I have one of the new 15" Macbook Pros, mid spec (Radeon Pro 455, 512GB, i7 6820HQ) - it's a good machine. Overpriced, but good - I like it. That is aside from the severe quality issues I've had with it. I'll be on my 4th one soon - this is a machine that I carry to and from work in a sleeve and a bag, I place on a desk, plug into peripherals and monitors and then don't touch for the day - same for when I get home.
These machines have been in immaculate condition every time I've taken them to Apple, they're never left to overheat on beds, sofas, anything like that - always on hard desks. But in order:
First machine:
Up arrow key wouldn't click when pressed on around half of the key. Caps lock key was mushy (I don't use it so this bothered me less, but up arrow key was infuriating).
Swapped it in store as I was within return period.
Second machine:
Comma key became slightly recessed, still functioned fine but would be a bit off putting when coming across it touch typing.
Right speaker blew when opening up the laptop from sleep and playing a video. Bass went.
Few weeks later left speaker blew when playing music via spotify, treble went.
The machine creaked periodically as you first used it from cold for about 30 minutes. It wasn't overheating, just regular light usage would do it. As if something was expanding - it stopped once it hit a certain point. Just felt poor quality.
They had to basically replace half the machine, I got it back and the keyboard had several issues, so went in and demanded a new replacement as I waited 8 days for them to fix this and they returned it in a less usable state.
They opened up a new replacement, it had a huge scratch on the lid - so they opened up another and checked that over before giving it to me.
Third machine:
Left speaker blew, bass gone - similar to the way the first one blew, opened it up from sleep, played a video on twitter - it blew. No bass.
I really quite like the laptop, it's overpriced - but I like the machine physically otherwise, I'm happy with Thunderbolt3/USB-C stuff. But the quality control issues I've experienced are infuriating. An upside to buying an Apple laptop is being able to take it to a store and get it sorted, something I couldn't easily do with most other manufacturers.
So, I find it hard to recommend the machine. It's good, but QC has been awful for me.
An alternative I've been suggesting people look at is the Dell Precision 5000 series, it's an XPS 15 with workstation spec options with the ability to have Ubuntu pre-installed with all the necessary drivers. I know the decision would be a lot harder for me today knowing what I knew, despite being somewhat of a fan of macOS.
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I have one of the new 15" Macbook Pros, mid spec (Radeon Pro 455, 512GB, i7 6820HQ) - it's a good machine. Overpriced, but good - I like it. That is aside from the severe quality issues I've had with it. I'll be on my 4th one soon - this is a machine that I carry to and from work in a sleeve and a bag, I place on a desk, plug into peripherals and monitors and then don't touch for the day - same for when I get home.
These machines have been in immaculate condition every time I've taken them to Apple, they're never left to overheat on beds, sofas, anything like that - always on hard desks. But in order:
First machine:
Up arrow key wouldn't click when pressed on around half of the key. Caps lock key was mushy (I don't use it so this bothered me less, but up arrow key was infuriating).
Swapped it in store as I was within return period.
Second machine:
Comma key became slightly recessed, still functioned fine but would be a bit off putting when coming across it touch typing.
Right speaker blew when opening up the laptop from sleep and playing a video. Bass went.
Few weeks later left speaker blew when playing music via spotify, treble went.
The machine creaked periodically as you first used it from cold for about 30 minutes. It wasn't overheating, just regular light usage would do it. As if something was expanding - it stopped once it hit a certain point. Just felt poor quality.
They had to basically replace half the machine, I got it back and the keyboard had several issues, so went in and demanded a new replacement as I waited 8 days for them to fix this and they returned it in a less usable state.
They opened up a new replacement, it had a huge scratch on the lid - so they opened up another and checked that over before giving it to me.
Third machine:
Left speaker blew, bass gone - similar to the way the first one blew, opened it up from sleep, played a video on twitter - it blew. No bass.
I really quite like the laptop, it's overpriced - but I like the machine physically otherwise, I'm happy with Thunderbolt3/USB-C stuff. But the quality control issues I've experienced are infuriating. An upside to buying an Apple laptop is being able to take it to a store and get it sorted, something I couldn't easily do with most other manufacturers.
So, I find it hard to recommend the machine. It's good, but QC has been awful for me.
An alternative I've been suggesting people look at is the Dell Precision 5000 series, it's an XPS 15 with workstation spec options with the ability to have Ubuntu pre-installed with all the necessary drivers. I know the decision would be a lot harder for me today knowing what I knew, despite being somewhat of a fan of macOS.