If I were writing a conventional review, my 16-inch MacBook Pro review would be a little late to the party. But my Diary pieces are all about how my impressions build over time with real-life use, so it’s less important in this case that I took delivery of mine exactly a month after it first went on sale.
I hadn’t initially planned to buy it because, on paper, it simply didn’t seem to be enough of an upgrade:
Very similar physical size
Slightly larger, slightly higher-res screen with thinner bezels & custom refresh rates
A completely redesigned scissor keyboard
New CPU, GPU, RAM and storage options
Better speakers and microphones
An extra hour of claimed battery life
Playing with it for about half an hour in an Apple Store hadn’t really changed my mind: this was still something of a distress purchase for me…
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