In a single sentence, photographer and reviewer Jaron Schneider summed up the problem with Apple’s new MacBook Pro: it’s basically Apple’s 5D Mark IV. Too much time and build-up meant insanely high expectations, and Apple didn’t come close to matching them even if they did release a good, maybe even great, product.
Schneider’s MacBook Pro review is one of the best we’ve seen. It does a great job of staying neutral, starting out on a positive note, explaining what it is Apple “fanboys” are chasing and why they’re willing to put up with so much, and then giving Apple a well-deserved lashing for the ways in which the new MBP falls short.
The question he’s really trying to answer is: is the MacBook Pro really “Pro,” and the answer seems to be “sort of.” The ultimate problem is that Apple tried to please everyone, and in the process didn’t really satisfy anyone. In Scheider’s words, “[The MacBook Pro] is a wonderful, beautiful product… that is in constant disagreement with itself.”
You can watch the full 16-minute review up at the top for a comprehensive breakdown of what works, what doesn’t, and why even Apple fanboy photographers might want to look elsewhere for their next portable “pro” photo editing machine.
from PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/2017/01/23/honest-macbook-pro-review-says-new-laptop-apples-5d-mark-iv/
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