Hasty Treat - The New MacBook Pro for Web Development
Dec 16, 2019•22 min
Episode description
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the new 16" MacBook Pro and how it performs as a web development machine.
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Show Notes 2:24 - Why did the old ones suck?
4:43 - What did we get and why?
Wes
32GB RAM
2.3GHz 8-core i9
1TB SSD
Scott
64GB RAM
2.4GHz 8-core i9
8gb AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
2TB SSD
9:40 - Is it still the best?
The MacBook Pro is the workhorse of developers
Keyboard is amazing
Screen is even bigger
Esc key is back
Touch ID is very fast
Heat is good
Speed is very fast. Great for video editing, recording, etc…
Trackpad feels great
15:18 - Still not good:
Webcam sucks
Ports
16:09 - Y NAWTS:
Why not Windows?
Why not Hackintosh?
Why not iMac?
Links 16" MackBook Pro
Surface Book
Alfred
CalDigit TS3 Plus Thunderbolt 3 Dock
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