The MacBook Pro 13 with an M1 chip is on pre-order today, starting at $1,299/€1,413 for an 8/256GB model and $1,499/€1,637 for the 8/512GB model. Battery life on the new MacBook Pro is way worse than Apple said it was. It differs from classic Bluetooth which can handle a lot of data, but consumes battery life quickly and costs a lot more.
Apple promises 17 hours of web browsing (2 more than the new M1-powered MacBook Air) and 20 hours of Apple TV app movie playback (2 hours more than the Air). The Pro boasts a touch bar, a brighter screen (500 vs 400 nits), better stereo speakers, higher ("studio") quality microphones and better battery life.īattery life on the MacBook Pro 13 is actually the best on any Apple laptop to date and twice that of the Intel-equipped predecessor. That alone could prove a major difference in performance. Consumer Reports warns that battery life 'varied dramatically from one trial to another'. The October 2013 refresh of the 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina, with a slimmer chassis and a lower price point, was mentioned as a potential MacBook Air alternative as the battery life is not much shorter while not being considerably bulkier. Naturally the chipset is the same, but the Pro has a cooling fan, whereas the Air is fanless. While tests showed that the laptop's performance was good, it was the MacBook Pro's battery that let it down. Apple hasn't specified whether they compare to the quad-core or the dual-core 13-inch MacBook Pro - devices with vastly differing GPU capabilities.īut a much more interesting comparison would be between the M1-equipped MacBook Pro 13 and the M1-equipped MacBook Air. The California-based tech behemoth describes this new release as razor-thin and feather light, weighing in at under 2kg, making it the perfect laptop for both personal home use or taking with you on the go. It’s meant to be on by default, but you can turn it off on macOS’s power settings. Apple remains firmly at the forefront of innovative consumer electronics with the 2016 MacBook Pro.
The 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU Apple M1 helps the MacBook Pro 13 to build code in Xcode up to 2.8x faster than the Intel 13-inch Pro, also render a complex 3D title in Final Cut Pro up to 5.9x faster, perform ML tasks up to 11x faster and play full-quality 8K ProRes video in DaVinci Resolve without dropping a frame. Which MacBook models will have Battery Health Management The new feature is applicable to all MacBooks that support Thunderbolt 3, including MacBook Pro models from 2016 and later, and MacBook Air models from 2013 and later.
The MacBook Pro 13 was the only so-called Pro machine to get the new Apple-designed M1 chip and it's used it to outperform its Intel-powered predecessor in more than a few tasks.