Apple’s new 16-inch MacBook Pro has been out for a little over a month, and overall the reviews have been pretty stellar. With a bigger screen, better speakers, faster processor, and much-ballyhooed keyboard, it seems like a surefire winner for professionals and creatives of every stripe. But how is it for the casual laptop user? To find out, I brought it home with me for a weekend and tested it. Here’s my review.
Old Is New Again
In addition to an across-the-board specs bump, Apple made a couple of key improvements to the 2019 MacBook Pro that really stand out. One of the biggest is the keyboard redesign. The problems with the previous MacBook Pro’s keyboard are well documented, and to resolve those issues, Apple ditched the butterfly key mechanism altogether and went back to scissor switches. Personally, I never used the previous version, nor do I have much experience with butterfly keys (because I avoid them at all costs), so I cannot say with one hundred percent certainty that the new MacBook Pro’s keyboard is better—but it is. It just is. Butterfly keys are the worst, and the new MacBook Pro’s keys are really, really nice. The sound, touch, travel time, and arrangement are all very pleasing and overall make for an excellent typing experience. And that’s coming from someone who still writes on his 2002 Apple iBook G3 laptop because he’s so very particular about keyboards (seriously). In two days, I spent almost 15 hours typing on the MacBook Pro, and I very much enjoyed it.
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