After long anticipation from the Apple fans, the firm has finally unveiled its new highly expected device, the 16-inch Macbook Pro. Yes, that’s 16-inch. It will be mesmerizing to see a 16-inch laptop coming from Apple, isn’t it? And not forget, the new Macbook Pro is, in fact, the most powerful laptop that has come out from Apple.
Well, let’s have a quick overview of the new device by Apple.
Apple Macbook Pro (16-inch) Overview
The new Macbook Pro comes with a 16-inch screen adopting Retina display with 3072x1920 pixels resolution. The laptop’s screen brightness maxes out up to 500nits and it offers a full DCI-P3 color coverage. Well, this time Apple has also returned back the physical Escape key on the laptop while it has the same old Touch bar on the top. Apple has also claimed the newly redesigned keyboard on the Macbook to provide excellent typing experience.
Furthermore, moving onto the internals, the Macbook Pro is powered with the two different processors, meaning there is an option for choosing two different processors, either a 6-core 9th gen Intel processor or an 8-core CPU. Well, if you are eager to spend some extra bucks on it, then the 8-core chip can be the best choice. The 8-core chip can Turbo Boost up to 5GHz. Also, Apple has claimed its new CPU to be two times faster than the powerful quad-core 15” Macbook Pro CPU.
Similarly, Apple has also upgraded the GPU on the device while this time the Macbook Pro comes equipped with an improved GPU. The 16-inch Macbook Pro gets the AMD Radeon Pro 5300M and 5500M with 4GB of VRAM. However, you will also get an option for 8GB. And highlighting on the GPU performance, it has now become 80% faster on video editing while provides 60% faster gaming performance compared to the previous equipped GPU. Well, it seems that Apple has brought quite a lot of improvements in its new 16-inch beast.
More on, to control the immense heat flow on the laptop, Apple has also added new redesigned fans which is capable of 28% better cooling. The new system is capable of handling 12W higher TDP.
The base setup of the new Macbook Pro comes equipped with 16GB DDR4 RAM and 512GB SSD. Well, we know that most of the Apple fans will definitely go for the upgrade.
Likewise, coming to the upgradable status on the device, the RAM in the new 16-inch Macbook Pro can be upgraded up to 64GB while the storage space can be upgraded up to an immense 8TB SSD. Woah! That’s absolutely cool, isn’t it? The top variant model with 8TB of SSD can cost you over $6000. Well, that’s a lot of cash. However, just look at the storage space you are getting for it. That’s absolutely the value for money deal. The 16-inch MacBook Pro sleeves also shouldn't cost much as most older 15.4-inch MacBook sleeves will fit just fine.
And last but not least, talking about the powerhouse of the Macbook, which is its battery, the new 16-inch Macbook Pro is equipped with a 1000Wh battery which Apple has claimed to work up to 11 hours on normal usage. And for charging the laptop, you will get a 96W charger with a 2m USB C to C cable on the purchase of the laptop.
Price and Availability
Talking of the pricing of the device, the base variant holds a price tag of $2400. Well, if you go for the higher-spec variants, the price can move up to $6100. The new 16-inch Macbook Pro is already available for pre-order at Apple.com.
The base variant is expected to cost around Rs. 3,20,000 in Nepal while it might be launched in Nepal starting December.
