We haven't tested them yet, but they're the ones to buy if you've been waiting for the most powerful MacBook with Apple's silicon. Both screens are larger than their chassis— Yep, you heard that right. The new and improved p webcam sits in a notch at the top-center of the display, but there's no Face ID here, just Touch ID baked into the keyboard. That said, the menu bar that flanks the notch doesn't eat into your or inch screen space. It'll all feel a great deal smoother too, because Apple added ProMotion, which enables a Hz refresh rate.
You can read more about it here. The best part of these two new MacBooks? Apple had erased the pesky Touch Bar for a row of physical function keys instead, and you finally get more ports. This is the first time a MacBook has had this many ports since Additional perks include microphones that are decent enough for recording a podcast, a six-speaker sound system, and the return of the MagSafe charging port, which lets you magnetically connect the charger to the MacBook Pro.
You can still charge it via USB-C. You can feel safe in knowing that the MacBook won't fly off your desk when you trip over the wire. You have the option to outfit them with either the M1 Pro or the M1 Max processors, which we go into in detail below. We'll update this section soon, once we've put these chips to the test. The inch MacBook Pro with M1 sits in an awkward spot. It isn't dramatically speedier than the MacBook Air.
It has a fan that lets the processor get a little warmer and eke out more power over a longer period of time. So if you're working on pro-level tasks like video editing but can't spend the premium Apple charges for its bigger Pro models, then this is a great laptop.
Other perks include improved speakers and microphones, a slightly brighter inch screen, longer battery life, and a Touch Bar at the top of the keyboard if you consider that a perk. The whole thing is slightly heavier than the MacBook Air 3 pounds versus 2. Still, as soon as these apps are better optimized for the MacBook, you may be able to pick up right where you left off when switching from your iPhone to Mac or vice versa. If you're on your laptop a lot and are cranking out work in apps like Adobe Premiere Pro, but you want to keep your budget to a minimum, then it makes sense to go for this middle MacBook option.
You can always hook up a multiport adapter to get more connectivity. That's likely enough, as Apple's memory management with M1 processors is significantly better than ever, but for video editing, you might want 16 GB for extra headroom. Now that Apple offers not one but three in-house chipsets, choosing the right one might feel a bit overwhelming. It all depends on what you plan on using the MacBook for.
M1: This is the base-level chip of the lineup. It's much faster than any previous Intel-powered MacBook Pro, and it is the practical choice for most people. It packs more than enough processing power to get you through common day-to-day tasks, even light gaming, and it can also handle more intense jobs like photo and video editing.
Apple says performance and graphics are both twice as fast as the M1. We still need to put it through the wringer, but this is for anyone that works heavily on MacBooks for music production, photo and video editing, and 3D model rendering.
M1 Max: This is the most powerful M1 of them all. Apple says it's four times faster than the M1 in terms of graphics.
We haven't tested it yet, but if you want the best of the best, this is it. It's the option for editing multiple streams of 8K or 4K video footage, gaming, or developing apps and running demos.
It's also a way Apple can lure in higher-end creative pros who need the graphics power -- previously only available in select Intel Macs -- for video editing, content creation and 3D work. Before now, the M1 Macs were not always powerful enough for more complex workloads. Read more: M1 Max vs. M1 Pro vs. M1: Apple's MacBook Pro chips compared. By adding the M1 Pro and M1 Max system-on-chip parts sometimes called an SOC, or more casually referred to as the MacBook's "chip" , these really become pro-level machines, and will do a better job of attracting professional buyers, who are used to spending many, many thousands on their mission-critical work rigs.
Let's look at the current lineup and see how the new announcements have changed the buying calculations:. This is the first brand-new screen size for a MacBook since the inch Pro went to 16 inches in the iMac added a inch version this past summer. Along with that, it actually gets both thicker and heavier. The bigger screen covers even more of the top panel, with thinner bezels. So thin, in fact, that the webcam has been reduced to a notch, cutting into the display itself, much like on an iPhone.
So far, I've heard mixed reactions to that, but I think the better p-resolution webcam more than makes up for it. I've used the p webcams in the inch iMac and newer inch iMac, and it makes a huge difference in video meetings. Keep in mind these shopping notes are based on the on-paper specs for the new MacBooks, plus my long experience testing and reviewing MacBooks, which goes back to the very first MacBook Pro in and the first MacBook Air in For more in-depth notes, make sure to check out my review of the inch MacBook Pro.
If you're more about portability than the big screen, especially if you output to a larger display, the inch feels on paper like the sweet spot for portability and power. Read our inch Apple MacBook Pro review. Just about everything I said about the inch MacBook Pro applies here as well. The two devices are remarkably similar, and you get both with either the M1 Pro or the M1 Max. But Apple is currently in the process of phasing out Macs with Intel processors in favor of its own, which at least in our testing so far offer dramatically improved performance and battery life compared with the old Intel models.
According to Apple, it will take until sometime in for all the Intel Macs to be replaced. If it uses an Intel processor, buy it if you need it, but wait if you can. Apple-refurbished products look and work the same as new ones and have the exact same warranties, including optional AppleCare coverage , so buying one is a great way to save a few hundred dollars.
As of this writing, Apple offers three different laptops in multiple configurations. We considered the following criteria when deciding which ones to recommend:. Its battery life is excellent, long enough to survive through a full day of work or classes and then some. The biggest downside is its mediocre webcam.
The keyboard is now a scissor-switch design, which keeps most of the firmness of the old butterfly-switch keyboard but adds another 0. The MacBook Air weighs 2. The Air is not an exceptionally thin or light laptop, but it is as slim as it needs to be, and it is comfortable to carry in a backpack or shoulder bag.
The M1 MacBook Air soundly beats its predecessors in battery life. The early version of the MacBook Air with a Core i5 processor lasted around eight hours in our Google Chrome—based battery test, which is decent but not exceptional.
The M1 version of the MacBook Air lasted longer than 14 hours in the same test. Apple continues to include a basic p webcam in all of its MacBooks.
Current MacBook models use Thunderbolt 3 for all connectivity, including power. The only other port is a 3. This means that if you own any hard drives, scanners, printers, thumb drives, or card readers that use USB Type-A ports, you need a hub or adapter ; similarly, if you want to use an external display or projector, you need the right video adapter.
The M1 MacBook Air is missing one thing that older Intel models had: the ability to connect to more than one external display. But apps made to work only with Intel Macs can be a mixed bag.
Many, including games, run as fast or faster than they did on Intel Macs. But occasionally when using apps with a lot of scrolling or interacting with the user interface, apps sometimes looked choppier or felt marginally less responsive. This will mostly be worked out over the next year or so as developers update their apps, but it can be annoying or inconvenient in the short term.
We talk more about the benefits and caveats of the M1 chip later in this guide. Otherwise, the Pro has most of the same, well, pros and cons as the Air, including its good keyboard and trackpad, great screen, limited port selection, and mediocre webcam. But the Pro has a fan inside to help it dissipate heat, which means the M1 processor can run at its peak speed pretty much indefinitely, where the Air eventually has to slow down to prevent overheating.
The Pro we recommend comes with 16 GB of memory and GB of storage—the extra memory will help if you open dozens of browser tabs at once, or edit large high-resolution images and videos.
The large multi-touch trackpad is identical.
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