" to get rid of old USB ports doesn't even makes sense.