Goodbye Touchbar, welcome port.
It may be the first time that Apple has provided the MacBook that users really want.The specifications and functions are perfect for the new MacBook Pro, but it is also a reasonable price, so it is not easy for everyone to buy.We will send you a long review by Gizmodo, Caitlin McGarry, how different from the previous Mac Book, who is suitable for.
I have been a MacBook user since Apple first announced MacBook in 2006.I lived with a polycarbonate white MacBook, switched to MacBook Air in my mid -20s, and after I needed more processors for work, I bought a MacBook Pro.
Until now, we have used various MacBooks, such as butterfly keyboards, TouchBar, Intel processors, and Apple silicon.Every MacBook had some drawbacks.And so is the new MacBook Pro in that respect.However, this MacBook is a product that makes Apple's first user's voice, rather than being forced off for innovation for the first time, is finished.
The 14 -inch and 16 -inch MacBook Pro has been greatly upgraded, including the Intel version, as well as the M1 improvements, compared to the 13 -inch MacBook Pro released last year.Apple is promoting custom M1 system on -chip (SoC) with M1 Pro and M1 Max, and the 14 -inch / 16 -inch MacBook Pro can be configured in either processor (storage and RAM can also be enhanced).
The 14 -inch M1 MAX MacBook Pro, which I have been using last week, has become more powerful than any other notebook PC I have tested so far, and has become indispensable for creative work.And there are many other reasons for getting this new MacBook Pro, and many of them have revived the functions abandoned by Apple during the evolution of the past MacBook.In the past, those who have worsened the keyboard of the MacBook or have had a reduced number of ports may find it and see a new MacBook.But this MacBook Pro is a very good notebook PC and will be the best for many people.
MacBook Pro (2021)
What is this?: Large -scale notebook PCs equipped with M1 Pro or M1 MAX System On -chip
Price: 14 inches starts at 239,800 yen, 16 inches starts at 299,800 yen (the reviewed model is 419,800 yen)
Good place: Breathful performance, beautiful and bright miniled display, magic -like FaceTime camera, actually convenient ports, Magsafe, which has become better than ever, fast charging.
Unfortunately, the battery driving time is less than last year's M1 MacBook Air / Pro.It would have been better if there was another USB-A port
I didn't think I was a person who would be happy like a port, but I actually put the SD card in the slot and transfer the photos directly to the MacBook Pro for the first time in a few years (without connecting the adapter).I'm very excited.
The return of the port to the MacBook Pro is that for those who connect a lot of peripherals, the world changes.The 14-inch / 16-inch MacBook Pro has three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) port, headphone jack, HDMI port, SD card slot, and Magsafe charging port (charging with USB-C)Also possible).I wanted you to have a USB-A port, but thanks to the resurrected port, I am grateful that the necessary dongle has been minimized (so far only with USB-C.What was it?)
The new MacBook Pro also supports external displays.In the M1 Pro version, it can be output to two 6K external displays at 60Hz, and the M1 MAX model can output three 6K external displays and one 4K external display at 60Hz.
In addition, HDMI 2.The 0 port is compatible with 4K TV (60 fps).The SD card reader is compatible with UHS-II cards, the transfer speed is up to 250MB/s, which is slower than some people, but I am more than 2,500 from the old and lack of capacity 16GB SDHC card.I was able to import photos and videos to MacBook Pro in 5 minutes and 25 seconds (and I was convinced that I needed a higher speed SD card).
The new MacBook Pro is available in two colors, silver and space gray, and is larger than expected, like the old big MacBook Pro.The weight of 14 inches is 1.6kg, height 1.55cm, width 31.26cm, depth is 22.12cm.The weight of 16 inches is 2.1kg, height is 1.68cm, width 35.57cm, depth 24.81cm.It is hesitant to carry it casually like a MacBook Air, but you can compensate for its value with port and power instead of sacrificing portable.
Last year, the butterfly keyboard was abolished, and all the MacBook lineup was renewed to the scissor switch type, but this new PRO also has a feeling of runaway.In addition, the Touch Bar, which was almost useless, has been abolished, and the physical function key has been revived.It's like a dream.A little thing, such as adjusting the volume and adjusting the brightness of the display, can be easily done using a physical key.The Touch Bar was easy to play videos, but I am very satisfied that I gave up and returned to operate a wider range of functions.
Beautiful display and notch are not bad
The new MacBook Pro has the latest 12.Like the 9 -inch iPad Pro, it is equipped with a miniled Liquid Retina XDR display that supports up to 120 Hz adaptive refresh rate.14 for smaller one.2 inches, 3,024 x 1,964 pixels, 5.9 million pixels, 254 ppi, 16 for larger ones.2 inches, 3,456 x 2,234 pixels, 77 million pixels, 254 ppi.But what is important is the miniled part.
For 14 inches, 8,040 miniled is located in 2,010 local dimming (partially driven backlight), and 10,216 miniled is located in 2,554 local dimming for 16 inches.The mini LED is like a cheap LCD and an expensive OLED, providing a phenomenal brightness (up to 1,600 nites in peak brightness, up to 1,000 Nito with sustainable brightness) without losing the contrast or details of OLED.increase.I think HDR feels more realistic than looking at an old MacBook LCD screen with a maximum of 500 Nito.The screen with the contrast ratio of 1,000,000: 1 and the wide color range of P3 is generally very good.The drawback of the miniled screen is that blooming (flowering = color bleeding) occurs around the bright elements on a black background, but my tests hardly noticed.
The bezel of the new MacBook Pro is 3 on the side and the top..It reduced to 5mm, became 24 % on the side and 60 % on the top compared to the previous model.Instead, there is a black notch (cutout) at the top of the screen, with a new 1,080 pixel FaceTime camera, the same as the self -lens on the iPhone.At first I was confused by this.The lens has been renewed, but the Face ID cannot be used, and the notch part is integrated into a dark wallpaper to erase the discomfort.However, the physically widening the screen has created a big difference in every scene, from browsing websites and editing photos.This is because the menu bar that had been placed under the camera was placed next to the camera, which increased the scope of the screen and could be used for other things.
I used a MacBook Pro for almost a week, from writing to writing, editing, watching a movie, watching a movie, and browsing my friends, and browsing the website, and became used as an iPhone.It is good that the cursor slides under the notch and disappears without bounce, and the software with many menu items is lined up around the notch as shown in the photo below.It is undeniable that the notch looks ugly when it is a bright wallpaper.
The MacBook Pro display is packed with the Promotion feature on the iPad Pro.The PROMOTION function is enabled by default, but it is a function that adjusts the refresh rate between 10Hz and 120 Hz depending on the work content.Once you experience it, you will not be able to use a notebook PC without Promotion.Turn off Promotion and fix it (47).95Hz, 48Hz, 50Hz, 59.It can also be used at 94Hz, 60Hz).I tried it at 60Hz for a trial, but when I got used to it at 120 Hz for almost a week, the difference was noticeable.Returning PROMOTION to on it will make it smooth and smooth.
Serious performance
The biggest salespoints of the new MacBook Pro are the latest custom processor "M1 PRO" and "M1 MAX", which has evolved greatly from last year's M1 chip.Like last year's M1, M1 Pro and M1 MAX were also developed in a 5 -nanometer process, with 16 core NEURAL ENGINES.In addition, the selectable configuration has increased and the width of the customization has expanded larger than the M1 that provided 8 core CPUs and 8 cores GPUs (the cheapest MacBook Air has a 7 -core GPU.It is developing in).
The M1 Pro, which is mounted on the 239,800 yen 14 -inch MacBook, is equipped with a 8 -core CPU and a 14 -core GPU, but if it is 299,800 yen, 10 cores CPU and 16.You can upgrade to the core GPU.For M1 MAX, you can start from 10 core CPUs and 24 core GPUs and increase the specifications to 32 core GPUs.
Next is the unified memory, which can be used in both CPU and GPU.Based on 16GB, it can be composed of up to 32GB for M1 PRO, up to 64GB for M1 MAX, 14 inch or 16 -inch models.M1 Pro supports up to 200 GB/s, and M1 MAX supports up to 400GB/s memory bandwidth.
There are plenty of storage options.The base model 14 -inch and 16 -inch MacBook starts with 512GB and can be changed to 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB.The MacBook Pro 14 inches, which is full full specifications with 32GB memory and 8TB storage on the M1 MAX and 8TB storage, costs 585,800 yen.This time, the 14 -inch MacBook Pro with 10 core CPUs, 32 core GPUs, 64GB unpreet memory, and 2TB storage is 475,800 yen.This price difference is large because the 13 -inch M1 M1 MacBook Pro, which is the highest model equipped with 8 core CPU, 16GB memory, and 2TB storage, is 258,280 yen.It is necessary to judge whether the performance so far (and the ports that have increased to the upgraded display) are really necessary.
Still, there is no doubt that M1 MAX is a really terrible chip.If you want power on your PC, you should buy a MacBook Pro with M1 Max.MacBook Pro equipped with M1 MAX is faster than any notebook PC that has been tested so far in the work of overworking processors, such as exporting video to rendering in 3D images.The M1 Max MacBook Pro was completed in just 4 minutes and 50 seconds to convert 4K video files to 1,080p using Handbrake.8 minutes for the M1 MacBook Pro for the same work, and the Windows notebook PCs that we have tested so far, nothing comparable to this, "Surface Laptop Studio" (Inter Core i7-11370H and NVIDIA RTX 3050 TI GPU for Microsoft professionals.It took 11 minutes 21 seconds, and "Razer Blade 14" (equipped with AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU and RTX 3070 GPU) took 7 minutes 26 seconds.
As for the rendering work of 3D images in Blender, the M1 MAX was 3 minutes 21 seconds when using the CPU and 4 minutes 56 seconds when using the GPU.On the other hand, Razer Blade 14 was rendering in 3 minutes and 48 seconds when using the CPU, 5 minutes 58 seconds when using the GPU, and approaching the MacBook Pro.
I think the problem of software optimization has decreased considerably than when M1 appeared.Many of the creative applications used by professionals have since been optimized to operate on Apple's silicon, and the problems that hit when the ARM Mac was released last year is being solved.For example, in the 13 -inch M1 MacBook Pro, it was difficult to transcord a 4K video to HEVC with Adobe Premiere Pro, which was still running through Apple's Rosetta 2 emulation layer at the time.The PREMIERE PRO is now native in the M1, and the 4K file conversion time to HEVC was 280 seconds, while the 14 -inch Pro was only 11 seconds.
The Geekbench 5, which evaluates the performance of the entire system, had 1,777 single core and 12,663 for multicore.The M1 MacBook Pro score was 7,470, so the multi -core numbers are very good."Surface Laptop Studio" (5,874), "Razer Blade 14" (7,403), "XPS 15 OLED with Intel Core i7-11800H" (7,477), Windows Notebook PC, which is said to be powerful, is a new MacBook Pro.It did not reach.
The "Cinebench R23", which takes more time than GeekBench, is a 14 -inch M1 MAX MacBook Pro multi -core score (12,206), which should be noteworthy compared to the 13 -inch M1 M1 MacBook Pro multi -core score (7,771).The result.The ASUS ROG FLOW X13 equipped with AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS has hit the closest score (11,659).
As is always the case with a Mac, you need to be careful about the performance of the game. There are few big titles that can be played on macOS. Finding a game optimized for the M1 is in a sense, and MacOS does not have many AAA titles (a popular game title with resources and money in development). For this reason, despite the power of the MacBook Pro, this time I did not go to any Windows PC. In the internal benchmark of "Shadow of the Tomb Raider", the M1 MAX MacBook Pro recorded a resolution of 1,080p and a high setting of 67 fps per second. This value is better than the M1 MacBook Air, which remains 32fps even with the same test content, but it is a gaming lap top such as Razer Blade 15 Advanced (112Fps), MSI GP66 Leopard (118FPS) equipped with RTX 3070 GPU. I can't.
I used the MacBook Pro every day, but the only fans felt that the fans were getting hot was the benchmark of "Shadow of the Tomb Raider".Other than that, it was very quiet and cool.
A camera that makes you want to turn on the video
Now, video calls are indispensable in life and work, but the performance of the webcam has not been able to keep up with that need.I was critical of last year's MacBook that it was not equipped with a 1,080p Facetime lens (with iMac), but this MacBook Pro is no longer dissatisfied.The camera has improved very much.
It is not a 4K quality story, no special makeup that makes your skin smooth.Full HD cameras and image signal processors work together to make magic lighting even in dim places.If you turn on the portrait mode with FaceTime, the image quality will be like a digital SLR camera.This is too great to say modestly.
In addition, both MacBook Pro equipped with a total of six speaker sound systems, four forces cancellation woofers and two tweets, and the sound quality is insanely good.When you work while listening to music or make a video call without using earphones at home, your PC speakers are not good.The new MacBook Pro also supports "spatial audio" with dynamic head tracking mounted on third -generation AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max.I always enjoy spatial audio -compatible movies with AirPods Max, but the same effect can be obtained on the MacBook Pro.This function is not as early as Apple, but it feels good.
Magsafe is good
The overwhelming drawback of MacBook Pro is the battery drive time.In the M1 MAX 14 -inch model, it was a battery time of 8 hours and 39 minutes.This is a bit winning compared to the average notebook PC, but it did not reach the tremendous battery driving time of last year's M1 MacBook Air (14 hours and 2 minutes) and M1 MacBook Pro (18 hours).When I turned off the PROMOTION function and tested it again, the battery driving time increased by one hour, but considering that Promotion is on by default (and I want to use it absolutely), this battery drive time is.It was a little disappointing.
I use Google Chrome at work, but Chrome still eats the battery like a stupid.With just four hours of work on Chrome, the remaining MacBook Pro has reduced the battery level from 100%to 60%.The battery remains all day, but there is no M1 MacBook Air at all.
However, the rescue is that the MacBook Pro supports quick charging.After the battery has been cut, charging with the attached Magsafe charging cable and a 96W USB-C power adapter, it recovers to 51 % in 30 minutes (16 inches comes with a 140W charger).You can charge it using a USB-C cable instead of Magsafe, but Magsafe is a good idea.There were several times that I dropped my laptop by hooking my feet on the USB-C power receiving cable, but the Magsafe cable is easy to remove the magnet.
Is it really worth hitting a large piece?
I don't think most people decide on a laptop due to performance performance, but if you are only performing, Mac Book Pro with M1 MAX is definitely one of the best products you can buy now.The high -spec notebook PC market seems to be interesting.Intel will soon announce the 12th generation ALDER LAKE processor, but it will be a surprising performance, and it will be a good stimulus for both Apple and AMD.
There are other assumptions to consider.
Are you a gamer?Which do you like from Windows or MacOS?Does the software required for work or hobbies work natively on the M1 Mac?Consider the parts that cannot be judged by performance alone.
And in addition to the power, the incredibly beautiful display, convenient ports, perfect keyboards, and high -resolution webcams mounted on the pro will attract the new MacBook Pro.However, it is expensive.It may be an over -spec MacBook that ordinary people need.Personally, I think it would be nice to have these functions inexpensive MacBook.
But if you want this power, I think the new MacBook is close to perfect.