I can change a single setting, like the “Color Temp”, and have it be drastically different. I don’t like having hardware controls for adjusting the look of the screen.It’s far less vibrant and bright than the Cinema Display was, or the laptop screen.I’d prefer a non-curved one, especially considering they are less expensive. I got a curved one, which feels like a cheezy gimmick.It works of course, but I still don’t know if I bought the best one for me. At the time I bought it, I just found one for sale and bought it, not realizing LG sold 19 different versions of it. Specifically: LG Electronics WQHD IPS Curved 34-Inch LED-Lit Monitor (34UC97-S). I went with one of those super wide 21:9 34″ LG monitors. ![]() It would just go black randomly, and require lots of fidgeting with the connector to get it to come back, which became untenable. My Cinema Display was exhibiting bad behavior. My monitor was actually the first thing I replaced. LG Electronics WQHD IPS Curved 34-Inch LED-Lit Monitor Or at least allows some way to restart the Touch Bar. Seems to me the Touch Bar could still be there even if there was a hardware escape key on the upper left. I’ve had the Touch Bar freeze on me a few times, though, which hurt productivity, because as expected, it’s a little annoying not having that escape key. I do enjoy Touch ID instead of having to type a password sometimes. I think the Touch Bar is fun, but it doesn’t affect my productivity or do anything mind-blowingly useful. It’s worst characteristic is that it freezes with more frequency than my last laptop. Transferring data to it from a Time Capsule was rough, as it did about 90% of it over 12 hours before failing and being unable to continue. It doesn’t seem to last on a charge any longer. It doesn’t start up any quicker and has a weird quirk where the screen gets all distorted and then goes all black except for the start up progress bar. It doesn’t feel all that different from my 2013 MacBook Pro. I don’t have a whole lot to say about it. Upgraded to Radeon Pro 460 with 4GB memory.Upgraded to 2.9GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor.I’d like to get another three years or more out of this one, so I went kinda all-out on the specs. Like I said, I hadn’t upgraded in three years. I figured I’d review my new setup since it’s on my mind. Partly because they’ve stopped making them (monitors), or the ones they do make kind of suck (mice, keyboards). Coinciding with all that, I’ve also changed out my mouse, keyboard, and monitor. I was pretty excited about the new MacBook Pro’s and ordered one within a few days of them coming out. It was the first time since late 2013, and now it’s going on 2017, so I figured it was time. ![]() Nothing dramatic like #davegoeswindows, but all new gear within my relative comfort-zone. I recently changed out just about all of my computer equipment.
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