To be honest, as a new OSX user after a subpar experience with my XPS 15 9550, I was really looking forward to the "It just works" experience with my $3K+ MBP 16, but I have been sorely disappointed. I get regular kernel panic induced shutdowns that I can reproduce when plugging several different MBP compatible docks. Some days, Zoom plus web browser will bring the entire machine to its knees and make it behave like a netbook from years past. Multi monitor support is a giant crapshoot and there is a 50-50 chance all monitors get recognized properly or you keep unplugging and replugging till all your monitors get recognized correctly.
Opening new apps feels excruciatingly slow due to OSX sandboxing and I feel like I'm using a subpar laptop from 8 years ago. Finder is still an abomination in comparison to any sane file browser.
At this point, the experience definitely hasn't been smoother than with my last XPS15, and I am likely to move back to Windows with my next laptop upgrade at work. I just get the feeling that developers or users like me are an afterthought when it comes to Apple.
Fwiw, bought 3 MBP16 on release a year ago (one for my partner personally, one for myself and a coworker for work) and the one that was for me had the exact same issues you described with kernel panics, spontaneous reboots, anger at trying to use a dock or an external monitor (tried to use diff cables, didn’t help). Other two had no issues whatsoever. After 3wks, took it to an Apple store and swapped out for a new one and never had a problem again. They didn’t ask many questions in the store, but it might have been because I had purchased >20k in gear in the past month.
To be honest, as a new OSX user after a subpar experience with my XPS 15 9550, I was really looking forward to the "It just works" experience with my $3K+ MBP 16, but I have been sorely disappointed. I get regular kernel panic induced shutdowns that I can reproduce when plugging several different MBP compatible docks. Some days, Zoom plus web browser will bring the entire machine to its knees and make it behave like a netbook from years past. Multi monitor support is a giant crapshoot and there is a 50-50 chance all monitors get recognized properly or you keep unplugging and replugging till all your monitors get recognized correctly.
Opening new apps feels excruciatingly slow due to OSX sandboxing and I feel like I'm using a subpar laptop from 8 years ago. Finder is still an abomination in comparison to any sane file browser.
At this point, the experience definitely hasn't been smoother than with my last XPS15, and I am likely to move back to Windows with my next laptop upgrade at work. I just get the feeling that developers or users like me are an afterthought when it comes to Apple.