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- Daily Tech Support Thread - [November 24]
- Shortcuts Sunday - [November 24]
- Remember in 2017 when there was speculation that Apple was about to publish a movie with The Rock, then people were disappointed because it was actually an Ad? Here we are, two years later with Apple TV+ originals.
- It's official! Apple's Black Friday offers coming this Friday
- Macbook Pro 16" vs Surface Laptop 3--An-indepth review w/ benchmarks
- 2015 15" Pro hard cases fit the new 16" Pro
- 16" inch MacBook pro vs 2019 5k iMac
- iPhone 11 smart battery case - 24 hours review by Renee Ritchie
- Why apple removed all reviews from their website
- MACBOOK PRO 16" - FIX FOR THE POPPING SOUND - #POPGATE
| Daily Tech Support Thread - [November 24] Posted: 24 Nov 2019 07:08 AM PST Welcome to the daily Tech Support thread for /r/Apple. Have a question you need answered? Ask away! Please remember to adhere to our rules, which can be found in the sidebar. On mobile? Here is a screenshot with our rules. Join our Discord and IRC chat rooms for support: Note: Comments are sorted by /new for your convenience Here is an archive of all previous "Tech Support" threads. This is best viewed on a browser. If on mobile, type on the searchbar [title:"Daily Tech Support Thread" author:"AutoModerator"] (without the brackets, and including the quotation marks around the title and author.) [link] [comments]  | ||
| Shortcuts Sunday - [November 24] Posted: 24 Nov 2019 05:09 AM PST Hello /r/Apple, and welcome to "Shortcuts Sunday". The "Shortcuts Sunday" thread is your place to share your Shortcuts with the /r/Apple community. To share your Shortcut:
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| It's official! Apple's Black Friday offers coming this Friday Posted: 24 Nov 2019 11:58 PM PST
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| Macbook Pro 16" vs Surface Laptop 3--An-indepth review w/ benchmarks Posted: 24 Nov 2019 01:09 PM PST This is a review of the 16-inch MBP compared to the Ryzen 7 version of Microsoft's Surface Laptop 3. QUICK SPECS: Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15"($2399)----Macbook Pro 16" ($2399)
PERFORMANCE: Geekbench 5/Cinebench/Unigine Heaven/Black Magic/Crystal Disk Mark Geekbench 5 (CPU):
Cinebench 20 average of 5 (CPU):
Black Magic and Crystal Disk Mark (SSD): MBPs always had the fastest SSDs and it's no different here. Here are two tests done by laptopmag: Test 1///Test 2. The file copy test speed is surprisingly low on the SL3. I also got very slow results on CDM:
3D Mark Fire Strike (GPU):
Cinebench 15R average of 5 (GPU):
Unigine Heaven 4 (GPU):
To conclude, I was very surprised by how underwhelming the performance was from the SL3----from the CPU to the GPU and to even the SSD speed. At the same price, the difference in performance shouldn't be this substantial, not mentioning the SL3 also has worse thermal cooling (reached 105 degrees!!!)--but you do get double the RAM I guess? DISPLAY: The highest I hit on the SL3 15's 2K display is 367 nits, which is about average, and 466 nits on my 16" MBP, which is great. The display quality between the 16" MBP and the SL3 is also huge. With only a 93% sRGB color range, you will not be able to do any professional work relying on color--this laptop is a no go for artists, designers, content creators, video/film, anyone that focuses on color. The SL3's display is not professional grade. It's fine for media consumption, but if you mainly want to use it for browsing/media, there are other laptops with better/similar displays and performance for almost half the price--or even the intel i5 version of the SL3. The 3K display on the MBP on the other hand is rated as one of the best laptop displays. It has 100% DCI-P3 and 93% AdobeRGB--the display quality alone is worth 200-$300 compared to the SL3. Another advantage Macs have is their image/text scaling. TLDR, MacOS does a better job of scaling various image/text sizes. The reason why many professionals use Macs is because of the better scaling and color consistency/calibration, especially since you're working with higher resolution workflows and need to frequently rescale. It'll be a lot wiser to have the better scaling from MacOS in this case. True Tone is also useful when the ambient lighting changes in your surroundings, but for maximum color accuracy/consistency, I would recommend you to turn it off. The 16-inch MBP display also has a better reflective coating and better viewing angles than the SL3. Touchscreen/touchbar wise both aren't too useful in my opinion. With the touchscreen you can scroll/touch links I guess? But most of the time it's really awkward/annoying because I have to reach further from my keyboard when I'm working—which slows down my workflow—when I can just use the trackpad which is not only closer, but also more accurate/easier to use than touch. I also find that besides the scrolling here and there, I barely use it. Also, it's a huge fingerprint magnet and messes up your screen. The touchbar is slightly better because you can customize your keys and it's actually useful for some workflows, but the problem is that it lacks app support and it sometimes freezes/is more convenient to have physical keys most of the times. BUILD/OTHERS Thickness and weight wise, both are about the same (0.57 inch 3.9 pounds SL3/0.64 inch 4.3 pounds MBP). Both are very well-built machines made out of aluminum. But the difference in battery life is significant--up to 4 hours more on the MBP. With normal web browsing at 300 nits, the SL3 lasted 6 hours while the MBP lasted 8 hours and 24 minutes. At 300 nits while working on video/photo editing and some light gaming, the SL3 lasted only 4 hours and 17 minutes. In comparison, my MBP at the same brightness and workflow lasted close to 7 hours. Performance on the SL3 also drops dramatically when it's not plugged in--around 40-65% depending. The MBP on the other hand stays roughly the same (less than 15% drop) without being plugged in. As a result of constant charging for performance, the SL3's battery will deteriorate faster in the long run. This also happened with many of my windows laptops. My 2017 Dell XPS has already dropped by roughly 50%, whereas my 2016 MBP lasts me 3 hours more. The keyboard and track-pad on the SL3 however, was a pleasant surprise. Although it's still clear that the MBP's track-pad is still a tier above every other laptop, what the SL3 has to offer is very good--one of the best from the windows side of things. The keyboard on the SL3 is also great, although still not quite in the same tier as ThinkPads and the new magic keyboard on the 16"--but Microsoft is getting very close. Audio wise (speakers/mic), the 16" wins hands down in this area as well. MBPs has always had the best audio, but the 16" takes that a step further and makes the older gen MBPs sound outdated, even though they had the best speakers already. The SL3 however, has a better port selection and doubles the RAM. But weirdly it doesn't have any thunderbolt 3 ports, whereas the 16" MBP has 4. In order to get the same ports, you'd need to spend $50 more for a port hub on the MBP--then again, the extra thunderbolts are very useful for professional workflows. And although Microsoft claims their SSDs are "removable", they make the process a pain in the ass to do so. But nevertheless, it's still a step forward from Apple's soldered on SSDs. To conclude, the Surface Laptop 3 does a great job in terms of feel and design----but the performance (CPU/GPU/SSD speed), display quality, and battery life you get when compared to the 16" MBP at the same price is almost laughable. At the same price, the 16" MBP beats the SL3 in literally every category besides storage/ram amount. I understand that you don't have the same ports, but you can spend $50 more to get a port hub and get MORE ports than what the SL3 offers--aka 4 extra thunderbolt 3s while getting way better performance/display/battery/etc. In terms of professional usage/workflow, it's a no-brainer to get the 16" MBP. You're essentially scamming and handicapping your own productivity if you buy the SL3. However, if you want a device for average/light use, then I would actually recommend you to get the 13.5-inch/i5 version of the SL3, or the Dell XPS 13, or a ThinkPad. If you're a designer/artist/in fine arts, then you should definitely get the 13-inch MBP for its top-of-the-line color accuracy/consistency/calibration. Here is more information regarding 4K OLEDs in the display section of my XPS 15 comparison. Also, DO NOT buy the 13.5" i7 version of the SL3 even though it has a 10th Gen i7. It might seem inciting, but IT HAS NO FANS TO COOL IT. The performance under heavier workloads is actually worse than the 15" version Ryzen 7, and substantially worse than the 16-inch MBP at the same price of $2399. The GPU inside is also an INTEL IRIS PLUS--a downgrade from the AMD RX Vega 11 that's already way behind the 5300M in the MBP. [link] [comments]  | ||
| 2015 15" Pro hard cases fit the new 16" Pro Posted: 24 Nov 2019 01:19 PM PST I upgraded to the new 16" yesterday, coming from a 2015 15". I checked Amazon/Google/Apple store for a hard case but no one seems to have one available yet. For giggles I decided to try my 2015's case, and to my surprise, it (the top lid) fits perfectly, snaps on and everything. It's just what I need to get by until companies start churning out 16" Pro specific cases. [link] [comments]  | ||
| 16" inch MacBook pro vs 2019 5k iMac Posted: 24 Nov 2019 07:30 AM PST
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| iPhone 11 smart battery case - 24 hours review by Renee Ritchie Posted: 24 Nov 2019 03:46 AM PST
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| Why apple removed all reviews from their website Posted: 24 Nov 2019 09:25 PM PST
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| MACBOOK PRO 16" - FIX FOR THE POPPING SOUND - #POPGATE Posted: 24 Nov 2019 09:12 PM PST
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