Just updating after a few weeks with my new 16 inch. All good for now. Battery life not that great. Speakers wonderful. Keyboard, similar to my old pre-touchbar 13 inch. No complaints other than extra weight and size when carrying it around.

What spec?

I went to Seremban service centre to fix my old laptop

Just updating after a few weeks with my new 16 inch. All good for now. Battery life not that great. Speakers wonderful. Keyboard, similar to my old pre-touchbar 13 inch. No complaints other than extra weight and size when carrying it around.

I am still using the first ever retina MBP 15" from mid-2012. Battery is no longer reliable. Screen ghosting. Load LR and PS also a bit laggy.

Was thinking to change to iMac as I dont travel frequently anymore, then again the current iMac design is way way outdated, while the new MBP 16" has a lot more features than the iMac. Hand itchy wanna upgrade to MBP 16" now...

I just upgraded from 13 inch 2013. I have a 27 inch monitor with wireless keyboard and trackpad that can hook up to my MB at home. Used that setup since I sold off my iMac many years ago. I would say if you are the only one using the laptop/computer, that would be a good setup. But if you have wife, kids or anyone else that will use the iMac at home, probably better to have iMac as a base computer at home that can be connected to everything. Can use for streaming, home automation, CCTV, backing up files etc. How about a mac mini?

yeah i will be using it myself. same as you i already have an external keyboard and trackpad as well as an elevated laptop stand to increase my ergonomics (I have neck pain issues). Will probably get a 27 inch monitor as well. Any recommendation for the monitor?

I would recommend the Dell 27"LPS monitor and I have been using it for 2 years without any issues. If you are looking for 4K monitor, then you may seek for Asus or others.

yeah i will be using it myself. same as you i already have an external keyboard and trackpad as well as an elevated laptop stand to increase my ergonomics (I have neck pain issues). Will probably get a 27 inch monitor as well. Any recommendation for the monitor?

I previously own a MacBook Pro 15 inch 2016 version. I used the laptop for 2 years+ and went through multiple repairs due to the faulty keyboard. At the end Apple gave me a full refund of the amount I paid this year and I waited for a refresh.

Saw them released this 16inch and immediately ordered one.
What a big upgrade (for the same price I paid three years ago!)
I got twice the amount of Ram, twice the core count (8 core) and twice the graphical power.

I have not benchmarked this laptop because I had been using my iPad as my main computer (and stopped coding and editing photos for some time) but what I immediately noticed is how much better this keyboard felt compared to the old keyboard.
The improvements in speakers are noticeable, but not "groundbreaking" compared to the previous 15 inch. This is definitely the best laptop speakers for now and anyone who came from a laptop other than the 2016 -2019 series MacBook will be pleasantly surprised with the audio quality.

Sidecar is extremely fluid when paired with my iPad. I could draw with the Apple Pencil on Photoshop with pressure sensitivity when using sidecar! (No more reason for me to get an external monitor)

I felt like this iteration is the laptop apple should have released in 2016. It's not groundbreaking or anything, but it felt more like a fix for their mistakes in the past.

Also, I got apple care+ from elsewhere because it covers accidental damage too (would recommend getting that instead of the one in Malaysia)

This is the specs of my thicc boi:

I'm thinking to get this spec as well. Actually do we need 64GB of RAM? 🤔. I'm currently using 2016 version 16GB and 512GB SSD. RAM after VM free it's around 5GB. Storage left 200GB, so I assume 1TB it's enough for my case. For RAM it's definitely 32GB, now I'm wondering should I upgrade to 64GB for future proof purpose.
Mainly use for Office work, VM, Browsing and presentation purpose.

I think you will be fine with 32GB. Those who need 64GB of RAM would know they need it. Tbh I don’t need 32GB of RAM too.. feel like it’s overkill for what I do. Haha XD but if you have the budget then go for any upgrade you can lor

1,760 to 32
1,760 to 64 (seems more worthy) haha

I am still using the first ever retina MBP 15" from mid-2012. Battery is no longer reliable. Screen ghosting. Load LR and PS also a bit laggy.

Was thinking to change to iMac as I dont travel frequently anymore, then again the current iMac design is way way outdated, while the new MBP 16" has a lot more features than the iMac. Hand itchy wanna upgrade to MBP 16" now...

iMac current design is indeed outdated. the bezel is too thick. same goes to iMac Pro at such price.

hopefully they redesign iMac soon.

The current 16-inch macbook pro is indeed powerful enough. some even compare it to the new mac pro for daily tasks.
To most, it is actually good enough to perform video or photo editing as a compared to iMac or Mac Pro.

actually 16-inch display, cpu and graphics of it are superb. just the weight is too heavy. last time i used to have 2015 macbook pro 15-inch, but becos it is too heavy, so i switched to 2017 macbook pro 13-inch instead.

I agree with you. It is very heavy. After taking it for a trip recently, I actually thought of switching back to a 13inch. But too bad they have not updated it with new keyboard and specs. So, I guess will have to stick with this 16 inch for a few years.

yeah. The display and the power of the machine is really fantastic that can have a much longer Usable lifespan than 13-inch for sure. just 2kg is really hard to carry around. Not to mention it has yet to include the weight for the adapter (which is also very heavy and bulky). Use it at home then it is quite ideal even to replace a desktop.

As a contrast, I can carry around my 13-inch MacBook Pro for 2 weeks of Europe trip with ease but the bad thing is that it is not as powerful. And if u are buying the higher end model with added ram etc it is as good as the price of the base model 16-inch which is much more worth it for what you get except portability.