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Show Notes
This week:
- The 2018 MacBook Pro is both a beauty AND a beast. In fact, it's one of the most exciting MBP refreshes in years. The benchmarks are in and they’re impressive.
- A popular tech reviewer warns that the i9 processor upgrade in the MBP has a major flaw, and his video proof is compelling. We’ll fill you in.
- We also bring back Matthew Taylor, creator of the very popular butterfly keyboard recall petition, now with over 32,000 signatures, to have a frank discussion on the state of the 2018 MBP keyboard. Has Apple fixed the issues plaguing their butterfly key design?
- And stay tuned for a strange new HomeKit controller and the best insulated water bottle on the market in an all-new Under Review!
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On the show this week
2018 MacBook Pro performance shows dramatic improvement
- The 15- and 13-inch MacBook Pro models launching this week boast significantly faster processors. Tests with the Geekbench benchmarking tool show speed increases as high as 86 percent.
- The improvements come from faster Turbo Burst frequencies and more processor cores.
- “For the 15-inch models, single-core performance is up 12-15%, and multi-core performance is up 39-46%
- “For the 13-inch models, single-core performance is up 3%-11%, and multi-core performance is up 81%-86%
2018 MacBook Pro review roundup: Apple unleashes a speed demon
- Majorly faster CPU
- Much faster SSDs
- Faster DD4 RAM
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- John Poole from Geekbench: “The 2018 MacBook Pro is the most substantial upgrade (at least regarding performance) since the introduction of the quad-core processors in 2011 MacBook Pro,”
- Photography Austin Mann did to covert a 4K Mavic Pro video file to 1080p H.265 (HEVC) using QuickTime Player.
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- 2013 MBP with 16GB RAM = 33 minutes
- Maxed out 2016 MBP = 99 seconds
- Maxed out 2018 MBP = 24 seconds
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- SSD
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- Laptop Mag: “It’s rare that I don’t believe the results comin
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