“On the 27th October Apple unveiled their new line of MacBook Pros. Since then half of what I read online seems to be ‘Professionals”’ (those guys), telling me it’s not Pro at all, not Pro enough or not the right kind of Pro. How many of these people have even touched the new devices?” Thomas Grove Carter writes for The Huffington Post UK. “Very few.”
Carter writes, “I’ve been using the new 15” MacBook Pro (with Touch Bar) for the last week or so for actual work, so here’s my “Professional” opinion.”
“I’m an editor at Trim Editing in London, where we cut high end commercials, music videos and films,” Carter writes. “First off, It’s really fast. I’ve been using the MacBook Pro with the new version of FCP X and cutting 5k ProRes material all week, it’s buttery smooth. No matter what you think the specs say, the fact is the software and hardware are so well integrated it tears strips off “superior spec’d” Windows counterparts in the real world. This has always been true of Macs… For me, I love it and I think most people will do too… once they actually touch it.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Real professional Mac users get the new MacBook Pro.
As we’ve written many times: We’ve seen this type of reaction to the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar more times than we can count. It’s called “change” and, by the way: The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
SEE ALSO:
Early adopters appreciate the Touch Bar on Apple’s MacBook Pro – November 11, 2016
Why Apple’s new MacBook Pros don’t need 32GB of RAM – November 10, 2016
Apple’s MacBook Pro can easily run a ridiculous number of ‘pro’ apps simultaneously with 16GB RAM – November 5, 2016
Apple significantly lowers USB-C adapter prices in response to MacBook Pro complaints – November 4, 2016
Headphone jacks, MacBook Pros, and the legacy of Steve Jobs – November 4, 2016
Apple places a big bet with the new Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro – November 4, 2016
How Apple’s stock apps will use the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro – November 4, 2016
Hands on with Apple new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar: Huge trackpad offers great palm rejection – November 2, 2016
Phil Schiller explains why Apple dropped the SD card slot but kept the 3.5mm headphone jack in new MacBook Pros – November 2, 2016
Phil Schiller: Apple has more orders for MacBook Pro with Touch Bar than for any other professional Mac notebook ever – November 2, 2016
The debate is over: IBM confirms that Apple Macs are $535 less expensive than Windows PCs – October 20, 2016
The key mission of Apple’s new MacBook Pros – October 28, 2016
TIME Magazine: Apple’s new MacBook Pro Touch Bar is an inventive new way to get work done more quickly – October 28, 2016
Apple does touch right and, as usual, Microsoft does it wrong – October 28, 2016
IBT: Apple’s MacBook Pro Touch Bar is the coolest thing ever; will change the way we use laptops – October 28, 2016
Wired hands on with Apple’s New MacBook Pro: It’s a whole new kind of laptop – October 27, 2016
CNET on the new MacBook Pro: Apple’s amazing strip show reinvents the notebook – October 27, 2016
Hands on with Apple’s new MacBook Pro: Looks and feels so good it’s unreal – October 27, 2016
Apple debuts three new TV ads for all-new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar – October 27, 2016
Apple unveils groundbreaking new MacBook Pro with revolutionary Touch Bar and huge Force Touch trackpad – October 27, 2016
Nah I decided I’ll wait for a new Mac Pro, if one comes (and if it doesn’t – c’est la vie). All pro uses are not confined to video editing. (I do like the fact proxies are now being used which makes cutting high res material easier.)
This guy, bought and paid for by Apple.
This guy, a troll stealing identities, bought and paid for by Abject Stupidity.
Hoping a new keyboard for Mac Pro / iMac users?
Some of the “reviews” on YouTube – by ppl who haven’t seen or touched one – would be funny if not pathetic. Like people who’ve never played a guitar whaling away in the air during a rock guitar solo, I suggest we call these click-seeking exercises “air reviews”
And meanwhile in the real world, a proper review from people who this laptop is aimed at:
https://www.slrlounge.com/an-open-letter-to-apple-from-the-actual-working-pros/
It’s a really good read, and makes painful reading for anyone who cares about the Mac that they’ve been using for more than looking cool in a coffee shop:
“Stop making this commercial photography that doesn’t depict the real working professional. Just stop it. I’m highly suspicious that this laptop can keep up with anything current that RED is making at anything above 4K at a 1/4 resolution. I know because your 6-core MacPros with 128 GB RAM barely keep up on 4K footage from a Sony A7R II.”
“First, allow me to point out that those two monitors you displayed in your photo (pun intended) are matte finish. It’s like you know what we want but refuse to make it. You acknowledge the importance of this feature but don’t include it in your “pro” versions as an option. ”
I’m really worried what they are going to do to the poor iMac if this is anything to go by.
MacPro & Mac Mini? I’d rather them let them die, or give them to a clone maker to develop,
Also, stop it MDN.
This laptop is a huge mistake for Apple (since when have we really been bothered by how many Mac’s Apple sells?)
If MDN joins in the legitimate criticism of the direction Apple is going, maybe, just maybe they will have a rethink.
At least do more than temporarily reduce the price of a few dongles and a monitor.
The numbers will prove it.