I have recently bought the 16" (max GPU, max CPU, 32GB, 2TB disk). It's way better. There's still stuff wrong with it for sure. Some takeaways:
- The keybord is better than recent models, but still not as good as the 2014. I can live with it though.
- The touch bar is still there, but there's an escape key which was my main gripe. I would still prefer an option to not have one though.
- I hate USB-c so so much. The mental overhead of trying to work out what will work with what cable is horrible.
- I had to buy a £250 dock to make everything work as it did before (the TS3 caldigit one on the Apple site). Apple would not recommend a USB-c to mini displayport adapter, and the first one I bought didn't work.
- The screen is lovely.
- The speakers are a massive improvement.
- The trackpad is too big. I hit it accidentally way too much.
- I have it plugged into two external 4k monitors and I keep the lip open, so it's driving three screens. It does this with seemingly no problem or cooling fan use.
I'm definitely keeping it. There's still issues, but it's now simply a much better machine overall (taking speed into account) than my 2014.
We have the same model. It's a much better machine than my old one. I agree with you on all points except the USB-C hate. I don't use it often enough to have to worry about what cable does what. I usually route everything through the TS3 Caldigit, and only ever hook up the TB3 cables to the laptop.
I have recently bought the 16" (max GPU, max CPU, 32GB, 2TB disk). It's way better. There's still stuff wrong with it for sure. Some takeaways:
- The keybord is better than recent models, but still not as good as the 2014. I can live with it though.
- The touch bar is still there, but there's an escape key which was my main gripe. I would still prefer an option to not have one though.
- I hate USB-c so so much. The mental overhead of trying to work out what will work with what cable is horrible.
- I had to buy a £250 dock to make everything work as it did before (the TS3 caldigit one on the Apple site). Apple would not recommend a USB-c to mini displayport adapter, and the first one I bought didn't work.
- The screen is lovely.
- The speakers are a massive improvement.
- The trackpad is too big. I hit it accidentally way too much.
- I have it plugged into two external 4k monitors and I keep the lip open, so it's driving three screens. It does this with seemingly no problem or cooling fan use.
I'm definitely keeping it. There's still issues, but it's now simply a much better machine overall (taking speed into account) than my 2014.