The 16-inch MacBook Pro is one of the most powerful laptops in its class. And yet my voice came through loud and clear during the segment. To try out the mics, I conducted a live video interview on Cheddar without donning a headset, which is usually a big no-no for any sort of broadcast. Personally, I just want to be able to attend Google video calls without having to wear a dorky headset, and this system would let me do that. Podcasters and musicians will definitely appreciate the 16-inch MacBook Pro's studio-quality, 3-mic array. I got a similar reaction when playing The Mandalorian trailer from in our office, as I heard several people say 'wow.' In fact, the sound is much richer and fuller than the first-gen Echo Show that sits in our kitchen.

When I played 311's Beautiful Disaster with my wife in another room, she didn't believe me that the audio was coming from a laptop. The HP Envy x360 15 with OLED was also very bright at 483 nits, while the Razer Blade Pro 17 averaged only 267 nits. The OLED panel on the Dell XPS 15 reached a much higher 626 nits, and the non-OLED 4K model hit 418 nits, which is just below the MacBook Pro. In terms of brightness, the 16-inch MacBook Pro's display registered 429 nits, which is very bright but below Apple's 500-nit rating. The panel on the 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019) is one of the most accurate around, as it turned in a Delta-E score of 0.27.

The OLED version of the HP Envy x360 reached 258%. However, the OLED and non-OLED version of the XPS 15 scored 239% and 210%, respectively. This is important for editors who want the refresh rate to match the frame rate of their content.īased on our lab testing, the 16-inch MacBook Pro's screen can reproduce 113.9% of the sRGB color gamut, which is good. True pros will appreciate the ability to change the refresh rate on the display.

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This upgrade may be pricey, but it's rated to be 75% faster than the 4GB 5500M. For an extra $700, you can upgrade from the 4GB Radeon Pro 5500M to an 8GB AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, which uses HBM2 memory. On June 15, 2020, Apple added a new GPU option for the 16-inch MacBook Pro. For example, we've seen the 16-inch MacBook Pro for $200 off with a starting price of $2,199.

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That's pricey, especially when you consider a comparably configured Dell XPS 15 costs about $900 less. Our review model is quite steep at $3,899, as it offers 32GB of RAM, a 2TB SSD and the Radeon 5500M GPU with 8GB of RAM. The $2,799 upgrades you to a faster Core i9 CPU, faster Radeon Pro 5500M graphics and 1TB SSD. This model replaces the 15-inch MacBook Pro, which started at the same price. The 16-inch MacBook Pro starts at $2,399 for the standard model with a Core i7 CPU, AMD Radeon 5300M GPU and 512GB SSD.

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