Amazing what Apple has done with such a low powered chip. What do you guys think? Also, if you missed it I reviewed the Apple Watch Series 7 which you can find here - ua-cam.com/video/hKSeXG14MVo/v-deo.html
OK where are the engineering benchmarks? Also their are like 20 benchmarks You can't say the laptop is a beast while testing it on mainly on video editing software
@@directlinkrexx4409 You're right. The single main thing about the Mac Book Pro is the silicon video codec. If, like most of us, you Aren't doing video, then what does it do?
They were really smart this year to going back to the basics and released a product that shows that. They needed to showcase a serious improvement, not just processor stuff. They take away all the ports and then in the future reintroduce it as an overall "full redesign". M1 processor massive improvement and more ports. Bringing back a new design for the charge port as well.
@@johnborges5938 I said I have it, but it's not the laptop I use to work. I'm currently using a Thinkpad laptop, but I'm thinking in getting a new Mac. That's the meaning of my comment.
This is by far the best review I've seen for the new macbook pro. Great job. Thinking of buying the 16 inch model with 1T SSD, instead of upgrading my old Desktop, since this laptop is really strong and of course portable.
Let's not forget that those apple m1 are 5nm, the intel chips are 10 and 14nm, nvidia are 8nm and amd are 7-8nm chips, now imagine if all those were equally 5nm like the apple one.
Thank you for focusing Premiere Pro. This is all I needed to know and Windows Laptops are officially dead to me for Editing on the go. Ordering the 14 Inch M1 Max with 32GB RAM
Always = ) Even though I moved away from Premiere Pro (was sick of the crash even on amazing hardware) these macs melt through it! Alder Lake laptops will be faster than this but they won't be out until next year and won't have the same sort of battery life or total package. Let me know how you like it!
@@LoverOfTech this is insenly powerhouse, But one que what is about gaming and streaming performance, Can I do mobile gaming and streaming with this.... And I mainly want one for performing deep learning tasks... Does this supports pytorch and tencer flow like softwere's Pls reply, 🙏
I'm a tech fan for around 6 years and in around 2017 or 2018 rumors started to spread that Apple started considering their own silicon and oh my God... After at least 3 years the high end came and maaan they didn't disappoint. The mid tier pro chip destroying the highest-end of the rest this is absolutely amazing
The fact that you've reviewed the same specification that I've ordered in 14" puts me so at ease in my purchase! $4,349 (Australian) is not cheap.... I genuinely had a sigh of relief that I've made the right choice upgrading my 2015 MacBook Pro. Thank you for making this video!
I bought a ThinkPad X1 Extreme from one of your reviews 2 years ago as I wasn't a fan of Apple's then MacBooks. However, that brand new ThinkPad, which was purchased off the official Lenovo site, crashed in 5 mins after playing a 240p UA-cam video for testing purposes. I returned it immediately, and stuck with my custom PC for next 2 years. What a surprise that Apple announced this. This is the MacBook Pro I have been waiting for years. And yes, Windows Laptops are dead to me. Awesome video review!
What's mind blowing to me is the fact that you can unplug it and still get over 12k pts in CR23. That's insane. My 10875H gets 11k pts plugged in, drawing 95W, but tanks to 8.5k pts on battery because it's limited to 45W. And that is with liquid metal, temps under control, undervolting, manual PL2 and PL1.. All the benefits. Power of 5nm TSMC process and good design. Incredible. This year, apple laptops really are something else.
Yes! Thank you for mentioning the PWM flickering on OLED screens. It kills my eyes. I can not use OLED in low light. I wonder why it is so seldomly mentioning even though many’s people suffer from this.
They didn't say the keyboard would feel like a mechanical keyboard, they said they brought back the 'mechanical' (which is technically true) function keys and removed the Touch Bar.
If You get 50+ FPS on High settings in games then its definitely a platform for gaming. 160FPS in World of warcraft is an amazing score. Im not getting it on my RTX 2070.
I think you just sold me on it, was on the fence about a lot of laptops for pretty much everyday use but more luxury than anything and now I think I have a winner
Outstanding job Matthew, great content, I would love to have really high speed sd card reader because of the price, but nothing is perfect in laptop world even on the highest tier. Anyways I'm amazed by the design and implementation of everything we've been waiting for in the laptop world... It's sad to see it on a walled garden type ecosystem, but hopefully we can have some of that performance per watt
PS. You'll probably see SDExpress, along with HDMI 2.1 and Thunderbolt 5 in the 2023 model, right now because they have 3 TB4 ports on this machine each with its own TB hub and dedicated lane, it's harder for them to implement a higher speed SD card slot and HDMI port with the last TB4 hub they have in the SoC that they break into these ports (the SD card and HDMI have to 'share' (not in the traditional way, they can still run at full speed even if you utilize both of them at the same time, but you get what I mean) the same 40Gbps bandwidth, but HDMI 2.1 alone requires 48Gbps). And it's not like you can't do higher resolution & higher refresh rate with these machines, you can get QHD 240Hz or 6K 60Hz out of the TB4 ports.
Yes, those thing really were taking quite some time to get real adoption on the market, I wonder what can other stuff like RISC-V do on the market if adopted properly :O
Nice. I'm super impressed even though I'm a gamer with a 3080 laptop which I'm happy with. It will be very interesting if games start getting optimized for Macbooks in the future. Who knows. Maybe my next laptop in 4 years could be with an M3 Pro Max ;)
@@lancevercitty Ailenware M15 R4. I got it with 32gb of ram and i7 for $1930 including taxes. I took advantage of a sale and a credit. Performs better than my desktop with a 5700XT and R7 3700X in gaming so I'm happy.
Thinking of buying a MacBook for the first time. I'm a windows user and casual gamer , will have to get a desktop for gaming and an m1 pro 16 for everyday . I like the battery life
Keeping my 2020 M1 MBP for another few years because I love the form factor better, but I do like the direction that Apple is going. Especially in terms of power!
I just bought a laptop with i7-1165G7 - now I am saving money for next year for Mxx.. -)) Honestly, the sound from that Mac's microphone sounds better than the one you used in your studio
Just ordered the base 16 M1pro and cannot wait. Been using 16GB M1 Mini past year and ever that was good enough for my workflow. Cannot wait to have that screen in my set up. Great video, new subscriber.
Ah, after watching and waiting to make sure there's no weird flaws, and working out what specs are ideal for me, I finally ordered a 16" M1 Pro MBP 32GB 2TB. The exact machine in this review, except with 2TB instead of 1TB. Just watching now to sit in the glow of anticipation of it arriving. Finally, a worthy replacement of my 2015 Retina MBP. I skipped all the 2016-19 disaster years. Was almost tempted by the 16" Intel MBP, but it still had too many annoying issues. My 2015 machine is still a wonderful beast, but at 7 years old, I'm pushing my luck, as I use it all day every day for work, study, and play. It will retire to being a backup machine that I can pull out anytime my main machine needs to go to Apple for whatever. I plan on installing software such as Forehead or TopNotch to hide the notch by forcing the menu bar to a black background. Really looking forward to taking this out for the day and not bothering to take a charger. And to watching movies etc, since I currently use my 2015 MBP for that (yeah, I'm a weirdo w no TV ha ha).
Thank you for taking a look at the M1 Pro... I feel like the Max is meant for more intensive 8K workflows or 3D graphics and that's a very specific use case.
I was considering between the new MBA M2 13.6" or the MBP M1 Pro 16" 2021 model (costs approx. $800-900 less than the new MBP) Just ordered the Pro 16" 2021 and hope I don't regret it. Working with Web and mobile app dev/programming and will use it when I travel.
I love that you test for World of Warcraft but now that a lot of WoW players have left for Final Fantasy 14 I’d love to see that tested as well on these new MacBooks
Mine is promised in the first week of November- I am a photographer trying to load and process 80 MG raw files from a Sony A7riii into a Mid 2015 Macbook Pro with a small hard disk. The fans are deafening and speeds are slow. I am looking forward to the promise that Lightroom is optimized for the M1 and the performance from the laptop equals all that i have heard!!!! Thank you for this review. Your analysis of this model vs the Max reassures me I made the correct choice with the Pro.
Please look into the display's response time (which is horrendous). It creates significant ghosting when object are moving on the screen. Such as scrolling, especially on high contrast (white text on black background). It'll bother some people, not all but don't only mention the good stuff. We can watch the marketing videos for that. Hardware Unboxed did a great job at looking into it. It's disappointing considering the price point of these machines. That said they are absolutely great overall and I'll get a 16" for work on the go.
Great review, pretty excited to try one of these out. I'm not a 'pro level' photographer, but i do enjoy it as a hobby. I mainly use lightroom cc and classic, what are your thoughts on these laptops for 16 vs 32 gb of ram? Would you definitely recommend going with 32, or do you feel 16 would be enough for most people?
8GB is enough for most tasks on the M1 laptops thanks to the memory being built into the chip. Unless you're running your machine hard with photo/video/3D editing and rendering, 16GB will be fine. Spend the extra on storage space.
Great review thank you, the sound difference between the MacBook Pro Mics and the Studio Mic(s) you used WOW! I had to adjust the volume on my AirPod Pros when you switched to the MacBook Pro Mics you were much louder! I am impressed by both the Mics and Camera.
My 2018 13" MBP is only getting like 3 hours of battery life when browsing and 1.5 when using Xcode or Blender. Even the regular M1 would be a massive improvement.
I’m listening through an iPhone XS and on these tiny yet oft used speakers the in-built mic sounds better than whatever separate mic your using for the main piece.
This Mac is good for people who still want to use macOS. But for everyone else, the Intel Alder Lake mobile chip beats the M1 Max in early benchmarks in performance and comes out next month.
Just got this from the Company I work(in IT) for as a replacement for my MSI Stealth gs75 i7 10th gen with 32 gb of ram the m1 I got today has 16 but dude it's nice
Hey, I’m a student, and I’m considering either the M1 Pro (10 core CPU 16 GPU) laptop vs the M1 Max 24 core option since it’s just $200 more (since I configured with 32 GB ram). I’m in a bit of a spot where I could either move to the max or get AppleCare+. Think in that case the Max is not worth the money? Just thinking about future proofing, I’m doing programming and CAD rendering.
Thank you for the great video. Have you tested the WOW performance under complicated scenarios like a raid or in the city? Please tell us how the fps drops.
Love the review. Thumbs up! A quick question: I don't do gaming or creative video/music editing, just long hours online working from home during the week, and frequently on and off evenings and weekends, streaming stock quotes and charts, UA-cam (watching reviews and movies), online searches, having multiple windows open and multiple Chrome tabs open and operating at the same time often, as well as a couple trading platforms downloaded to my desk top and up and running as well, and misc other things, so I am thinking about saving the money and just getting the 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD storage. Do you think I'll regret not getting 32GB of RAM and/or 1TB SSD storage?
For premiere pro since you're saying im sounding fishy go to the pugetbench website and look up the results for the M1 Pro adobe premiere pro performance. You'll see similar scores for yourself for hte M1 Pro / M1 Max 10C CPU.
Is 32GB enough for photo / video editing ? Or should I go for 32 GPU / 64GB RAM ? I am a photographer / videographer whose main focus currently is wedding photo/video. Most of the weddings I shoot have like 60-70 GB for photos alone. I plan to get into editing ads, short films and also for coding. B&H & Adorama giving $200 off for the Max 32 GPU/ 32GB ram & 1 TB SSD
Hey man, Thanks for great review. I'm a doc filmmaker editing long timelines (sometimes 2-3h) in a massive project with more than 300h of footage and hundreds of sequences. I currently own a 15" 2014 macbook pro and as you could imagine in desperate need of an upgrade! haha. Was wondering what configuration of CPU/GPU/RAM you would suggest for my work. Thanks again!
I'm also still using my 15.4 inch 2014 Macbook pro, but my new M1 pro 16 inch macbook just arrived today !! I only got the base model, with a 1 TB drive, but I don't do filmmaking or other things requiring that much power. I do use Lightroom and Photoshop, but from what I have seen in reviews, even the base CPU and RAM levels will be more than enough. In fact, even the base M1 Macbook air would be enough power for me, but I am used to having a large screen, and I really wanted the 16 inch model. Good luck with your future purchase; I am sure you will enjoy whichever model you pick, when you consider what a huge upgrade it is from the 2014 model :)
It seems Apple certainly doesn't want common people, at least in India, to buy any of the MacBook Pros 2021. The pricing is insane. The 14 inch starts from $2598.39. WTF!
@@MatthewMoniz oh i see. That might be the reason. Thanks for clarifying my doubts. I generally change my laptop every year but I will live with my MacBook Air M1 for some time now. This will be a first for me. Haha.
new M1 MacBook Pros - "16" and 14" tonight. The body is squared off and thicker than my 2019 MBP. WHAT??? And it feels cheap, not like the former Airplane Grade aluminum. You knock on it and it feels hollow-ish. And the bottom feet are harder than previous models, almost like a cell phone case that is hard plastic and sort of hits the desk too hard. I am pretty disappointed. Why, Apple, Why?
Is anyone going to talk about how thick they made that laptop I rather the previous version because of it's width this generation has better specs but the hardware looks a bit ugly meaning it's to thick
I agree. In many ways it's exactly what I've wanted since my current 2018 MBP, but upgrading to something that LOOKS more old-fashioned that what I have now - for over £2000 - is making me hesitant.
Great video & in-depth review!! My 32 Core will be here in February. Will be nice to run Photoshop and Lightroom with a TB of images open without the laptop at blazing hot temps. -Cheers
@@MatthewMoniz thanks man, you are the only one who shoed wow in benchmark, so roughly, if it was ulra with no shadow things, it would be 120, and i ordered m1 max :) so i got 200 something, i may even play in 4k :)) very nice.
True, i have 16 gb ram and 28-30% ram is permanently in use. Only 70% or like 11 gb ram is free, ridiculous. Brave browser, firefox, opera, open any of them, 800mb ram is gone instantly.
Amazing what Apple has done with such a low powered chip. What do you guys think? Also, if you missed it I reviewed the Apple Watch Series 7 which you can find here - ua-cam.com/video/hKSeXG14MVo/v-deo.html
OK where are the engineering benchmarks?
Also their are like 20 benchmarks
You can't say the laptop is a beast while testing it on mainly on video editing software
@@directlinkrexx4409 Its literally made for video editing.
@@avinashanish3350
No problem
But that doesn't make it the best laptop
The best laptop should do everything
Let's not forget that the macbook pro 16 from 2019 was a 14nm chip, this 5nm apple chip is power efficient ots normal for 5nm
@@directlinkrexx4409 You're right. The single main thing about the Mac Book Pro is the silicon video codec. If, like most of us, you Aren't doing video, then what does it do?
Oh man, next 4 hours will be best hours of this month. I'm going to watch every review available!
yeah me too, can not believe they ship out their goods so fast
Count me in :-)
Lol me too
I dislike Apple😜
doing the same lol
The webcam and microphone quality is insane 😌🧡.It’s the little things that make you the happiest
Wait until you hear the speakers on the 16" one. It's absolutely insane!
They were really smart this year to going back to the basics and released a product that shows that. They needed to showcase a serious improvement, not just processor stuff. They take away all the ports and then in the future reintroduce it as an overall "full redesign". M1 processor massive improvement and more ports. Bringing back a new design for the charge port as well.
I have a white plastic Macbook from 2009. Still works good. I think it's time for a new one.
Ok, omar, now stop it. Soon you will have me thinking I should replace my 2007 15" MacBook Pro.
@@johnborges5938 I said I have it, but it's not the laptop I use to work. I'm currently using a Thinkpad laptop, but I'm thinking in getting a new Mac. That's the meaning of my comment.
I have the 16" MacBook Pro M1 Pro with 1TB storage.
This is by far the best review I've seen for the new macbook pro. Great job. Thinking of buying the 16 inch model with 1T SSD, instead of upgrading my old Desktop, since this laptop is really strong and of course portable.
Never was an Apple fan until the M1 chips came around, so I bought one, and I'm truly impressed. Now the M1 Pro and Max are here, and I'm blown away
Agree. Thinking about getting one here. Even the "just" M1 Mac, no pro, no max
@@Hermeshdz I dig my M1, had it for 6 months now.
Let's not forget that those apple m1 are 5nm, the intel chips are 10 and 14nm, nvidia are 8nm and amd are 7-8nm chips, now imagine if all those were equally 5nm like the apple one.
@@carholic-sz3qv right. The Intel Alder Lake comes out next month and beats the M1 Max even though it isn't 5nm.
@@JHSaxa intel alder is still a 10nm chip, it isn't going to beat m1 tbh, intel needs to use tsmc 5nm technology to make their chips.
Thank you for focusing Premiere Pro. This is all I needed to know and Windows Laptops are officially dead to me for Editing on the go. Ordering the 14 Inch M1 Max with 32GB RAM
Always = ) Even though I moved away from Premiere Pro (was sick of the crash even on amazing hardware) these macs melt through it! Alder Lake laptops will be faster than this but they won't be out until next year and won't have the same sort of battery life or total package. Let me know how you like it!
@Matthew Moniz you I am big on unplugged performance so makes no difference what Intel are bringing, this is a game changer
@@LoverOfTech this is insenly powerhouse,
But one que what is about gaming and streaming performance,
Can I do mobile gaming and streaming with this....
And I mainly want one for performing deep learning tasks...
Does this supports pytorch and tencer flow like softwere's
Pls reply, 🙏
why not 16gb?
Ordered the same specs (with 24 cores) and can’t wait for it arrive!
first review up - nice job Matthew. Already I don't see the notch anymore :-)
OMG - this laptop is a MONSTER in terms of performance!
Thanks! 👍
@@MatthewMoniz No, thank you!
I'm a tech fan for around 6 years and in around 2017 or 2018 rumors started to spread that Apple started considering their own silicon and oh my God... After at least 3 years the high end came and maaan they didn't disappoint. The mid tier pro chip destroying the highest-end of the rest this is absolutely amazing
Thank you so much for covering the M1 Pro! All the other"youtubers" are testing the Max version...
You’re very welcome!
The fact that you've reviewed the same specification that I've ordered in 14" puts me so at ease in my purchase!
$4,349 (Australian) is not cheap.... I genuinely had a sigh of relief that I've made the right choice upgrading my 2015 MacBook Pro.
Thank you for making this video!
You're very welcome! Please stop by and let me know how you like it
It's good to have competition, not that I'll buy it ever in my life, but it's a good push to other brands
That's right. The Intel Alder Lake mobile chip coming next month beats the M1 Max in early benchmarks.
Totally true, users will be benefited with better products
First real review, well done - So impatient to receive my 14 in 1 week - Best
Thank you!
I appreciate pointing out the gaming capabilities. We need more native apple silicon games!
We can play with rosetta tho, hmm
I bought a ThinkPad X1 Extreme from one of your reviews 2 years ago as I wasn't a fan of Apple's then MacBooks. However, that brand new ThinkPad, which was purchased off the official Lenovo site, crashed in 5 mins after playing a 240p UA-cam video for testing purposes. I returned it immediately, and stuck with my custom PC for next 2 years. What a surprise that Apple announced this. This is the MacBook Pro I have been waiting for years. And yes, Windows Laptops are dead to me. Awesome video review!
No such thing as a ThinkPad X1 Pro.
@@haigboardman thinkpad x1 extreme*
What's mind blowing to me is the fact that you can unplug it and still get over 12k pts in CR23. That's insane. My 10875H gets 11k pts plugged in, drawing 95W, but tanks to 8.5k pts on battery because it's limited to 45W. And that is with liquid metal, temps under control, undervolting, manual PL2 and PL1.. All the benefits.
Power of 5nm TSMC process and good design. Incredible. This year, apple laptops really are something else.
Yes! Thank you for mentioning the PWM flickering on OLED screens. It kills my eyes. I can not use OLED in low light. I wonder why it is so seldomly mentioning even though many’s people suffer from this.
Try blue blocker glasses and apps.
Hands down the best initial impressions video out right now! Great job Matt!
Wow, thanks!
It's insane how much performance you can get when everything is optimised for your device.
Now, apple needs to work on their repairability 😅
Only micro solderers can repair le mobo lol
Applecare
They didn't say the keyboard would feel like a mechanical keyboard, they said they brought back the 'mechanical' (which is technically true) function keys and removed the Touch Bar.
If You get 50+ FPS on High settings in games then its definitely a platform for gaming. 160FPS in World of warcraft is an amazing score. Im not getting it on my RTX 2070.
I think you just sold me on it, was on the fence about a lot of laptops for pretty much everyday use but more luxury than anything and now I think I have a winner
Outstanding job Matthew, great content, I would love to have really high speed sd card reader because of the price, but nothing is perfect in laptop world even on the highest tier. Anyways I'm amazed by the design and implementation of everything we've been waiting for in the laptop world... It's sad to see it on a walled garden type ecosystem, but hopefully we can have some of that performance per watt
Walled garden ecosystem isn't always a bad thing, and Apple is perhaps the best example of this.
PS. You'll probably see SDExpress, along with HDMI 2.1 and Thunderbolt 5 in the 2023 model, right now because they have 3 TB4 ports on this machine each with its own TB hub and dedicated lane, it's harder for them to implement a higher speed SD card slot and HDMI port with the last TB4 hub they have in the SoC that they break into these ports (the SD card and HDMI have to 'share' (not in the traditional way, they can still run at full speed even if you utilize both of them at the same time, but you get what I mean) the same 40Gbps bandwidth, but HDMI 2.1 alone requires 48Gbps). And it's not like you can't do higher resolution & higher refresh rate with these machines, you can get QHD 240Hz or 6K 60Hz out of the TB4 ports.
170 fps plus for World of Warcraft with low powered and relatively slim laptop?
Its just wow
Now you know why Nvidia want to buy ARM. All ARM processers are a lot more power efficient then X86. Regardless of who makes it
Yes, those thing really were taking quite some time to get real adoption on the market, I wonder what can other stuff like RISC-V do on the market if adopted properly :O
Nice. I'm super impressed even though I'm a gamer with a 3080 laptop which I'm happy with. It will be very interesting if games start getting optimized for Macbooks in the future. Who knows. Maybe my next laptop in 4 years could be with an M3 Pro Max ;)
same.
What laptop you got? I want a ryzen 9 with a mediocre gpu(for price). Liked the lenovo legion slim 7i but it's discontinued :/
@@lancevercitty Ailenware M15 R4. I got it with 32gb of ram and i7 for $1930 including taxes. I took advantage of a sale and a credit. Performs better than my desktop with a 5700XT and R7 3700X in gaming so I'm happy.
Thinking of buying a MacBook for the first time. I'm a windows user and casual gamer , will have to get a desktop for gaming and an m1 pro 16 for everyday . I like the battery life
Finally a M1PRO review! Thank you
No problem!
Got to say mic on Mac sounded much better than one you use to record rest of video
Apple murdered it. Literally the best laptop on the planet. Just shows you how bad intel chips are.
Ordered the 16"/M1 Max - 32GB, 2TB + 24c GPU.
Bad? The next Intel chip (alder lake) coming next month beats the M1 Max in performance...
@@JHSaxa yes while consuming 3x the power?
I came for warcraft .. i knew you will make it .. great review overall thank you
haha thanks
Keeping my 2020 M1 MBP for another few years because I love the form factor better, but I do like the direction that Apple is going. Especially in terms of power!
Thanks for getting this out to us so early ! I appreciate your comments regarding the need for Max , I’ll stick with the pro then 🕺
Glad I could help!
I just bought a laptop with i7-1165G7 - now I am saving money for next year for Mxx.. -)) Honestly, the sound from that Mac's microphone sounds better than the one you used in your studio
The real shocker is unplugged performance. The best of what Intel or AMD has to offer cannot come close. It will blow your mind!
Yk what’s crazy I have a 5600m and it games way better than this one
This isn’t a gaming laptop, never buy a Mac for gaming. What’s the performance/battery life/thermals like when playing your games on battery though?
Thanks for doing a review on the M1Pro man, everyone is doing the Max. But I think (average) people will be getting the M1Pro.
Just ordered the base 16 M1pro and cannot wait. Been using 16GB M1 Mini past year and ever that was good enough for my workflow. Cannot wait to have that screen in my set up. Great video, new subscriber.
Ah, after watching and waiting to make sure there's no weird flaws, and working out what specs are ideal for me, I finally ordered a 16" M1 Pro MBP 32GB 2TB. The exact machine in this review, except with 2TB instead of 1TB. Just watching now to sit in the glow of anticipation of it arriving. Finally, a worthy replacement of my 2015 Retina MBP. I skipped all the 2016-19 disaster years. Was almost tempted by the 16" Intel MBP, but it still had too many annoying issues. My 2015 machine is still a wonderful beast, but at 7 years old, I'm pushing my luck, as I use it all day every day for work, study, and play. It will retire to being a backup machine that I can pull out anytime my main machine needs to go to Apple for whatever. I plan on installing software such as Forehead or TopNotch to hide the notch by forcing the menu bar to a black background. Really looking forward to taking this out for the day and not bothering to take a charger. And to watching movies etc, since I currently use my 2015 MBP for that (yeah, I'm a weirdo w no TV ha ha).
Thank you for taking a look at the M1 Pro... I feel like the Max is meant for more intensive 8K workflows or 3D graphics and that's a very specific use case.
I agree! And no problem
10:52 idk why but that macbooks mic sounds better than your main mic. your main one is so much quieter
Would you consider doing a comprehensive review with premier pro on this exact Mac… All the reviews seem to be on the fully specked M1max
I look forward to my 16” 2022 MacBook Pro with 32GB unified memory and 2TB of storage. Yep! I’m keeping that for decades to come.
I was considering between the new MBA M2 13.6" or the MBP M1 Pro 16" 2021 model (costs approx. $800-900 less than the new MBP) Just ordered the Pro 16" 2021 and hope I don't regret it. Working with Web and mobile app dev/programming and will use it when I travel.
how did you like yours so far?
Ordered mine in November. Finally getting it tomorrow
I love that you test for World of Warcraft but now that a lot of WoW players have left for Final Fantasy 14 I’d love to see that tested as well on these new MacBooks
Mine is promised in the first week of November- I am a photographer trying to load and process 80 MG raw files from a Sony A7riii into a Mid 2015 Macbook Pro with a small hard disk. The fans are deafening and speeds are slow.
I am looking forward to the promise that Lightroom is optimized for the M1 and the performance from the laptop equals all that i have heard!!!!
Thank you for this review. Your analysis of this model vs the Max reassures me I made the correct choice with the Pro.
Please look into the display's response time (which is horrendous). It creates significant ghosting when object are moving on the screen. Such as scrolling, especially on high contrast (white text on black background). It'll bother some people, not all but don't only mention the good stuff. We can watch the marketing videos for that.
Hardware Unboxed did a great job at looking into it. It's disappointing considering the price point of these machines.
That said they are absolutely great overall and I'll get a 16" for work on the go.
Thx for this clear review, I know I'm a little late, but just got interested in MACs lately!
Wow the mics REALLY sound good :O What a machine!
Great review, pretty excited to try one of these out. I'm not a 'pro level' photographer, but i do enjoy it as a hobby. I mainly use lightroom cc and classic, what are your thoughts on these laptops for 16 vs 32 gb of ram? Would you definitely recommend going with 32, or do you feel 16 would be enough for most people?
8GB is enough for most tasks on the M1 laptops thanks to the memory being built into the chip. Unless you're running your machine hard with photo/video/3D editing and rendering, 16GB will be fine. Spend the extra on storage space.
Apple really killed it this year with banger products. iPad Pro, iPhone 13, MacBook Pro. It’s a good year for them.
Yes !
iPhone 13 is underwhelming though.
@@Echoes- Nah. The battery life alone makes it one of the top products released this year.
Great review thank you, the sound difference between the MacBook Pro Mics and the Studio Mic(s) you used WOW! I had to adjust the volume on my AirPod Pros when you switched to the MacBook Pro Mics you were much louder! I am impressed by both the Mics and Camera.
Sweet looking laptop! Unfortunately my laptop is just too new to upgrade. BUT, looking forward to getting this whenever the time is right!
my god the microphone on the m16 literally souunds better than the mic ur using for the vid
wow so fast, i can't explain how i love the way you make videos, youre the best, thank you :)
You're very welcome!
My 2018 13" MBP is only getting like 3 hours of battery life when browsing and 1.5 when using Xcode or Blender. Even the regular M1 would be a massive improvement.
"hello fans, are you in there" that cracks me up
I’m listening through an iPhone XS and on these tiny yet oft used speakers the in-built mic sounds better than whatever separate mic your using for the main piece.
I hope you'll add Davinci Resolve render times in future M1 reviews :) This might be the temptation to finally switch to Mac!
I use Davinci resolve as my editor now and its stupid fast
@@MatthewMoniz Thanks. Fuck, I really regret buying a stupid slow Dell XPS 13 last year lol
This Mac is good for people who still want to use macOS. But for everyone else, the Intel Alder Lake mobile chip beats the M1 Max in early benchmarks in performance and comes out next month.
@@JHSaxa It means nothing if they can’t do it on battery without drawing a lot of power and do it quietly.
It'll run Fortnight in 120fps for sure matching the refresh rate of the display.
Im also happy to have the notch, keeping the rest of the bezels small and keeping a 1080p cam at the top.
Could we get shots with the bottom cover removed? Curious why the Max weighs .14 pounds heavier on the 16"
Great review! i am planning to buy exactly the same but with 16gb ram, is it still good enough for video editing and graphic design? thanks
oled is not used on laptop because it is subject to burn in. thats all. not a single IPS or apple XDR display can come close to OLED. period.
Just got this from the Company I work(in IT) for as a replacement for my MSI Stealth gs75 i7 10th gen with 32 gb of ram the m1 I got today has 16 but dude it's nice
Ordered mine. Can’t wait for this baby
FYI: HDMI 2.0 does support 240hz at 1080p and 144hz at 1440p. Only at 4K it's limited to 60hz.
Hey, I’m a student, and I’m considering either the M1 Pro (10 core CPU 16 GPU) laptop vs the M1 Max 24 core option since it’s just $200 more (since I configured with 32 GB ram). I’m in a bit of a spot where I could either move to the max or get AppleCare+. Think in that case the Max is not worth the money? Just thinking about future proofing, I’m doing programming and CAD rendering.
I'd go for the max
Thank you for the great video. Have you tested the WOW performance under complicated scenarios like a raid or in the city? Please tell us how the fps drops.
16 vs 32gb, that's the question.
Love the review. Thumbs up! A quick question: I don't do gaming or creative video/music editing, just long hours online working from home during the week, and frequently on and off evenings and weekends, streaming stock quotes and charts, UA-cam (watching reviews and movies), online searches, having multiple windows open and multiple Chrome tabs open and operating at the same time often, as well as a couple trading platforms downloaded to my desk top and up and running as well, and misc other things, so I am thinking about saving the money and just getting the 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD storage. Do you think I'll regret not getting 32GB of RAM and/or 1TB SSD storage?
also check out Engagdet' review as well, i feel Mathew may be a little bit over stating the performance of the laptop
For premiere pro since you're saying im sounding fishy go to the pugetbench website and look up the results for the M1 Pro adobe premiere pro performance. You'll see similar scores for yourself for hte M1 Pro / M1 Max 10C CPU.
Man that Webcam is amazing, and their mics are very good, at least in a relative quiet place
Very comprehensive review with examples. More video-game tests would be interesting.
Is 32GB enough for photo / video editing ? Or should I go for 32 GPU / 64GB RAM ?
I am a photographer / videographer whose main focus currently is wedding photo/video.
Most of the weddings I shoot have like 60-70 GB for photos alone.
I plan to get into editing ads, short films and also for coding.
B&H & Adorama giving $200 off for the Max 32 GPU/ 32GB ram & 1 TB SSD
I purchased the 16” M1 Max 32CORE GPU 64GB RAM and 1 TB SSD for $3699 (original price $3899)
No tax since shipped to FLORIDA
Thank you for jumping right in to performance and not just an unboxing
Hey man, Thanks for great review.
I'm a doc filmmaker editing long timelines (sometimes 2-3h) in a massive project with more than 300h of footage and hundreds of sequences.
I currently own a 15" 2014 macbook pro and as you could imagine in desperate need of an upgrade! haha.
Was wondering what configuration of CPU/GPU/RAM you would suggest for my work.
Thanks again!
I'm also still using my 15.4 inch 2014 Macbook pro, but my new M1 pro 16 inch macbook just arrived today !! I only got the base model, with a 1 TB drive, but I don't do filmmaking or other things requiring that much power. I do use Lightroom and Photoshop, but from what I have seen in reviews, even the base CPU and RAM levels will be more than enough. In fact, even the base M1 Macbook air would be enough power for me, but I am used to having a large screen, and I really wanted the 16 inch model.
Good luck with your future purchase; I am sure you will enjoy whichever model you pick, when you consider what a huge upgrade it is from the 2014 model :)
Do you know what this reminds me of? The 2006 and 2007 pre-unibody MacBook Pros. Especially near the hinge cover.
Damn bro, the MacBook webcam looked better than your color grading for the rest of the video.
LOL ouch that hurts.
Mic quality is better than the pro mic you're using. Amazing.
This is my potential configuration te get! So many reciews to watch now, thank you for yours!
My pleasure!
It seems Apple certainly doesn't want common people, at least in India, to buy any of the MacBook Pros 2021. The pricing is insane. The 14 inch starts from $2598.39. WTF!
It’s not apple it’s your currency and import fees. Canada has high prices too in fact all countries do but the USA.
@@MatthewMoniz oh i see. That might be the reason. Thanks for clarifying my doubts. I generally change my laptop every year but I will live with my MacBook Air M1 for some time now. This will be a first for me. Haha.
Hey Max, great review! Which gpu were you testing these macbooks with? 14c, 16c, 32c?
M1 Pro: This isn’t even my final form!
Omg that mic is with some audio tweaking is GOOOOD :O
Looks like the MacBook Pro 5600M is the route to go for anyone looking for a Mac to also game on, since it’s the last availability for Boot Camp.
Please give a review on the 14 inch model because it's not getting attention on the reviews. Most youtubers are focusing on the 16 inch model M1 Max.
I like your enthusiasm, your honest reactions and your excitements
Thank you!
The Macbook microphone sounded perfect!
new M1 MacBook Pros - "16" and 14" tonight. The body is squared off and thicker than my 2019 MBP. WHAT??? And it feels cheap, not like the former Airplane Grade aluminum. You knock on it and it feels hollow-ish. And the bottom feet are harder than previous models, almost like a cell phone case that is hard plastic and sort of hits the desk too hard. I am pretty disappointed. Why, Apple, Why?
Is anyone going to talk about how thick they made that laptop I rather the previous version because of it's width this generation has better specs but the hardware looks a bit ugly meaning it's to thick
Definitely thicker! But not annoyingly thicker!
True but I'm wondering if I should get it
I agree. In many ways it's exactly what I've wanted since my current 2018 MBP, but upgrading to something that LOOKS more old-fashioned that what I have now - for over £2000 - is making me hesitant.
Great video & in-depth review!! My 32 Core will be here in February. Will be nice to run Photoshop and Lightroom with a TB of images open without the laptop at blazing hot temps.
-Cheers
Yes, finally someone explains the notch in a right way
Haaaaa cant wait for mine to arrive ... abraço de um colega de Portugal 👊
man, what was the settings for world of warcraft when you got 160 fps?
It says int he Game Play graph but its 1920 x 1200 at high settings. Around 7 on the slider.
@@MatthewMoniz thanks man, you are the only one who shoed wow in benchmark, so roughly, if it was ulra with no shadow things, it would be 120, and i ordered m1 max :) so i got 200 something, i may even play in 4k :)) very nice.
Alright I'm taking your word for this. I hope you don't steer me wrong.
True, i have 16 gb ram and 28-30% ram is permanently in use. Only 70% or like 11 gb ram is free, ridiculous. Brave browser, firefox, opera, open any of them, 800mb ram is gone instantly.
Matthew please review M1 Max(32Gpu) using different games. I would really like to see FPS charts there.