New owner checking in, collected this beast today.

The speaker really impressive!


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Dont worry about the weight, unless you have jelly hands.

For a 16 inch laptop, it weighs almost the same as many office laptops that are only 13 inch.

It is likely the warranty date activated from the date of purchase - so likely when the stock reaches here in Malaysia, it will be 1 month or so short due to shipping etc.

Even after you’ve entered the purchase date upon activation of the product, it will still return to the original purchase date after 24 hours of activation. It’s Apple’s way of controlling warranty periods because its as if you’re purchasing a ‘re-sell’ unit that is sealed.

Highly doubt there will be any announcement during WWDC since it's a developer conference.

I do foresee a minimal difference between the Gen 10 and Gen 9 CPUs - it's Intel, who are we kidding?

Wifi 6 was hygiene for the 10th gen chips, and the 13' didn't ship with it, so I doubt Apple will include that for the 16', if that's what you are waiting for. Also, the 10th gen chips are significantly higher in price in comparison to the 9th gen, so there is a possibility that the price might be bumped a little, or another way is to not give you 'higher / better' specs to compensate the extra cost.

If you don't have a laptop, need one urgently, I would just say go for it. If you don't mind waiting and have one laptop on hand then you can continue waiting. One lesson that I've learned from anticipating new technologies, don't wait for them. Just get it. The 16' is good enough to last you for many years to come. If you ever have doubts, just scroll through reddit under the Macbook Pro sub-section, you'll have plenty of insights there

Yup, totally. We're almost hitting Q3, so its more or less coming.

Nope, I don't use any. Wouldn't wanna interfere with the beautiful screen. Your devices are touch screen, so TG is normal, Macbooks aren't touchscreens sooooo you're good. Just make sure you wipe the keyboard after each use to make sure no debris is caught in between, if you are really fussy about it. I don't use any form of protection on my Macbook except skins - still waiting for DBrand to ship

Yup, the seller has bad attitude and poor customer service.

Otherwise, can consider this guy Red Apple IT. Better customer service - price fluctuates based on stock / supplier.

Sorry can't relate to your experience.

He answered my questions promptly, very accommodating and even met up with him to COD because I couldn't wait for postage. He even gave me an 'upgrade' of the USB C Hub that I initially purchased. Had a good chat with him about SMEs in Malaysia and future plans lol!

I'm using a UGreen Hub, inexpensive and quality product. I think its the monitor - try to get a USB C monitor to take advantage of your USB C / Thunderbolt port.

Nope, I'm connecting my MBP to external monitor direct via USB C. I only use Hubs for USB A, but since my monitor has USB ports, I've been using it as a hub instead lol.

UGREEN HUB I'm using this model, but didn't get it from this shop la.

Oh for that I have another hub, its an Adams Elements hub with VGA / HDMI that I use for the other meeting rooms in office. Fortunately my office floor’s meeting room has Apple TV 😬

Just buy it from DBrand. Its easy to install and the 3M sticker adhesive doesn't harm the Mac's material.

I'm personally using one myself.

Might want to use iStat to check the source of heat - I mean it will be warm if there's an intense load, but not to the extend of it being uncomfortable to type.

The only time my Mac is uncomfortable to type is when I'm running Bootcamp for gaming playing COD Temps will spike to around 69-75c.

And people are already calling it the 2020 Macbook Pro 16 lol. Its not even an upgrade, just another option to get the 5600M.

Honestly, I rather people get an eGPU with that money because the 5600M already draws 50w of power and if you are connected to a 4K monitor + work / gaming, that 96w of power supply is going to struggle, especially on Bootcamp where Microsoft doesn’t do a good job in managing the CPU unlike MacOS.

I wonder if there’s a refresh of the iMac this year 🤔

I noticed the keyboard is different - the Enter Key and the Right Shift is different


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Microsoft Office suite apps are not optimized for MacOS - same like how Adobe apps are not optimized for Windows.

I guess, whichever RAM variant you choose, it will still show a high utilization on MacOS - but this shouldn't be an issue once you've gotten used to it. I'd rather have high RAM utilization than having more power drain on BootCamp

Literally had to use 3 software(s) to ensure my machine is running 'cool' while on bootcamp.

Everything for now is just a rumor.

You can never stop chasing new technology. If you need one right now, just buy it. There's no guarantee that there will be a 'refreshed' or non-at-all. 50/50 risk.

Hoho my Mac just suffered from ghosting & flickering issue.

Sent back to QCD @ Sunway for diagnostics, hopefully its not a hardware issue - apparently its common for Retina display.

It will be done locally. All authorized service centres will attend to you, as long as its under warranty.

Parts will be ordered from Singapore directly (if required).

Education store discount & 3rd party sellers are selling lower than official store. Also, they can leverage on bulk order discounts as well.

Cheaper price = more demand. We're talking about thousands in savings, that's alot compared to local units - and no retailers are willing to sacrifice their thin margin to sell it lower. Margin is lower because they are authorized retailers, not directly Apple so you need margin to be profitable.

Give you a perspective, would you rather buy a local set that is priced the same as retail stores from a 3rd party?

Most will say no. So hence why these 3rd parties will get US sets - and Macbooks are covered by International Warranty, so no worries - just change the duckhead (plug) and you are good to go.