Why I Bought a 2016 MacBook Pro In 2023! (And Why You Should Too)
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- This is why I bought a 2016 MacBook Pro in 2023! It's not that complicated, but I would still like to make a case for it. Here is also why you should get one too. Enjoy!
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i'm a lawyer and this is my daily notebook for work since 2016. Had to change the battery once only. For the type of work i do on it (mostly text editing), it's the GOAT. And i LOVE the keyboard ngl.
What went wrong with the battery?
@@doineedaname9941probably the fact that he’s been using it for a few years
@@doineedaname9941 well maybe a battery degrades over time?? stupid question
did performance improve after b attery replacement?
No offense, but how can a laptop be a "goat" if you only use it for typing? What makes this one stand out?
Thanks for the video! You successfully helped me with my decision for buying a used Macbook Pro. Much appreciated 👍
I've had a base model 2016 15 inch MBP since two months after launch, and it has been more than enough for my daily computer activities, and for my amateur photo/video editing, it has been stellar. I've recently got the 15 inch MB Air, and its great, and is much faster, and more efficient with photo/video editing, although it does my same tasks a little faster, to me it seems negligible. I would very much so still recommend a 2016 MBP to anyone looking for their first mac laptop, or to someone who doesn't want to spend $1000+ on a brand new mac laptop, this MBP is still more than capable.
touchbar work in boottcamp?'
Hey! what mic are you using? I'm getting into content creation and that mic sounds really good.
Thank you so Francisco for reviewing this laptop. InshaAllah I’m looking to start my Macos journey and Content Creation with this buddy. I will surely let you my experience once I get it.
hy do you use after effects on it? i'm planning to get this
when you long-press brightness or volume - buttons they will automatically expand and you can then move your finger to adjust! :))
The qualities of Macbook Pro are top notch. I'm still using my Macbook pro mid 2012 15inch. Even though it can't use well for 3D Game Development with Unity (still doable for 2D game development) but it is still good for programming, especially for web development. There is no other laptops from 2012 which can still work like that. Macbook Pro is awesome.
That's so cool! If it were me, I don't think I would have the courage to buy a model that's from "way back" (even though 2016 doesn't sound too far away).
The two biggest issues with 2016 Macbook Pro's, both 13 and 15". Terrible butterfly keyboard and flexgate issues. Losing backlight when the backlight flex cable breaks, and it will trust me.
I mean I have that problem that the flex cable is broke and some time when its getting hot or im going to bend the screen then the back light goes out. (still use that MacBook) and I really love the butterfly keyboard I just think its nice but the is some keys that the keyboard light is like so bright like the (t) the light is so bright I don't know why but yeah I still love this MacBook Pro all the money I put in this laptop 💻and the Touch Bar is the best for me its just fun I don't know why but it just looks nice and i can play some games and that is nice just a 2 screen it not that bad
I bought the 2016 model in the same year and I still have it , its a great laptop. I had the same issue for my screen it went all black after 2 or 3 years, apple told me it was a manufacturing diffect for the 2016 model and they fixed for free, they replaced my whole laptop lid to a new one . now am not sure if they will still do it.
mine is still running great and never had any issues
Good review 👍 I have the same model and I am very happy with performance.
Great review I’m getting one today
Beautiful review my man
i have the a1707 touchbar, did you trie bootcamp? cant get t1 features to work in windows... primarily i need ttouchbar functions..
i have one aswell and it has held up better than my expectations but recently the screen randomly stops displaying like the backlight still works but the screen just displays black and i couldn't find why that might be
Is it overheat when you using browser like CZcams?
is it good for lightroom editing? i mean a lot of photos at once
I got scammed into buying this. The seller said it was a 2018 when I got home it was 2016 but it’s cool. I’m using this for DJ’ing and editing.
just bought one the baseline version (no Touch Bar) os Monterey, but no signal on connection to HDMI anybody know workaround to fix it?
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Very nice video, I enjoyed watching it. I was lucky enough to get my 2017 maxed spec 15 inch for $150.00. Original owner thought it was broke and even Apple told her it was broke. I was able to fix it by reinstalling MacOS with a workaround (it's a long story) and ever since then it's been working great! I love these older Macs
Hey! Planning to get a 2017 model, refurbished. Do you think it’s worth it ??
@@aboobacker5899 Depends on how much you are paying for it. If it were me I wouldn’t spend more than $500.00 (give or take $200.00 depending on spec) because this 2017 MBP will not be officially supported with Apple on the next major MacOS update. In other words MacOS 13.4.x will be the last major update for this Mac unless you use OpenCore to bypass it which I gotta say works amazingly well! But yea anything over $700.00 max I dont think would be worth it. Hope this helps!
@@aboobacker5899I just bought a Refurbished 13” 2016 Pro today. Got it for $376. Had an issue with the anti glare residue (common issue on this year), and had an issue with crashes. Reinstalled macOS, and that did the trick on that! Then contacted the seller and they told me Clorox wipes would get rid of that glare residue, and which it did though it does have glare it doesn’t bother me! I do have a “N” key which needs to be replaced, but seller is sending me the key to replace it (old one that had clips broke). But overall I’m happy with the price I paid!
Can I update this to the latest os
@@mydeathwish001 Not officially BUTTT you can use the opencore patcher to get the latest update. Tbh it works very well
dude great video. just got first macbook and only got negati videos and started worrying for nothing.. at the end of the day. its a laptop. I got 2018 i7 mac with 32 ram and 512 ssd. refubrished from ebay. and everything i saw was negative and started regreting my choice
I need help so guys there is 2016 macbook pro with 16 ram 6 gpu i7 6th gen and 15 inch and 1t space also there is 2018 macbook model which has 512 space 16 ram 1.5 gpu 8th i7 and its 13 inch i need jt for programing and editing videos so i want to know whice one is better also i need to know if 2018 display is better or not
I just got one through ebay auction same spec for 292.. not horrible but excited for the i7 and 16gb over my current 2014 mbp 8gb ram with the i5
I bought a 2017 13 inch macbook pro and I upgraded the HD to 1TB and it runs just fine. I think I got a great deal compared to the price I paid for it vs window laptops. I'm all in at $350 for this laptop. I couldn't find anything in windows laptops for this price.
Any Windows Laptop with 8th gen Intel has Windows 11 support and will not cost more than 200-400 bucks but okey.
Want to know about battery video playback time
How bout for designing performance? Can someone explains
They actually had a recall program where you can get the screen fixed and keyboard fixed and battery replaced for the 2016 Touch Bar version. Mine were all fixed and is working great today! KEY though:: stay on Catalina! It’s the fastest for the laptop. Anything newer will lag.
Very common to have everything but the motherboard and bottom plate replaced on these models by Apple for $0 under repair programs for screen (ribbon cable) and top case (battery/keyboard).
Even after buying this as a bit of a Lemon, I'd not hesitate to buy a new macbook.
I have m1 air 2020 16gb 512 ssd.
It is a great laptop but the screen to small.
I put an order for 2018 15 in MacBook pro.
Thank you I just got one off the Facebook market place for $140 in pristine condition so I got a sweet deal
Good luck with the Flexgate !
you can get an m1 macbook air refurb for just a little more, and it's so much better. the battery life is doubled, the keyboard isn't shit and it doesn't get hot or loud at all. having made the upgrade myself, it's worth it
Can confirm, 2021 Macbook Air M1 is a much better experience than the 2017 purchased MBPro (2016 model)
M series chips are excellent
Are you still using it and also is it good for normal tasks and does it perform good in terms os battery ?
Yes, I still use it. It is great for normal tasks. However, the battery life isn’t so great anymore on this unit.
I have a 2016 15" model with the upgraded graphics and its been very good aside from the 1 display failure.
do you use after effects on it?
I recently found an "as is/parts only" 2013 i7-4770, 256gb M.2 NVMe SSD (S.M.A.R.T. failing), 8gb of ram, GTX 750M 1gb gpu 21.5" iMac local for just $50!
I did the complete tear down needed to replace the failed SSD, added an additional SATA 500gb internal SSD, an external Sandisk 1tb SSD, and also maxed out the ram to 16gb.
Now, as for strictly using this Mac as an audio production machine? It freaking rocks, and can even handle light to moderate video editing.
That said? It doesn't exactly hold a practical candle up to my GF's M1 Macbook Air, but it's still most definitely holding it's own, albeit via OCLP.
I know live production people to this day who still swear by their 2012 MBP & ableton live. lol!
Cheers!
Coolio bro
@@AkbarIpulcoolCh a month later and it's still running like a boss with Studio One 6 Sphere!
I already have it.
Its amazing
Guys just go for the 2019 model, it’s way better, no butterfly keyboard, NO FLEXGATE(that affect 2016-2017 models), better performance and they support natively sonoma.
Have i to add anything more?
Iirc, only the 16 inch removed the butterfly keyboard for the 2019 model year. All 2020 models didn’t have butterfly keyboards but I’m pretty sure most 2019 models have it. Granted, they have a revised design that’s less prone to failure, but they’re still butterfly keys with barely any travel.
nice i did the same too i bought 2018 macbook pro and dualboot windows on it and am loving it 😍😁
I'm sure it's been well worth it!
That's one of the reasons why I am bought 2018 model as well
i need advice should i buy pro 2015 16gb or 2017 8gb with touch bar? so confused
please someone help me to choose :)
If you care about typing experience... 2015 all the way. Best MacBook ever.
Would you recommend a refurbished macbook pro 2017 16GB 512GB in 2023? Do you still get updates? Since I've never had an apple pc would that be a good idea?
MacOS updates take quite a while until they stop, You can guarantee that you can update that machine until MacOS Monterey. I use MacOS Monterey on a 2015 15inch Macbook pro and it works great
I got this one for $590 really good deal imo!
I bought a MacBook Air M1, 8GB RAM, 3200Mhz for $700 and it's insanely great. It can render a 10 minute 4k30 video very fast and with the swap memory with M1, where you can use the SSD as ram, 8GB it's just enough.
edit: to be honest, i don’t know why i wrote 3200Mhz, i think i thought about my pc, sorry :)
That's a pretty good deal for the hardware. Great find!
I bought an Air M2 last week from someone on Facebook Market for that price. Only had 8 battery cycles 🤣
Bye bye SSD... this is the main reason you need more ram with M1/2 machines, memory swap kills your ssd much faster.
@@Doyle69 yeah that’s very true. my father knows his way with soldering so that’s not a problem. i use an external ssd anyways where i have all my data. i need ALL my data on an in one place, 4tb of on a macbook doesn’t make sense anyways.
my step dad has a very big building in austria and with restaurant, a small hotel etc and he sometimes has marriages here so I edit most of that stuff, that’s why i need a big SSD.:)
@@Doyle69 i’m getting a high end macbook sometime next year when i finish high school. i need it for university and from time to time to edit those videos. got couple thousand euros saved.:)
is that true that the keyboard is crap? Have someone’s keyboard stopped working or started not to receive all the inputs while writing fast?
Have you been asleep for the past decade?
you tryna beef on the comment secion of video like this??? 😂 ur sleeping dawg@@ArthropodSpidey
I found that there are what they call "lower half" version of this MacBook Pro on Taobao. What "lower half" means is that it is this laptop without the screen. It is probably supposed to be sold as parts but the seller said that it can actually be powered on and use together with a monitor. I'm a bit skeptical but for about USD120, I may just give it a go. It would be like a Mac Mini living inside a keyboard case.
Very interesting, the MacBook Pro has its pros and cons. For me, the great advantage is the appearance, but the big disadvantage are the hardware problems. I am currently thinking about buying a laptop, and I was wondering between a MacBook and a Chromebook Cloud Gaming. Also maybe you could record material about the system itself, etc. It would be especially worth showing what are the possibilities of using for something more, I mean emulation after work 😅
That's fair. I can definitely give that a try for the next video.
Using MBP 2017 13in Touchbar 512gb and still more than usable. The only gripe would be that its not anymore upgradable to macOS Sonoma
You can use open core legacy to upgrade to Sonoma.
I just got a MacBook Pro 2017 with Touch Bar, 1TB SSD, 16gb RAM, and a i7 processor, i got it for 380$, you guys think i should keep it? i think its a good mac to this year, i just use it to navigate and see youtube and stuff like that
380 dollars only ??? damn keep it. I bought the 2016 model in its same year and still have it
With the release of the m3 macbooks. In my opinion, you could just save up and spend a few hundred more for the m1 macbook air. I am seeing them around $700 now. I think the price might slip a bit more as well. Also, Apple might stop supporting their older models with software updates since the Apple silicone is their pride and joy now. The other main thing would be portable power. The M chips last a long time. This is from someone coming from a 2012 macbook pro. Older Macbooks are still capable machines but if you want long battery life and better performance then the M chip Macbooks are the way to go.
And you're using Catalina right? I got a 2018 15 inch macbook pro and Ventura makes it lag. I think I'm going back to either Catalina or Big Sur. The design is magnificent. I come from a 2012 unibody. Also, I don't understand all the hate the butterfly keyboard has received... It really isn't that bad. The design of this Mac remains the best of it's kind.
The hate for the keyboard came from the fact that had reliability issues (Apple literally had a program to change keyboard pretty much for free)
i’ve just bought the 2016 13 inch macbook pro with touch bar for university. i payed £450 for it. I hope ive made the right choice as i wanted something that’s good enough for doing course work on microsoft word and surfing the web. i’m not interested in all this video editing 3D web development nonsense i just want a laptop for writing essays and doing research. Can anyone tell me whether i’ve made the right choice
I'd say so :)
Picked up a 15" Macbook Pro 2016 touchbar, 1TB, 16gb ram 4gb GPU, 66 batt cycle count, 100% SSD health no errors, Machine is immaculate, £400 ($489).
£400? 💀
@@dabourashed Is that a lot or little?
@@HorizonXD little
@@dabourashedused not new I guess
Im exactly buying that this saturday for 450$CAD W?
Thats not a good buy. Flaxgate and Dustgate model which means every year after production it will have higher chances you will get one of these issues. Not mentioning keyboard issues which are inevitable because 1st gen had no anticorrosive coating on key domes.
You dont want to buy a macbook pro from 2016 now, buy a 2015 or 2019 model instead, the 2016 to 2018 models have the flexgate issue wich will break your screen after arround 2 years of use, wich is insanely short for a high end laptop
This was and continued to be terrible advice. No matter how decent the specs are for the money the keyboard WILL break and the screen WILL die, it’s just a question of when and I’d rather use that money towards something more recent…
They didn't remove the touchbar they still make it for the 13inch
OK, but why are not closing your notifications?
There's a reason the 2015 model commands more money on eBay, they're still around $450 to $500 for a good one
Well those also have the amd r9 graphics. I found quite a few 2015 15 inch macbook pros for around 300$ with 16gb and a 512gb ssd
@@treci-dieci9303 yes it's the one with the dedicated graphics card that command the money. And I bought one off back market for $395 it was classified as "excellent" condition and when it arrived, I honestly could not find the nick or scratch on it. In fact if you wrapped it in original Apple packaging and handed it to somebody they would be convinced they're opening a brand new MacBook Pro. I could not be happier.
the 2016 Macbook pro has a design flaw called flexgate, you should have gotten another
Americans are so lucky, they call a 7 year laptop "old". Im a software dev in africa, I make apps, and I use a 2011 Macbook Pro.
You Shouldve got 2017 macbook pro to have mac os ventura. Now you have to use patches to update it.
I’m thinking of getting 2017 macbook pro, Kinnda scared of the sound of fan. Is there a fan sound ? 👀
@@yasameenalkassob9196 Yeah, depending on what you're doing the fan will kick in and it does get pretty loud.
thanks got MacBook Air instead
@@wasabimane
the only reason I don't use a 2016 macbook pro is bc of the butterfly keyboard
I got the 2018 15 inch with the 6 core i7 and the 2016 13 inch. I also just purchased 3 Mac Pro 2013 "trash cans" and upgraded them to the 12 Core Xeon CPU and 64 GB of Ram. They're actually almost as fast as the M1 Pro Mac Studio and outperform the M1 in graphics.
wow!
in Mexico this macbook pro 2016 15'' is selling for around 600 usd in amazon refurbished... ir worths? i want it for musical production and just for an indie game lol
It gets hot, fan screams from basic tasks which really sucks especially compared to cheaper 2021 M1 air
Battery life not great, battery dies after ~1000 cycles so expect replacement every 2-3yrs
Whole topcase replacement for $$$$ required for a new battery, repair program so paid $0
Screen ribbon cables fail, requires whole screen replacement $$$$, repair program so paid $0
Butterfly keyboards constantly jamming from small debris, if you're unlucky you break a key and the pop off. Apple repaired for $0
IMHO this model was a bit of a lemon, but it's 7yrs old and Apple stood by their product with free repairs so no hesitation to upgrade to another macbook soon 👍
do you still use it?
thinking of getting this for programming and slight graphis design just ps & illustrator what do you think?
@@user-mm4kh6tg8u save up and get a M1 instead
I have the 2016 15" MBP. It is the worst Mac I have ever owned. Because of this laptop I am seriously considering abandoning the Mac after 20+ years as a Apple guy because of this Macbook. I hate the keyboard, heats up, designed where it collects so much dust.... This one was a giant step backward. There just so many issues. It still gets me trough, but I don't know. Those new Apple Silicone Macs do look interesting and when the time comes I will consider them but just as another player.
I am a student and I need a MacBook for school. Do you recommend this MacBook or should I get another MacBook?
If you can Try to get a M1 macbook (2020-up) if its in your budget, I just purchased a 2020 mbp with an intel i7, 24gb of ram and a 512gb ssd for like 480ish, its gonna be used mainly for school work since their battery life is well known I'll have to see for myself since this is gonna be my first mac ever
@@Pr.2104 thanks a lot! I’ll keep that in mind. 😊
This model is has the most design flaws ever. Issues with keyboard and screen that apple refuses to acknowledge and recall. I just end up with broken one
They actually had a recall program where you can get the screen fixed and keyboard fixed and battery replaced for the 2016 Touch Bar version. Mine were all fixed and is working great today! KEY though:: stay on Catalina! It’s the fastest for the laptop. Anything newer will lag.
@@Ericjeffrey28 now they have another issue with it. They've placed the display controller just next to the heatsink so if it heats up your screen goes black. They do not acknowledge this design flaw and refuse to fix it. Really not a good laptop to recommend
Flexgate issue is coming your way 😏
I have a MacBook Pro 2016 15". I've been working on it for more than 6 years, and it still works without any flexgate issues. I just replaced the battery; that's all. :)
This is one of the worst laptop builds Apple ever designed.
Flexgate issues, butterfly keys and the infamous Radeon 450-455-460 cards that bricks the entire logicboard.
Macs last and last and last.
What a terrible decision, especially since you bought a paperweight as every MacBook prior to 2017 is EOL.
I am selling my 15.4" 512gb SSD, 16gb RAM with Monterey OS for $400 if anyone is interested.
Oh God, I hated this laptop with a passion
I dated your mom with a passion
Everything is fine but the keyboard is so bad
Stop the drugs bro its not good
This guy didnt come into the overheating issue??? Mine overheated when just browsing and youtube. I have no idea how he's editing
It is strange. And it's not justified at all. It has the non-updated Butterfly keyboard and Apple stopped the keyboard replacement program. Intel chips won't be getting software or security updates soon. Good luck.