{"id":358,"date":"2019-12-27T23:34:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T23:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/?p=358"},"modified":"2019-12-27T23:34:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T23:34:10","slug":"my-thoughts-on-the-2019-16-inch-macbook-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/my-thoughts-on-the-2019-16-inch-macbook-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"My thoughts on the 2019 16 Inch MacBook Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2017, pretty much all of my work was produced from the then-new 2016 15 inch MacBook Pro with the touch bar. I never switched right away, as I was a stubborn Windows user at the time and sworn by it, but after some temptation (well, peer pressure), I made the switch and bought the 16GB RAM model off Amazon at a slightly reduced price.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6150.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-363\" src=\"http:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6150-1024x929.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6150-1024x929.png 1024w, https:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6150-300x272.png 300w, https:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6150-768x696.png 768w, https:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6150-766x695.png 766w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I never looked back, and my Windows tower PC has been locked away in the garage ever since. I&#8217;m not even sure it turns on now.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, fast forward to 2019 and I&#8217;m in love with the MacBook experience. So in love that I ploughed nearly \u00a34,000 on a more specced our 16 inch MacBook Pro in November just gone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_360\" style=\"width: 964px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-23.25.49.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360\" class=\"wp-image-360 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-23.25.49.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"954\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-23.25.49.png 954w, https:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-23.25.49-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-23.25.49-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-23.25.49-768x773.png 768w, https:\/\/jamesdowen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-23.25.49-766x771.png 766w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The specification I ordered.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve now used the 2019 model for just over a month, and it fulfills every one of my needs and brings some much welcomes improvements on the 2016 model, including;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The new scissor switch keyboard, which hopefully means I won&#8217;t have to take this laptop to Apple 3 times<\/li>\n<li>The return of the escape key, which is so much more developer friendly<\/li>\n<li>The 16 inch screen, of course. That extra screen space actually makes a huge difference<\/li>\n<li>The extra power with the much higher spec configuration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The MacBook is perfect for me because it allows for portability within seconds, but also allows me to use in &#8220;desktop mode&#8221; while connected to my ultrawide external monitor (which is 90% of the time).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2017, pretty much all of my work was produced from the then-new 2016 15 inch MacBook Pro with the touch bar. 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