I’ve had the Touch Bar freeze on me a few times, though, which hurt productivity, because as expected, it’s a little annoying not having that escape key. I do enjoy Touch ID instead of having to type a password sometimes. I think the Touch Bar is fun, but it doesn’t affect my productivity or do anything mind-blowingly useful. It’s worst characteristic is that it freezes with more frequency than my last laptop. Transferring data to it from a Time Capsule was rough, as it did about 90% of it over 12 hours before failing and being unable to continue. It doesn’t seem to last on a charge any longer. It doesn’t start up any quicker and has a weird quirk where the screen gets all distorted and then goes all black except for the start up progress bar. It doesn’t feel all that different from my 2013 MacBook Pro. I don’t have a whole lot to say about it. Upgraded to Radeon Pro 460 with 4GB memory.Upgraded to 2.9GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor.I’d like to get another three years or more out of this one, so I went kinda all-out on the specs. Like I said, I hadn’t upgraded in three years. I figured I’d review my new setup since it’s on my mind. Partly because they’ve stopped making them (monitors), or the ones they do make kind of suck (mice, keyboards). Coinciding with all that, I’ve also changed out my mouse, keyboard, and monitor. ![]() I was pretty excited about the new MacBook Pro’s and ordered one within a few days of them coming out. It was the first time since late 2013, and now it’s going on 2017, so I figured it was time. ![]() Nothing dramatic like #davegoeswindows, but all new gear within my relative comfort-zone. I recently changed out just about all of my computer equipment.
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