MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 39customers. This laptop has a 100Wh battery, which hits
the limit allowed by the FAA. Apple states a battery
life of 11 hours (based on wireless web browsing and
video playback), which is an hour longer than the 15in
MacBook Pro.
To go along with the new battery is a new power
adaptor that’s bundled with the 16in MacBook Pro. The
adaptor is rated at 96 watts, which is more than the
87-watt adaptor that came with the 15in model, and is
available for purchase separately for £79. (Even though
Apple showed a willingness in the 16in MacBook Pro
to reinstate features that worked in the past, you’re not
going to see the revival of the cable wrap prongs on
the MacBook power adaptor. Since the cable is now
removable, the wrap prongs are deemed unnecessary.)
Six speakers and three mics
RecentMacBookPromodelshavesoundedvery
goodcompared to most PC laptops. With the
16inMacBookPro,Applegoesa fewstepsfurther,
outfittingthelaptopwitha six-speakersoundsystem
anddual‘forcecancelling’ woofers. The sound from
this laptop isn’t just louder than most other laptops,
it’sfuller,andthewooferscreatea richbasseffect
thatgives the sound a lot of depth.
You might be one of those users who don’t really
care about the speaker output quality of a laptop.
After all, laptops are mostly used while on-the-go,
so most of the time, people plug in headphones. A
lot of Mac users, though, do use a MacBook with an
external display at their work or home office, and that
set-up could also include connecting an external set