people having wifi dropouts, is this occurring at all with apple official dongles (multi av or usbc to usb3)?
I do not believe so,
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The No Touch Bar 13 Macbook Version
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I have noticed that part of the variance in battery life is due to constant wifi use (streaming, heavy web access/downloads, cloud storage (and subsequent spotlight indexing)
supposedly there is a chipset difference that may take a while to get ironed out. some existing hubs/adapters may not be directly compatible.
Ive used apples VGA adapter (USB-A-VGA-USB-C charge) so far with no wifi dropouts, BUT it may depend if you are using 2.4ghz vs 5ghz wifi, which freq, etc. Ive also used the Belkin ethernet and an Insignia HDMI adapter, all with 2.4ghz wifi no problems.
going to try and be patient while they get this ironed out.
btw my old SP3 would drop wifi when I plugged in an HDMI cord sometimes - just wonky tech.
Just picked one up finally myself, base model, I need it to function as an ultraportable. Battery life seems fine with the lower clock CPU, larger battery and non-touch I'm getting around the nine hour mark. Very happy with it, this thread appears to be one of the few positive threads for the new MBP on here.
I really think about getting the new MacBook Pro 13-inch model without touch bar. The battery of my old 15-inch MacBook Pro Retina is not that great anymore and I really like the new screen with wider color gamut on the new machines. And it think the new touch bar is a bit gimmicky - and the models too expensive...
Did anyone choose the new 13-inch model without touch bar? And how do you like it so far?
Will it be powerful enough for Photoshop/Illustrator/Sketch designing websites and apps?
Did anyone choose the new 13-inch model without touch bar? And how do you like it so far?
Will it be powerful enough for Photoshop/Illustrator/Sketch designing websites and apps?
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You guys are really making me want to consider the non touch bar version now.,. Haha! To be honest, I was stuck between the two models and which one to get, and of course the touch bar looks so gorgeous and I'd love to have to Touch ID, but it seems there are more issues with the touch bar model. And, a lot of you are happy with the non touch bar model so it seems like a great computer.
I'm really considering the no touch bar model (base model). At the moment I have the 15-inch rMBP (Mid 2014) base model - but the battery is not that great anymore and I like the smaller size of the new 13-inch. The touch bar is a bit gimmicky and not something that I would use. But will it be enough for photoshop/illustrator/sketch - designing websites and apps? I plan on connecting it to a 4K/5K USB-C monitor.
I've been using Photoshop for much of the day, web browsing and Office. I've seen around 8 hours. I've recently plugged in a 26800mAh RAVPower type-c external battery pack and it's currently happily charging the Macbook Pro. It took one hour forty one minutes to recharge back to 90%.
Got my machine today, it's absolutely amazing so far. The build quality is unmatched, the screen looks gorgeous, I really like the keyboard and I'm blown away by the SSD speed. I think I'm in love.
But keep in mind that I'm coming from a 4 year old Lenovo Notebook, which had a terrible screen and an awful trackpad.
It's my first own Mac, but I'm very experienced with macOS, at work I'm currently using a 21.5" mid 2011 iMac.
But keep in mind that I'm coming from a 4 year old Lenovo Notebook, which had a terrible screen and an awful trackpad.
It's my first own Mac, but I'm very experienced with macOS, at work I'm currently using a 21.5" mid 2011 iMac.
I used CS6 on a 2013 MBA (8/i7/512) for a few years without issue. I would try to limit the number of open files in PS and IL to keep it responsive, but it performed well. At one point, I ran 5 VMs in VirtualBox and it performed well.
If I found anything limiting, it was the 8 gigs of ram--could always use more ram. But if I quit programs as I was done with them, I didn't have any issues.
Plenty of people purchased the non Touch Bar model, myself included, and I love this machine.
Would be interesting if people are reporting much better battery life with Sierra 10.2. It seems that some of the touch-bar users are happier so if the the non-touch bar laptops have even better battery life, it becomes a lot more compelling.
Interesting to hear if people with nTB are getting better battery aswell. Just got my nTB13 yesterday after sending back my 15TB. Today I've used it for 90 min half of the time video watching and half reading pdf/internet on safari and it's at 90% right now
I am using the official multi av dongle + unofficial tb3 to usb 3.0 adapters all the time and havent experienced a drop out
You will usually receive them within anything up to +1-3% more or less than the design capacity brand new. Quite normal.
It's odd how small the battery capacity is on the new 13" MBP
Here I am with 5294mAh left on my 12" rMB
It's going to have better battery life than the 13" TB models simply because it's doesn't have the additional drain of the touch bar display, it has a lower clocked CPU and a larger battery. I'm seeing comfortably over nine hours routinely. Being able to charge from an external battery via USB Type-C is very useful. It's the best ultraportable I've ever owned.
That's what happens when you add 4 USBC ports (vs 1) and two fans (rMB is fanless). No space for dam batteries!
