You can check out everything that was announced at Apple's "Unleashed" launch here. CNET editors pick the products and services we write about. When you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Katie Collins. Apple's refreshed inch MacBook Pro. One, though, is still in absentia. Apple and its fans spent years extolling the laptop-saving virtues of this magnetically-attaching power jack, which simply pops out whenever a more-than-minor amount of tension is applied. On the right side, you have a third Thunderbolt 4 port and two more ports that pros basically demanded return to the Mac: HDMI-out and an SD card reader.
These are crucial for anyone who extends their display or plugs in a camera memory card respectively. I've got multiple: my Blue Yeti microphone , plus my wireless mouse and keyboard. Using these accessories on the go shouldn't require carrying an adapter with you. I noted stunning contrast between the reds, blacks and whites in the final fight of Scott Pilgrim, as well as in lighting and shadows of the bathroom brawl in Mission: Impossible - Fallout and perfect beach tones in Us.
The other big feature in the MacBook Pro is its ProMotion Hz refresh-rate, which makes everything look smoother. The inch MacBook Pro's display produces The Surface Laptop Studio The 3. The new MacBook Pros are super bright, with the inch model emitting up to Apple rates the new MacBooks as hitting peak brightnesses of up to 1, nits, but the highest we could get it, when using tricks to try and amp up the brightness, was nits. Still, this screen is amazing.
I've not even heard the fans ramp up as I've opened dozens of tabs in Chrome also while splitting the screen with the p trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home.
On the Geekbench 5 general performance benchmark's multi-core test, the inch MacBook Pro earned a whopping 12, The M1 Pro-based MacBook Pro similarly super-charged scores on our Handbrake video encoding test, taking only 4 minutes and 51 seconds to transcode a 4K video to p the inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max took 3 seconds less time, at And then there's the matter of the PugetBench Photoshop test, where the M1 Pro turned in a score of and a time of the inch MacBook Pro edged it out at and Those times and scores you guessed it beat those of the MacBook Pro , handily.
The new MacBooks take 2 out of 3 rounds, can you guess which? And it's proving to be a beast, as I saw when I played Rise of the Tomb Raider, as the wintry opening scene ran smoothly while snow and wind plagued Lara on a cliff. Testing this out with a benchmark, the inch MacBook Pro hit 39fps on Rise of the Tomb Raider at x , while the inch model soared to a super-smooth When we increased the resolution, the inch at x hit a choppy 17 fps while the inch at x still failed to get above 30 fps, at 27 fps.
The inch MacBook Pro ran it set to x at 46 fps. For context, 30 frames per second is playable, though we always love to see a higher mark. The Apple Silicon era has been largely great for the MacBook Pro, delivering much longer endurance than in years past.
That continues here. The inch MacBook Pro delivered all-day performance, lasting 14 hours and 9 minutes on the Tom's Guide web browsing-based battery test set to nits. For comparisons' sake, the Intel-based MacBook Pros — the inch , inch also and inch — all came in at shorter times. The Surface Laptop Studio did better, but still didn't come close. A Mini-LED backlight-based display seems to be another given and an extremely welcome one: It would allow MacBook Pros to better support HDR at higher brightness and with better local dimming, essential for video editing or producing content for the Expecting similar technology - oxide backplanes, miniLED backlights and Hz refresh rates.
MacRumors spotted a reference to new screen resolutions in a late beta of MacOS Monterey : "3,x2, Retina" and "3,x1, Retina. Apple always likes to keep to a given range for its Retina screens, but the latter differs only slightly from the current 3,x1,; that's a strong sign that Apple will be offering a new panel.
Alternatively, both resolutions would deliver the same ppi on the inch and inch models, respectively. Rumors here vary. Almost every device Apple has announced this year, from the iPad to the iMac, has adopted the flat-edged profile aesthetic that harkens back to the iPhone 4. But it remains to be seen if Apple will adopt that for the MacBook Pro, given its clamshell design.
And there hasn't been much traction to suggestions that the MacBooks might come in bright colors a la the iMac Stay up-to-date on the latest news, reviews and advice on iPhones, iPads, Macs, services and software. I have never been a fan of the Touch Bar, especially as a replacement for fixed function keys, so I receive these well-regarded rumors about the deprecation of the Touch Bar and return of real function keys with a bit of chair dancing -- and will be very disappointed if they turn out to be untrue.
Also, since Mini-LED typically generates more heat than other backlights, Apple could probably do with less need for heat dissipation near the display. Some news has also indicated a return of the MagSafe connection, but it's also possible they're confusing them with rumors about a new version of the recent filing with the Federal Communications Commission for a MagSafe charger for the iPhone.
When it comes to the environment, the new MacBook Pro raises the bar yet again, including an enclosure made with percent recycled aluminum, percent recycled tin in the solder of its main logic board, and, for the first time in a Mac notebook, the use of percent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets.
Both models are also built with 35 percent or more recycled plastic in seven components, and all of the packaging wood fibers are from responsibly managed forests or recycled sources.
Today, Apple is carbon neutral for global corporate operations, and by , plans to have net-zero climate impact across the entire business, which includes manufacturing supply chains and all product life cycles. This means that every Apple device sold, from component manufacturing, assembly, transport, customer use, charging, all the way through recycling and material recovery, will be percent carbon neutral.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in Images in this article. Newsroom Open Newsroom navigation Close Newsroom navigation. App Store. Apple Arcade. Company News. Store News. The connectivity ports are shown on the side of the new MacBook Pro. MagSafe 3 is shown on MacBook Pro. With a wide array of ports, the all-new MacBook Pro features the most advanced connectivity ever on a Mac. The all-new aluminum enclosure of MacBook Pro optimizes internal space for supercharged performance and added features.
The new M1 Pro chip is shown. The new M1 Max chip is shown. Most Powerful Mac Notebooks Ever The new MacBook Pro pushes the limits of what a notebook can do, delivering incredible performance and all-new capabilities.
Up to 3x more Amp Designer plug-ins in Logic Pro. Up to 2. Up to 5. Up to 3. Up to 7. A MacBook Pro screen shows a sound editing workflow. A MacBook Pro screen shows a pro animation editing workflow.
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