Hasty Treat - The New MacBook Pro for Web Development

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Wes Bos

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the new 16" MacBook Pro and how it performs as a web development machine.

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Show Notes

2:24 - Why did the old ones suck?

4:43 - What did we get and why?

Wes
- 32GB RAM
- 2.3GHz 8-core i9
- 1TB SSD
Scott
- 64GB RAM
- 2.4GHz 8-core i9
- 8gb AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
- 2TB SSD

9:40 - Is it still the best?

The MacBook Pro is the workhorse of developers
Keyboard is amazing
Screen is even bigger
Esc key is back
Touch ID is very fast
Heat is good
Speed is very fast. Great for video editing, recording, etc…
Trackpad feels great

15:18 - Still not good:

Webcam sucks
Ports

16:09 - Y NAWTS:

Why not Windows?
Why not Hackintosh?
Why not iMac?

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Monday, Monday, Monday,
0:02.0	Open wide Dev fans.
0:04.0	Get ready to stuff your face
0:06.0	with JavaScript, CSS, node modules, barbecue tips,
0:09.0	get workflows,
0:10.0	break dancing, soft skills, web development,
0:12.0	the hastiest, the craziest, the craziest development the hastiest the craziest the tastiest web development treats coming in hot here is
0:18.1	Wes Barracuda bars and Scott El Toroloko Tolinsky.
0:25.0	Oh, welcome to syntax and this Monday hasty treat we're going to be talking about our new Lappy Tops and that is the new Macbook Pro at 16 inch for web development
0:36.6	specifically.
0:37.6	We've seen a lot of people cover this topic in the means of maybe video editing or audio editing or graphic design,
0:45.0	how many Photoshop files can you open with the new MacBook Prots?
0:48.6	But we're going to be approaching it from an entirely different angle as
0:51.1	two people who have largely used Mac computers to do all of
0:54.8	their web development.
0:56.2	West Boston I are going to be talking all about how we have found the new 16-inch Macbook
1:01.2	pro so far for our development workflows.
1:04.0	My name is Scott Tolinski.
1:05.0	I'm a developer from Denver, Colorado, and with me as always is the U.S.
1:09.0	What's up, everybody?
1:10.0	Subsup, up, so, so, so, so.
1:12.0	This episode is sponsored by Century.
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