These new MBPs are performance and power beasts! But they also look thick, clunky and bulbous. I've cancelled my 16 inch order because it is hard to spend thousands on a laptop with design cues from 2012. I may consider the 14 but even that looks bulbous. Anyone else considering cancelling/returning?
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Who is returning their MBP Pro/Max 14/16?
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Nope. No cancelling or returning. My 16” is a keeper and will be majorly docked, but will also have the portability when needed.
I think the biggest takeaway for me from these forums over the last week is that if a non-tapered form-factor is enough to cause you to return the MBP, then you are likely not the intended audience (who value and utilize the additions the non-tapered form allow for) and may fare better with a MBA. No shade lol just truth!
Completely agree sounds like you are probably not the target audience. Can’t wait for mine to show up
I have no idea what you’re expecting.. the next MacBook Air may be for you.
Thinness has a drastic effect on performance. Glad we’re seeing practical designs again
I'm not putting it as a centerpiece as part of my livingroom remodel. It is a tool, and will be treated as such. I for one have been hating the whole "thinner" trend all tech products have been following in lieu of battery and performance.
If I want super-thin and light, I have the option of an MBA. If I want slightly thicker and more powerful I have the MBP option now.
Only buyer's remorse I've been having thus far is should I have gone for 64gb ram instead of 32gb.
And you haven’t even seen it? wow…
Gotta love how there is already an “I’m returning my 14/16” MacBook Pro” thread before anyone has even received one. 
Hey those rumors of thiccness are scary. Can’t let that touch you.Gotta love how there is already an “I’m returning my 14/16” MacBook Pro” thread before anyone has even received one.
Well, I guess a few people in New Zealand have received theirs.
The only reasons I would consider returning at the moment are:
1) mini LED issues are too difficult to put up with, maybe I'll wait for the next generation of panels
2) something ARM/macOS 12 related severely disrupts my workflow
1) mini LED issues are too difficult to put up with, maybe I'll wait for the next generation of panels
2) something ARM/macOS 12 related severely disrupts my workflow
With all due respect, let's move on from this.
I went through your last several posts and the only thing you're doing is grinding your troll "MBP is ugly" axe.
This will be the laptop redesign by which ALL others are judged for many years to come.
It's a Mac Pro, but in a notebook; which doesn't overheat and has a screen that most could only dream of owning, just as a stand alone screen. All of this is packed into a professional rock solid enclosure, and NOT the fashion statement that it had become these past half dozen years or so.
The fact that you didn't keep it for that reason alone, tells me that this may have been too much computer for you to begin with, because from what I can see, the entire internet is kind a holding hands on this one.
Ask yourself why you didn't return the previous model, when all it was really bringing to the "high powered pro laptop" table WAS aesthetic.
It's ok to not like it, and it's ok to like it. But maybe stop poo-poo'ing on everyone else's parade. These new machine's are a pretty 'effing big deal.
What alternatives are there? Apple may not release anything else for another 2 years.
I did order a 16", but am going to stop by the store tomorrow to see if I could possibly consider downsizing to the 14".
I did order a 16", but am going to stop by the store tomorrow to see if I could possibly consider downsizing to the 14".
I'm not returning anything. I've been waiting for quite some time to buy a MBP. I was gonna buy one last year but decided to wait when Apple announced their Apple silicon transition.
I'm replacing my entire setup. I'm getting rid of my desktop (I have an old Dell desktop), and this MBP will handle 100% of my computing needs, both personal and business.
Watching the initial reviews today, it looks less "thick" and "clunky" than I thought it was but either way I was purchasing.
I'm replacing my entire setup. I'm getting rid of my desktop (I have an old Dell desktop), and this MBP will handle 100% of my computing needs, both personal and business.
Watching the initial reviews today, it looks less "thick" and "clunky" than I thought it was but either way I was purchasing.
My 16” MBP comes tomorrow. Can’t wait!
I still didn't order my 14 inch. The machine looks great. I don't care its bigger, more clunky then my intel MacBook Pro 13 inch 20202. But for some reason I feel indoctrinated / brainwashed by the whole nochgate news. And the thicker menubar at the top.
Gonna check out the apple store and put my current MacBook Pro aside the new 14 inch one and see if it really is no big of a deal when this noch showed up
For your early birds, enjoy your purchase... I wish I wasn't this indoctrinated..
Gonna check out the apple store and put my current MacBook Pro aside the new 14 inch one and see if it really is no big of a deal when this noch showed up
For your early birds, enjoy your purchase... I wish I wasn't this indoctrinated..
Op is a hater. I’d buy the MacBook Pro if it looked like this
Op is a hater. I’d buy the MacBook Pro if it looked like this
You looking at 10C temps with that thickness. 😅😂🤣
I actually went with a $3300 windows gaming laptop with similar specs to these mbps (but worse obviously), except the windows laptop with a 45 minute battery life can play Space Engine at 4K 60fps+… a feat that not even these MBPs can accomplish under any circumstances. I will just buy the new MBA when it’s out as obviously I’m not the target audience for these amazing machines.
All that said, to troll these beast machines like they are not the powertools that they are is ridiculous. Would you return a hammer because it didn’t look svelte enough? That’s how ridiculous your reason for returning these is… and this is coming from someone who is foaming at the mouth for a purple mba now that I have the machine I really want.
It’s a shame these new laptops can do literally everything but play Space Engine, since the M1 Max 32core rivals an RTX 3080 and Ryzen 9, or I’d have bought them.
As it stands, my universe simulator comes this week and I can’t wait!
All that said, to troll these beast machines like they are not the powertools that they are is ridiculous. Would you return a hammer because it didn’t look svelte enough? That’s how ridiculous your reason for returning these is… and this is coming from someone who is foaming at the mouth for a purple mba now that I have the machine I really want.
It’s a shame these new laptops can do literally everything but play Space Engine, since the M1 Max 32core rivals an RTX 3080 and Ryzen 9, or I’d have bought them.
As it stands, my universe simulator comes this week and I can’t wait!
I’ll tell you exactly what I will be doing. Ordering the 14” M1 max full 32GB ram and then a 16” full spec model. Use for 7 days and then returning both of them after I finish my YouTube video reviews on them.
Thank me later guys (when they hit the apple refurb store)
Thank me later guys (when they hit the apple refurb store)
Really? I’ve got bad news for you… if the last decade or two is any indicator, these are now suddenly the most likely design cues for 2022 for a lot of PC manufacturers.
We just heard today that the next Samsung tablet is coming with a notch. I kid you not.
Ok so you cant afford them, not a design issue
Nobody order a tool based on thermall issues
Oh this is so funny. Cute is clearly more important than performance. Go for it.