newb MacOS question, is the separate partition thing as easy as explained in google/youtube?
so i can just separate/create a new partition from my only 1TB main ssd just like below?

https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/disk-...dskutl14079/mac

Just got my 32gb in the mail. Got knife ready to open the box, but it was so well made with proper ways to open it. Not difference 16gb and 32gb for now.

You have to be in a state with no sales tax. Or get someone in that state to order for you if you are ordering customized.

Unboxing completed. The hub you see is the usb-c hub with wireless charging. After testing 2 units (first the 16gb RAM and now 32gb RAM) vs my old 2013 13 inch. I am not a power user/geek. Just use the computer and do what I need to do. My early thoughts:

1. Final Cut- do not see any difference yet on simple editing and encoding
2. Keyboard- for me its "old". Does not feel like a new computer and does not feel like new technology. No apple "wow" factor.
3. Screen- wide and nice
4. Migrating from computer to computer is soooooooo tiring.


More to come.

not substantial.

i’m turned off by the fact the price isn’t reflected with sales tax. oh well..

Please give review about the differences between 16gb and 32gb 👍🏿

I use Final Cut pro for editing videos about 5-10gb. Usually que the multiple videos when exporting and rendering and leave the computer alone. Dont see much difference in the 16gb vs 32gb. Still takes a long time. Not expert about how RAM is used though. Maybe not applicable in this situation.

Bought mine in Canada. Somehow its cheaper, maybe due to the exchange rate. Of course in a zero tax state.

When exporting you should be able to see memory pressure under activity monitor. Then from there can know if 16GB or 32GB is enough.
For me, my memory utilisation is around 8GB - 10GB, so 16GB is good enough for my needs.

cool thanks for the review !

Thank you. Unfortunately, I am a noob at that. Have been using macs for the last 10 years and never found a reason to look at the memory pressure or activity monitor. My macs just work and if it hangs, I just restart it and all is well. Sometimes its slow, sometimes its fast, but does not make a big difference to me. My 2013 13inch with 16gb RAM seemed a bit slow and I had to wait up to 45 minutes to export a 5-10gb video. And opening RAW photos (about 20-25MB) took more than 1-2 seconds. With this new mac, much faster and immediate opening of raw photos.

hi all, any idea we can Bulk purchasing ? will be cheaper?
MacBook Pro 16-inch Space Gray with Touch Bar
2.3GHz 8-core 9th-generation Intel Core i9 processor.

I will be travelling back to Malaysia for CNY. Anyone who wants to tumpang something can let me know.

Partition is simple task in Mac. Used to do that separating data storage from OS on a single drive.
http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/26/partition-h...drive-mac-os-x/

Anyone knows roughly how long it will takes for a customized macbook to arrive? ordered a base 16 inch and bump up ram to 32gb + 1tb storage, today is the 5th day i ordered yet still in processing hmm

Holidays season - It's the year most busiest season for Apple and carriers, most devices are shipping from China... kinda throw schedule off the norm i guess.

Mine took about 5 days. 32gb RAM i think produced a lot. Mine was shipped the same day I ordered. But was stuck in Shanghai 2 for days.

mine took like.......2 weeks? ordered on 23rd Nov, received on 5th December.
The processing is soooo long. when they ship it on 3rd Dec, it only took 2 days to get to me.

Guess its selling like a hot-chip with so many back order. 1st time bought a lappie without freebie

thanks for the link. it explain in very detail. only a few weeks with MacOS, in someway it feels so advance to me. much more straightforwards than window 10. except that Close but not Quit thing.
wonder can i just QUIT it everytime i press X instead.

This post has been edited by sai86: Dec 20 2019, 09:02 PM

any good brand usb c hub recommend for 2019 16 inch ? budget around 1k

Look at my post with photo above. Comes with wireless charging. But after using a while I feel underpowered once you start connecting too many stuff to it. Unless it has its own power source.