MBP 16" battery question

Thanks, Leroy. I had read those articles but if you take some of that guidance literally...it would cause you not to even buy an MBP if you wanted to use it only as a desktop. I guess I should also look at this realistically...I'll trade it in on the next latest and greatest MBP in probably less than three years so I don't think I'll hurt it in that short time charging it once per month.

Grant, I've already read these and everything else I can find published by Apple on this. What I don't see is any "specific" wording that says specifically to NOT leave my MBP plugged in. I was just trying to get some guidance from others who may have left their MBPs plugged in and determine if it did, or did not it have an impact, etc. If Apple says somewhere (and I've missed it) that "thou shalt not leave the MBP plugged in" then fine, I won't. I'll unplug it, box it up and return it to the local Apple Store before the 14 days are up.

Sadly, the 16" MBP is the ONLY "new" Mac on the market right now, unless you can afford the Mac Pro and it's golden accompanying monitor. I'd prefer to just have a new iMac since I don't intend to do anything with my new MBP other than use it as a desktop, but I'm not paying that much for 3-year-old hardware. Actually, I think the problem is deeper than that...most likely, MBPs out-sell iMac by a huge margin, and iPhones/iPads outsell everything, so I can't blame Apple for not refreshing the iMac.

I just bought my wife a Mac mini and the LG UltraFine monitor they “used” to sell at the Apple Store. They stopped selling the monitor a week ago and won’t be selling it at all in the future. If you’re familiar with that monitor you know there’s none better except for Apple’s new one. And it’s out of my price range.

I'm fine with the 16” MBP as long as I don’t have to babysit the battery. The few times we do travel I’m sure I’ll appreciate it instead of my iPhone.

That’s very encouraging!

I'm in your camp with this one...it's very interesting. Seems more than coincidental.