[lemonade5117]

Am I the only one bothered by the thickness? I mean, the new macs are going to be amazing machines but....it's just so un-Apple, you know? Still, gonna pick one up as soon as I can :)

[bettysdiagnose]

Personally not. They've been optimising for thinness at the cost of pro-ness for too long I think. This seems like a more sensible balance to me.

[aaroninsf]

Hard agree. I've been mildly on the side of "enough with losing features in pursuit of thinness" for a good while, and while I appreciate the heft of my 13", I'll let them worry about that for the next New Thing when it comes in Goldest Gold.

For now, magsafe! HDMI! A keyboard that works!!!

[vestrigi]

I thought it looked thicker too but it turns out the new models are even 0.01cm thinner (if you want to call it that).

[lemonade5117]

Oh wow, it certainly doesn't look that way but the new ones actually are thinner. That's interesting.

[vestrigi]

Apple page for the new 16 inch says it is 1.68 cm thick and the old 2019 16 inch was 1.62 cm so at least the larger model actually got thicker. I previously assumed that both sizes had at least the same thickness.

[1ibsq]

I'm not bothered about it and if that's the space they need to put their tech into it, then this is it. Would be a shame if anyone would make something thinner on the cost of tech specs. Not that that ever happened...

[rewgs]

Absolutely not. The 16 inch is a huge laptop even if it's thin. Might as well make it a touch thicker if it means better thermals/battery life.

[nomel]

I can't imagine many people would be bothered by 0.160mm greater thickness, for the larger model. The smaller model is the same thickness.

[weaksauce]

I'd much rather them make it a little thicker and have better cooling and features.