A:AnswerYou do NOT want butterfly keys, Butterfly is NOT an upgrade. You want scissor type keys. The butterfly keys are so problem prone Apple started offering free replacements. I had to have mine replaced three times!!! Yes, I may be the exception for having 3 replacements but I would never buy another Mac with butterfly keys.
A:AnswerIf it’s the 8th gen i9 it should be 2018, if it’s 9th gen i9 it should be 2019.
I purchased the 2018 model due to 800 discount, vs new with vega20 graphics and use it for work. I have had no problems at all and it’s used quite a bit Gets no where near as warm as my older 2011 model it replaced
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A:AnswerMacBook Pro - 15 inch with touch bar, 2.9 Intel core I9, 32 GB Memory, AMD Radeon Pro Vega 560X- ITB SSD, Intel UHD graphics 630. I think this is a 2018 model, bought it on sale at Best Buy, really good price for this set-up.
A:AnswerMine is MacBook Pro 15.4 and it has four thunderbolt 3 ports. No mine doesn’t have USB ports and I am thinking to get a nice docking station which has all the ports that I need. Not sure if you are interested in docking stations but caldigit tb 3 Plus is something I will get which has all the needed ports and at the same time will charge the MacBook.
A:AnswerI don't remember which operating system was on it when I bought this computer, but it just updated to Catalina. I have it set up to do automatic updates. I hope this helps.
