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If it doesn't have GSync I'm going to riot Apple /s

 

 

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@nicklmg Are videos released a few hours later now than they use to be?

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30 minutes ago, mcraftax said:

@nicklmg Are videos released a few hours later now than they use to be?

Last few days have been pretty variable due to some production constraints. We always aim for noon PT, but there is some flux in that from day to day, unfortunately.

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Just now, The Belgian Waffle said:

"xxx Perspective" Is it the new way you decided to name videos?

"THEY DID IT TWICE! IT'S A PATTERN!"

:P

We name videos in a number of ways... This just seemed to make sense for both Airpods and MBP.

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Just now, nicklmg said:

"THEY DID IT TWICE! IT'S A PATTERN!"

:P

We name videos in a number of ways... This just seemed to make sense for both Airpods and MBP.

Hahaha :P I kinda look like this tho... 

Love it tho, but I expected more hate towards Apple in the title :D

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i always wanted to post "First" when i actually am on the thread  first hand & then i realize i'm actually a week late in reality :(

 

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Just now, The Belgian Waffle said:

Hahaha :P I kinda look like this tho... 

Love it tho, but I expected more hate towards Apple in the title :D

Hard to hate on the MBP as a whole - it has some very dumb aspects, but overall it's still a good laptop.

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Just now, nicklmg said:

Hard to hate on the MBP as a whole - it has some very dumb aspects, but overall it's still a good laptop.

I agree ! This is what most haters don't want to see, it's the attention to the little details that make people like it. 

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As someone who generally likes apple, I pretty much agreed with everything said. Though I would have liked to see a more comprehensive battery testing than the "It's less than advertised" at the end of the video.

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21 minutes ago, nicklmg said:

Last few days have been pretty variable due to some production constraints. We always aim for noon PT, but there is some flux in that from day to day, unfortunately.

Still just a great as always though.

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I wasn't expecting a lot from this review initially after the RAM video about the MacBook Pro left a bad taste to me because of questionable methodology and gave a shoutout to a YouTube jerk with anger management issues. However, this review is actually quite fair and balanced. Linus highlighted the strengths and weaknesses unlike a lot of trashy people in this forum who just partakes in the Apple hate-wagon. It's good that Linus appreciates technology even if it's not for him. Although for me personally, I'm skipping Apple's 2016 MacBook Pro and wait for next year's refresh to hopefully fix the battery life. 

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Very well done review. I really appreciate the attention to detail in this that actually took aspects pointed out by other reviewers and even addressed the displayport thing that confused so many (Lol Louiss Rossman's struggle with it in his live review! :P). 

As someone that grew up on Apple I have to say, the one thing I like about Macbooks is the superior support and my ability to trust that they'll still be intact years later(when compared to Windows laptops in general). However, chargers are another story >.>' . In fact, my Mom to this day still uses a Macbook with a HD and 2GB DDR2 in it. It is slow when just starting Word and has crashed multiple times to the spinning wheel of death but it's still functioning and has never needed repair! (She just needs $$ to upgrade at this point >.<)

 

@nicklmg would you guys consider doing a series of videos on 'a day in the life of [insert LMG employee name here]' going through their routine('A Day In The Life Of Dennis' lol!)?

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Despite the 13 inch not being a genuine "Pro" I think it does what it intends to do well, its just a slightly faster MacBook Air with a really nice screen.

 

Which realistically is what most consumers want anyway.

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14 minutes ago, DKL said:

 

@nicklmg would you guys consider doing a series of videos on 'a day in the life of [insert LMG employee name here]' going through their routine('A Day In The Life Of Dennis' lol!)?

Highly doubt it. If we had a vlog channel then maybe? But that's not currently in the plans, sorry :(

And to be completely honest it would be very boring most of the time. "I came to work, I had a sales call, I drew up a proposal, I went home," "I came to work, I edited a video, Premiere crashed 8 times, I went home" and so on and so forth lol. It's a lot more like a "real job" than most people imagine as we're certainly on the more "corporate" end when it comes to YouTube channels. :P 

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3 hours ago, nicklmg said:

Highly doubt it. If we had a vlog channel then maybe? But that's not currently in the plans, sorry :(

And to be completely honest it would be very boring most of the time. "I came to work, I had a sales call, I drew up a proposal, I went home," "I came to work, I edited a video, Premiere crashed 8 times, I went home" and so on and so forth lol. It's a lot more like a "real job" than most people imagine as we're certainly on the more "corporate" end when it comes to YouTube channels. :P 

Oh, wow. Okay! Yeah, I expected it to be at least a bit more exciting than that! :(

 

So, one final thing that's kinda beating a dead horse at this point(i've posted quite a few times about this on the page of the album itself without any response)... there's supposed to be 10 files(as advertised in the video for it) in your Christmas Album you made a while back, but only 8 are there and it has never been fixed. Why is that?

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1 minute ago, DKL said:

Oh, wow. Okay! Yeah, I expected it to be at least a bit more exciting than that! :(

 

So, one final thing that's kinda beating a dead horse at this point(i've posted quite a few times about this on the page of the album itself without any response)... there's supposed to be 10 files in your Christmas Album you made a while back, but only 8 are there and it has never been fixed. Why is that?

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