If you’re hardcore about your graphics and just don’t feel that the MacBook can rival a more souped-up PC laptop it’s worth looking at the BlackMagic eGPU. I was able to work on power-draining video editing apps for long periods of time without having to plug in.
In order to compensate for the extra power being drawn by the MacBook, the battery has 7.6 additional watt-hours for up to 10 hours of web surfing or iTunes movies. There are however a few functions on the touchbar that feel redundant, like autocomplete for typing (often you’re typing faster than it can keep up), but it’s easy enough to hide them. There are subtle functions worked into every Apple app that I used, from an emoji keyboard in Messages to video editing functions in Final Cut X. I was apprehensive about not having physical keys for functions that I use quite frequently (such as volume control), but I soon found myself pleasantly surprised when the touchbar would predict what I wanted to do. The touchbar is also incredibly sharp thanks to its retina resolution. With the added touch bar your buttons are always customized to the app that you’re using. The keyboard is comfortable to type on, and really sleek. The ‘Hey Siri’ functionality is thanks to Apple’s new T2 chip, so it can run as a background process without significantly draining your battery life. You can ask Siri to open up the last spreadsheet or word document you were working on, or have Siri list your recently opened files. I wasn’t sure if the functionality would translate quite the same way on a laptop, but I found that the added Finder commands are very useful.
I had never used Siri on my laptop before, but I use it on my phone quite a bit for things like setting alarms and checking the weather. Paired with 32GB of RAM, it even beat rendering times on my 2017 27” iMac. The new 6-core i9 processor chewed through my 4K videos while editing, no problem. There’s a significant speed difference with pro apps. The biggest difference I noticed was the processing power. The 2018 model feels thin and light, and therefore great for travel or commuting. In comparing it to my 2015 MacBook, there is a significant weight difference. The new MacBook is sleeker than ever everything from the Space Grey finish (it’s also available in Silver) to the bevels proves that the design just keeps improving. Right now I’m working off a 2015 15” MacBook Pro for editing when I travel, so there were a lot of new features to compare. I began my editing career on a Mac Mini using iMovie, and love the way Apple caters to creatives with their proprietary apps, such as Final Cut, GarageBand and Logic, while having an intuitive operating system behind them. As the video editor at FASHION Magazine I use Apple products constantly for editing, so when I got the opportunity to work on the 2018 15” MacBook Pro for a couple of weeks I was definitely intrigued.
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