MacBook Pro with TOUCHBAR Review

so this is it this is the first look at the new MacBook Pro 15 inch with touch bar let's have a peek no I'm just kidding that's my old broken this is the this is the new one right here [Music] [Music] you see what's up you got my package run I'll be a package man of your package right I'm looking forward to this one is she nice that that's me nice thank you it's always a pleasure man ah all the pleasure my brother [Music] [Music] I just adjusted the white balance I hope that's not too going hey hi so this is my review oh it's more of a comprehensive first look at the new 15-inch MacBook Pro with touch bar notice things are almost fully Specht out I got the 2.9 gigahertz processor which is the better one and then I got one terabyte of storage which is the middle level but I got the souped-up 460 graphics card so this is almost as high as it comes this thing was like 3,500 bucks first a little context now for the most part I make a living entirely by making videos and after the camera the most important tool when making videos is the computer that I edit those videos on now this thing right here but this r2d2 garbage can looking computer right here this is the most specter the most expensive computer that Apple makes this is the Mac Pro with every option selected this thing costs as much as a used Toyota it's supposed to be like the world changing supercomputer and it's the worst machine I have ever owned I literally have this thing set up on this amazing monitor right here everything ready to go and all I use this computer for is for data management these are my hard drives here and I manage all that data on this machine the computer is really that bad but this desk right here I have my laptop now prior to the MacBook with the touch bar this was the best MacBook you could buy and this thing's amazing I travel the world of this I added all of my videos on this this is a workhorse it has never let me down and this this is probably my favorite computer I've ever had it's been really great for me now I have only had this for like less than a day let me tell you what I liked about it right off the bat first it's lighter and thinner than that other one and that's a big deal for me since I skateboard home with it in my backpack every single day weight is a big deal number two the hardware itself this thing is aluminum and as sexy a machine as you would expect from Apple the keyboard people complain about because they want it to be clicky this thing is super clicky love the keyboard so it is this sort of futuristic spaceship feeling machine that you want to hug and show to your friends and go in like your hipster coffee shop and be like look at me I got the new one now let's get into my concerns and and I got a lot of them I don't know how founded they are cuz I haven't really gotten into this thing yet but I'm not a cynic just hear me out the logo doesn't light up this lights up see lights up no no lights up okay let me get back to the review first when you fork over three and a half thousand dollars to buy one of these you don't just have to buy the machine you also have to buy this year dongle a dongle or as Apple calls them an adapter is the only way you can plug in any USB thing to this which is a huge deal everything is USB this ain't got no USB ports in fact this is almost no ports at all which brings me to our biggest issue about this thing no SD card Drive SD card is the kind of memory that is used in every camera I use and it's very to get on the other computer out of the camera into the computer because this doesn't have that port I have to lose a dongle now I could use this dongle to this other dongle but instead I bought this thing because I read on Amazon that it was pretty good and that's D card reader I have to remember this thing for additional USB things I have to remember this if I want to plug in my external hard drive I have to use this so these three dongles are now three dongles that I'll always have to have with me if I want to use this computer in the way that I used my previous computer with no dongle I just said the word dongle five times my next big gripe with this now how many of you have ever had your notebook go flying off its work surface when somebody caught your power adapter cord in their foot right whether it's your pet or your kid or your roommate well this is gonna end that that meant no matter how hard your charging cable is yanked on it would just come right off no damage no problem it was also very easy to plug into this magnetic now look Apple I believe you that this USB 3.0 or whatever this is called is faster and better but just because this can transfer files better doesn't mean that my two-year-old daughter is going to trip over my power cable any less [Music] [Applause] [Music] just kidding this is my old broken laptop next I want to get into the benchmark feature of this new laptop which is the touch bar it's basically like a long thin touchscreen at the top of the keyboard I don't know how useful it's going to be and honestly this far along Apple I would have expected you to come up with the smarter means of data entry for these laptops what I mean by that is like when I want to edit a photo and I want to do it quickly I don't want to use Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom I just send it to my cell phone and I use snap seed and what I can edit it using my fingers in pinch and zoom in Pokhara it's much easier faster and more fluid than using a mouse and keyboard to take that even further as a video editor I feel like there's a tremendous opportunity for a touch interface around a professional video editing suite maybe this is a little further down the road in the future but still now perhaps this touch bar is a step in that direction maybe it's a half step to get us there which I'm all about but when I look at what Microsoft is doing and I don't really use Microsoft computers but when I look at what they're doing trying to merge their desktop operating system with a touch interface it looks like they're trying to push the envelope when it comes to how you interact with the data on your screen maybe third-party developers will do interesting things with it but for now it's more like a dynamic set of function keys then it is another way to like truly interact with your machine so that's it those are my thoughts maybe I'll give a better with you like after I fidelity use this thing for a few weeks the short of it is like I am super super excited about this machine but that's just because I like new toys I'm also super bummed about the port situation in the dongle situation oh by the way Apple I don't know how or why but I ordered one of these in one of these and you accidentally sent me two of these in two of these and I checked my credit cards name you didn't charge me for four so I didn't open them if you want me to send them back let me know otherwise I'm keeping them thank you for that I don't know this this thing with all the ports and the dongles I do think it's a big deal I don't think I'm just being whiny about it I know you were the first scare of the CD the disk drive you were right you're always introducing a newer faster way like firewire over USB back in the day but this this seems like a big leap everything's USB and nearly every consumer camera is an SD card so doing away with those like you're you're making my life as a professional user of your profession a little bit harder and it's not like a half step or something have to get used to it's like when you want to teach the kid to swim it's ok to throw them in the pool and they have to figure out how to swim to this side but this situation it feels more like you're kicking me off the deck of the Titanic saying swim to the nearest iceberg it's gonna be hard that's it thank you for watching my technology review I'll see you next time Apple comes out the new laptop [Music] [Music]

Channel: CaseyNeistat

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Length: 9min 45sec (585 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 15 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/Crrrrraig]

That was a pretty cool edit he did where he demonstrated MagSafe.

[u/RiRoRa]

I agree, having to remember 3 extra dongles every time you travel, especially if you do it as often as Casey, is a pain.

It's not a great day for Tim Cook when people like Casey start noticing that Microsoft is more inventive in the space. All Apple has done since losing Steve Jobs is removing usability features in favor for smaller size...

Also, was this today's vlog or just a bonus?

[u/blijf_liever_anoniem]

CASEY NEISTAT OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT/BREAK.

"I see you next time when Apple comes out with a new laptop"

😉

[u/RoyAsiaVlogs]

To sum up: the best computer is the one you already own as long as it's working properly. In addition, the best camera is the one on you. Alos, the best drone is the one you've already got (if you are lucky enough to own one)

[u/chill1995]

Aside from seeing Marlan happy, it was a pretty bare vdeo.

[u/its_a_simulation]

Just imagine what a BEAST of a machine the "used toytota" computer he could've bought if he'd gone the Windows route.

[u/slayer23]

my heart stopped, but then it started again

[u/PTFOholland]

Wait isn't that desktop running the exact same OS?
How is it worse?

[u/A113-09]

As an Apple fanboy I really enjoyed this. Kind of expected him to just rip it out of the box and say "cool got the new MacBook" and be done so was surprised when he made a longer video on it. Anyway.

It's lighter, and thinner, than that other one

Finally someone who points out the weight/size. Everybody bashes Apple for making their products thinner and lighter every iteration, but when it comes to laptops it's a really good thing if you're travelling everywhere with it.

Phones? Eh, I couldn't care less, but I would never say no to a lighter MacBook Pro. I've got the 13" 2015 model, it's super light but it's still a bit of an annoyance in my backpack.

Also let me just explain the USB-C/dongle thing, the idea is actually the opposite of what we have to do now. Right now he needs to buy all these dongles, but the hope is that in the next couple of years there won't be anymore dongles because everything will be on USB-C.

Put it this way, I don't need that HDMI port on my MacBook, why does it have to be there? I hardly need those Thunderbolt ports either. Why can't they be replaced for ports that I need? Well, now it doesn't matter, because everything (In the future at least) plugs into USB-C. HDMI discriminates USB devices, HDMI has a single use that I've never wanted or plan to use, whereas USB-C doesn't discriminate anything and has infinite uses. Some would argue that they could have simply added the USB-C ports alongside all the others, but then other manufacturers have less of an incentive to start using USB-C too, they'll continue to use the old ports because they still exist. It's irritating, but it should speed the process up of adopting USB-C.

But, anyway, love the way he's cutting between the MacBook and smashed up laptop lol. Not the first time he's done that, it's hilarious (Oh look there's Oscar).