I have a M1 Air and all I use it for is college classes. That being said, the battery life is a game changer. I can go be on my laptop all day for studying, classes and media at night and still be above 50% the next morning. Being able to go into a class with only 15% battery and not really worry that its going to die is amazing.
You traveling with your iMac was the first thing I thought when I saw how this handled 8K. And the silent fans on Red raw might be the most impressive demo I’ve seen of what these can do, way more surprising than the ProRes performance
I think one thing to keep in mind with performance is future proofing. When I was 18 I bought a $1900 MacBook Pro with the upgraded processor, memory and RAM. I was just going to use it for college and didn’t need all the power, but that computer ended up lasting me 7 and a half years before the performance was too slow. You may not need the power now, but if you pay up now, this could easily last you 5-7 years.
@@eliaskhalil7302 If you're doing engineering then you should definitely get the laptop. I would get an upgraded MacBook Air because for your needs, the performance difference is irrelevance, but the difference in lightness and thinness will be noticeable since students move around a lot. If you're not doing engineering then I'm not sure which one is better, but if you don't need the performance I would value thinness and lightweight! imo
Mind blowing that he didn't set up a remote desktop and carry a small laptop instead. I'm sure the wifis in those tech events could handle 10s of GB of data upload in an hour.
Yea I couldn't agree more. Been using the maxed out Macbook 16 inch M1 Max for a week now, editing my content in Resolve 17 and wow...lets just say i"m finally getting rid of my 10 Core iMac pro. This thing is an editing beast
"If the next version of this laptop still has a notch this big and doesn't add face ID, I'll wear socks and sandals for a day like Linus" - MKBHD Nov 2021
We have 16' M1 Max macbook pros as editing stations at the video production firm I work at and first time I used it it was JAW DROPPING Having it perform better than the huge, high power usage, RTX 2070 tower PCs I used before it is still incredible to me Edit: Just bought myself a base 14' M1 pro and I am absolutely loving it
@@TH-camfuckingsucks-k9n you can get an asus vivo book s14 which is similar then the 14 inch m1 pro but smaller bezzels, thinner body, faster cpu and gpu, for less then half the price, you can probably install mac os on it too
Btw fun fact: while they look thicker another reviewer actually measured and turns out the 14” is thinner than the old 13” MBP at the thickest point- the clever tapered edge design just made the old ones look even thinner.
@@samarthmadhivanan5726 I think he's referencing the taper of the old MBP's, they have a "bevel" that looks like the edge, but then get thicker if you look beyond the edges, whereas these new ones don't have the bevel around the edge and just carry the thickness all the way to the edge so they look thicker.
Never knew how much I appreciated your reviews until I found myself refreshing this channel since the new MacBooks came out!! Awesome. Got the 16” max, can’t wait.
5:28 one thing worth noticing is they've moved the headphone jack to the left, so as most headphones have their cable running from the left earpiece, it prevents a lot of cable mess
@@henryjim1476 not in the last Touch Bar MBP (2017-2021), but prior to that, the retina MBP (2012-2017) had it indeed on the left. The ones before I don’t remember.
The fact that a laptop with a chip you can get in a $3,500 configuration can beat the load times of a $50,000 machine when rendering video is insane. That is such a quick jump with Apple Silicon. Makes me excited for the future with M2, M3, etc. The power per watt is insane.
I'm absolutely saddened by the fact that engineering software like AutoCAD, SolidWorks, GIS programs and new drone mapping programs can't be run on MacBooks without the use of BootCamp and running Windows. The potential for increased performance and productivity by running those with MacOS is incredibly high. There's nothing I want to see more than that as a person in the engineering field.
@@sebzapata There’s a mac version. When I was a student awhile back there were missing features and usage was different. Not sure if its changed since then. Either way, when 95% of all other engineering software needs Windows, its not enough for companies to even consider a Mac for professional use
@@austinmaurer342 In german we call machines like that: "Goldener Käfig" These macbooks are truly masterpieces of electronics. However, they are far too expensive for conventional activities and often unusable for special areas of application. Many programmers tinker with Linux here and there. Something like that is out of the question for company laptops. As for the other cases, what else is there great besides audio and video editing? Most of the business software that is needed for business matters is Windows dominant. The macBook is of little use here. This is why these parts are only the "non-plus-ultra" for a limited group of users.
I’m a dev. The primary project I work on at the moment took 6 minutes to build on my 2016 15” MBP. Now with the 16” M1 Pro MBP with 32GB of RAM it takes < 2 minutes. Bonkers. That right there makes it worth the price tag. Not to mention the other design updates. I’ve also been really enjoying the thermal efficiency- it’s the first time in a long time where I’ve been comfortable sitting on a couch working for a long time with the machine on my lap because it just doesn’t get hot!
I'm a dev too on the 14" M1 Pro. It smooths out the rough edges everywhere, shaving off random seconds and minutes. No huge signifiers like FinalCut for me, but quicker build times and overall snappier performance make me happy I upgraded.
@@andrewp6738 I'm a dev too, currently I have 2019 i9 macbook, performance is still good, but constant fan noise is killing me, i wish to upgrade just to kill that noice
You know I realized that this topic is really a "glass half full/half empty" type of situation. I'm having trouble calling it a notch because I don't see it as a notch into my display, I see it as two extra slivers of display stretched out into what used to be a bezel. To me, the "notch" is just extra display I didn't get, rather than something that's been taken away from the display.
i’ve finally been able to consolidate all of my work to one portable device, that maintains battery all day. I have to run CAD, Signal analysis tools, EM field solvers(all X86-64) in Windows(via Parallels). And I can do this on battery, all day long. I have to be at a lot of places during the day and being able to just close the laptop lid in the middle of something, going to some other location, and then being able to jump right back in anytime, with the computer sitting in my lap(if I have to) without my legs melting off… it has added such convenience that I’m able to work much more efficiently. I used to have to use a giant fan pointed at my windows laptop to keep it from thermal throttling.
I've been having the audio waveform issue too. I didn't have this issue on my M1 MBP 13" in the previous version of FCP. So I have a feeling it's a FCP issue, not an issue with these new Macs.
Great review, concise, articulate and fun to watch. I have been using the 16 inch MacBook Pro for a couple of weeks. I've been able to consolidate all of my audio and video production work on this machine, and without any of the performance issues I've had on previous laptops and desktops. Pretty amazing.
I love how the MKBHD solution to shooting and editing on the road was not to sacrifice 8K video or anything like that, it was just brining a whole iMac We've come a long way lol
@@jandersen6802 software just isnt there for it. steam is the core of pc gaming, so they just needed to design the hardware to throw it in. MAYBE for iOS with the app store, but on mac there just isnt much
@@bradhaines3142 well the M1 is capable of running iOS apps because their chips are based on the same architecture. I think Apple could definitely make a device that's supposed to run games from the App Store with high fidelity and refresh rate. I don't think it would sell well, but it's definitely possible.
As someone starting college in January as a IT Major this is the machine I’m going with. I will be getting the 14 with the best Pro processor with the 1tb of storage. My 2009 Unibody Mac Pro doesn’t even work with the software my school requires. I feel old but this will be a welcome upgrade. I really like the M1 Chips. Seems Apple did something right and really nailed it this time around. Also giving the M1 Chips to the 13 was a good way to force users to get the Air or the 14 because the 13 is about useless right now.
I likely will not touch the edges of the power of this laptop, but this is one of the best reviews of a laptop I've ever seen in it's completeness, comprehensiveness and clarity. It covered every conceivable aspect I would be interested in and did it in such a way and with a clear explanation that I am now able to not only be confident of purchasing a new MacBook Pro, but which one and in which configuration. That is a very important aspect, as I work for a non-profit and need to make a definitive decision and not have to regret it - because I'll have it a very long time. Kudos!
Oh yeah, made my decision too. I went for the base model M1 Pro 14" model. There are some reviews which compare the 8 vs 10 threads and they perform pretty similarly.
It's not that concise man. there's a lot of details - I'm sorry, I'm a software engineer so I wasn't looking at it from the perspective of consumers. You're right, this is a video of clarified a lot for me too! now I know which MacBook pro would be appropriate for me and my needs, I want to get my brother a laptop, so this helps me decide that too!
I've been clinging to my early 2013 Macbook Pro Retina, but at 9 years old, it's definitely showing signs of it's age. I haven't liked any of the Macbooks that have come out in recent years, but this new 2021 Macbook looks awesome!
I agree with you. I have a 2016 MB Pro with the damn butterfly keys, which are a problem. Otherwise, I've been pleased with my computer. But I like the performance and look of the new ones.
Yeah, the M1's are certainly mind-blowing on all levels; especially the M1 Pro and the M1 Max. I bought the M1 Macbook Air and the M1 MacMini with 16GB RAM and 512 SSD earlier this year. I have been absolutely blown away by the performance, efficiency of the M1's cores, and the quietness by which these units run. So far they both have been able to handle all my web development projects without a hitch. It does make me excited knowing that if I need more power and flexibility Apple's silicon Mac product selection now has me covered.
AMD have much better CPU this ARM CPU for smartphone what performance I have in smartphone and tablets... Apple do Revenue 70% ON you! How much whey need to drug when to court?
I just got a 32gb 1tb m1 max macbook pro and I freaking LOVE it!! This thing is my baby. Using it for music production and graphic design is amazing. Super fast, quiet, and cool.
I have the lowest end 16 inch. Walked into the Apple Store the other day before a job and said F it and picked one up. I had last years M1 13 in MBP and this is miles ahead of it. I don't use it for much else than shooting photos to it and it's more than capable to run Capture One, Photoshop and Lightroom. If this will be your only machine I would suggest getting one of the beefier ones. But I am more than happy to use this.
Not gonna lie... bought the maxed out 14" because I've been holding out since 2010, and my 2010 Macbook Pro is definitely on its last legs. The last few generations of Macbook Pro was...NOT what a Pro should be, at least in my opinion, and this new one is a proper Macbook Pro...Finally got one after a decade of waiting
@@XenogearsPS Oh my god nooooo what a waste of Big Red!!! Now on to more pressing matters... Yeah I told myself, I will never buy a Macbook Pro until Apple brings back magsafe and ports...
Wow, holding out that long is seriously impressive. My 2011 MacBook Pro was annoying me so much I got the 2018 model the week it launched. The best part is that you'll never know what you're missing out on without a Touch Bar, because you never had one - that's a fairly big deal.
Excellent review. Thanks for breaking things down so honestly and clearly. I'm on the 2019 16" MacBook Pro and the battery life when doing editing video or photos is terrible. It's a beautiful machine, but not a good mobile workstation.The portability, battery life and performance of the M1 Pro and Max chips seems like an incredible upgrade.
I bought the new Macbook Pro 16" (M1 Pro). I have to say - it's the BEST laptop on the market. The power - incredible. The battery life - mind blowing. Speakers - great. Honestly, I've been waiting for this laptop since last year and it's so worth the wait.
yup. I sat at a coffee shop for 4 hours the other day. About half that time was python grinding away at data files and watching youtube. I still have 40% battery.
Marques: "I'm not sure why the space grey laptop doesn't also come with a space grey magsafe connector... that would've been a nice touch" Apple: *Takes notes*
As someone who stated editing in 1981 with 16mm film, then moved to 1” video, ¾” video, Betacam, Avid, Premiere, Final Cut Pro Studio (I was apple’s broadcast guy in Asia PAC for a couple of years working with a whole lotta big houses in the region) I have to agree with you 100%. M1 powered MBPs are the tool that finally frees content creators from a desk in a room…anywhere. I thought we had hit that point in 2004-6, but this makes all that look and feel like serious delusion. I’m running Resolve, for a whole lot of reasons, and I refuse to work with more than 4k, but lately I’ve been including more footage from a GoPro 10 in 265 “just because “. As a test, I have transcoded less of it and my DSLR footage to ProRes, which has been my workflow for almost 20 years just as a way to avoid the unavoidable space bar struggle to play thing. I decided on the 14” purely because I (usually) do my work out of a backpack roaming around South East Asia, and I can slide this into my 30L everyday pack, with cameras, lenses, lights and get on a scooter/bus/train/plane and go to the next location. I totally get what you mean about a few of the ports being not quite as bleeding edge as the could have been, but, as someone who’s dropped far more money than they should have on aluminium shells over the years, there were so often too many over specced ports that were a total waste. Case in point: Thunderbolt. Great standard, piss poor adoption by the marketplace. Apple users were never a big enough demographic for affordable devices to take advantage of it. Finally the rest of the user world has caught up and we’re getting the advantage of usability and reasonable price. So, all things considered, I’m happy as a pig in mud, and once things open up again, I’m really excited to get back on a plane and actually be able to do serious, serious content creation absolutely, unequivocally anywhere I want to lift the lid on my sweet little space grey piece of joy.
As an software engineer I am glad these machines are back in the form from a couple of years back. Yeah, they are beefy in size. But man, this is amazing. It is workhorse in your backpack. That amount of ram is quite useful for me. I don't need the M1 Max luckily, my compile times are mostly aimed at cpu. All those ports. They are expensive. Totally worth the penny.
"So, there will be a lot of professionals like me who are really happy with these. There is also gonna be a lot of people who totally dont need this power but just have a lot of money to spend and just want to get a nice laptop". There is no better way to describe it.
I'm old. I once had a Tadpole laptop with a Sun SPARC CPU, and we needed a bunch of them to troubleshoot our embedded processing platforms (Motorola RISC, one of those chips by another name and cooling fan is likely in your fridge or washing machine) - it was running Solaris with CDE, and not only was it a credible desktop replacement (compared to Windows NT) It could run diagnostics at full speed on equipment in the field. Like... FULL SPEED, and you had a full hour of battery life to play with. The new MacBooks remind me of that... Only they don't cost 30k in '90s money, and have Mac OS instead of Solaris with CDE tack-welded on top.
From a software engineer who also edits videos/photos while still using a 2017 macboook pro, i5 processor, 8 gb memory, this review makes me emotional.
As someone who has never owned an apple product I must say this laptop is really nice especially compared to windows laptops! Only thing that I don't like is the smearing/ghosting when moving anything on the screen at 120hz. I bought this laptop for Blender 3d because Apple joined the dev fund to support Metal. Blenders viewport performance is extremely good and the trackpad support is perfect. I also just found out that Windows 10 Blender releases don't support trackpad gestures like Mac releases of blender do. I tried a trackpad on my windows 10 pc for Blender and it was terrible. But there is a patch D7660 Add support for precision touchpad gestures on Windows which I beleive is just now being integrated into blender on windows 10.
I truly love watching your videos, especially when your reviews, legitimately, validate my purchase decisions (even with my level of frugality; I usually sit on decisions for up to a year before pulling the trigger). This is my first-ever Macbook Pro and I’m 💯 satisfied with my purchase this year. 👌🏼
It is about on par with AMD and Intel on performance, better on battery, much worse in gaming and 2-3x more expensive. Check the Hardware Unboxed for some comparison benchmarks.
@@nxadventures9510 And those exports on premiere, it is misleading - open a project, import some footage and export an h264 without any effects. It is that fast because of the chip that handles encoding, but who is going to do rough cuts and not apply any filter? Do 1 filter and the benchmark is lost. For anything multi-core intensive those macs are good, but not better than a multi-core amd machine. Just check puget system benchmarks, much better than what's been shown here.
@@nxadventures9510 Yeah, people get crazy just by looking at YT. No reason to get crazy at all. I rather buy a €900 Windows laptop with all the bells and whistles I need.
@@StevenAkinyemi for the average design job yeah. But dealing with heavy PS jobs it's a dream eg. Retouching images to go on a large-scale billboard at 50% true to size, 300dpi. That file is probably around 2-4gb. No buffering, lag etc...
Never saw you this excited about a product like this one. And I agree, 16” M1 Max is the way to go. Really happy to see this performance. Apple killed the laptop market. Everyone will have to re calibrate.
I don’t think I agree.... these computers are beasts but most people don’t have 3k to spend or don’t even need a laptop that good... I’m running a Lenovo i7 9gen and a 1060 laptop and I can do basically whatever I need. I think the market will truly change when these monsters Apple created become like 1grand used condition
@@miguelrocha2157 like mentioned a couple times, these are tools, your i7 1060 is nowhere close to the power of this macbook pro. the macbook pros competitors, are in fact around the 2k-3k price range. you cant just randomly pick a good value laptop and say that the macbook pro is too expensive, there are people out there who need this kind of power on the go, people like marques himself. marcelo is still right, theres still no laptop in the current market that is capable of doing what the new macbooks can.
@@miguelrocha2157 Until we start talking about battery life, fan noise, speakers, screen, build quality, and everything else that's not related to the performance. A laptop is so much more than just the performance... For how long can you use your Lenovo on your lap, without roasting your nuts? I'd now
Amazing review and definitely getting one of the 14" M1 Pro Max. Check your external monitor needs before you choose your version! I don't do a lot of video editing but I do use a workstation with either dual (or more) monitors and I've been experimenting with the larger curved monitors at the higher 220hz refresh rate. I nearly purchased a 13" M1 but thankfully someone pointed out that the M1 (on the laptop) only supports one external display. I did a little digging and: M1 - 1 External display M1 Pro - 2 External displays M1 Pro Max - up to 4 external displays That was a game changer for me.
19:13 this is a really important point. Yes these are expensive machines, but for pros you basically get than money back in productivity. It's an investment!
I am watching this right now on my 14" M1 Pro base model. This laptop does everything that I need it to do. Photo editing here and there and occasionally playing Diablo 3.
16:23 so the macbook has only 64 GB of RAM, compared to 768 GB of RAM, on the mac pro..... that just sounds like something my mom would say, not knowing and throwing some familiar numbers around 😂😭 I'd be like, "noo, that's probably the SSD" 😝🤣 But seriously, I wonder when the general public will be talking about like 1 TB of RAM, like it's nothing 🙃
If we assume that 16GB was "nothing" in 2020, then we'll hit 1TB around 2030-2032. Not sure going to 1TB is the best way to use the advances in process technology though.
@@frstesiste7670 we won’t hit 1TB RAM on avg in 2030. There is a point of diminishing returns. I’d imagine things would start leveling out at 32-64GB of RAM as standard
Or maybe you can take the rack mounted Mac Pro, login with more than one user, and edit four or more videos at the same time. That would be even wilder.
Uh, 22 minute videos usually have about 50 minutes shot. He produces videos all the time for his channel. The videos make him money, the M1 Mac Pro desktop can save him time which is money. Pays for itself.
I’m very impressed with both your ability to speak on task for so long without multiple takes and the smooth editing/splicing when you do. Great work!!!
@Bruh Bruh If you’re gonna hate on Apple at least don’t say stupid ass comments without any context and at least back up your opinion 💀🤣 There are no android computers lmfao do you mean Windows or ChromeOs? Even then macOS with Apple silicon powered computers have the advantage for power to wattage ratio. There’s numbers all over the internet. Fandroids like you are clearly missing screws in your heads🤣
@Bruh Bruh I used to follow that logic but this is undeniably a great device. I use an android and it's great for the price but an iPhone is perfect for the average consumer who can afford it. Also tf is an android pc, huawei matebook? Chromebook lmao.
@@anharun This is TH-cam I can’t tell the difference between a troll or not unlike irl. Anyways I’m not triggered I’m just trying spit some facts into his head Incase he isn’t a troll
They've done that a few times. The first PowerBook, the first MacBook Pro, and the 2018 MacBook Pro come to mind as well for being stunningly excellent for their times.
"For professionals", ye, try run a real professional software on iPad laptop (ARM joke*)... This laptop is only for content creators, pictures, video editing, music production. Nothing pro...
@@TheXpresive professionals are music producers, content creators, video and picture editors. the laptop could absolutely run engineering programs, the creators refuse to validate and make a mac version.
@@quandaliusdinglus3374 profesionals are not only media creators... It's also 3d modelers, engineers, programmers, mathematitians, data scientists, data engineers and much more. I call those people people a higher tier or real professionals than content creators... And Mac is literally only for content creation which is nothing professional as that can be done even on tablet and smartphone...
I legitimately bought the 16 inch MacBook pro with the M1 Max, 64gb of ram, and a 4tb ssd, just to end up using Windows 11 via parallels most of the time. I am not an Apple guy, but this... this is a good computer. I almost never have to charge this thing. It's light. It's sleek. It's sexy. It's git some great ports, and it's got one hell of a screen. Build quality is next gen, and something that other companies need to take note of.
Thank you so much for the complete honesty. I do love these Macs but to be honest I'm perfectly happy with my M1 from last year. It never had any kind of problems, the battery still lasts forever and runs all my workflows flawlessly. I'll keep it, for now, will delay the upgrade. I think I might eventually upgrade to the 16" m1 max when it drops in price a little bit, maybe refurbished, it's def too much just for a "nice to have".
I remember, it was 2008, I bought myself Playstation 3 (used, but hot staff this time). Problem was that I had just crt screen, and to play first time hd game, I had to visit my friend, whose parents bought sony bravia 32” hd TV. Since PS3 was a HEAVY peace of incredible technology 13 years ago, I used my ryanair size suitcase to carry this console from one apartment to another, being proud myself that there is someone in Poland, not using 55x40x25 case to smuggle cigs to UK, but to show magnificent games in crazy 1366x768. 😂 Do not laugh about this iMac case, since there is a purpouse to share new technology among certain people 🤗
I just bought mine and it will be here before my birthday in March. I use Photoshop and do design work for my job and in my leisure time. I can't wait to play around with it!!
16:59 Should say "M1 Max MBP: 4:06". Great review, I can confirm that on my new 14" MBP I don't really notice the notch anymore (despite wanting to use a wallpaper that is black at the top of it) despite using a OnePlus 7T Pro without any kind of punch hole or notch :)
Choosing a device is always about what apps you are gonna use and how much performance you want out of the apps. But, it's so good to see MacBook Pro finally gaining the name again.
I reeeeeally hope they don't add face ID in the next version, and that it continues to have a notch, just so I get to see Marques using socks and sandals
I've always said people look at notches wrong. if you view it as cutting into your screen, then yes it's annoying. Instead, you need to see it as your screen gaining ears into where the bezel used to be, to move time/date/battery/menu items up out of the way. of course software has to incorporate it smartly as well, or you will get the notch encroaching where it isn't wanted or blocking things.
The notch at least makes sense on a phone, but it seriously has no place on a laptop. There are many laptops out there with bezels as thin as this without needing to resort to a notch. This just creates the unnecessary association between notches and thin bezels in the consumer's mind, which further perpetuates the myth that notch = better.
@@DogeFrom2014 I'd prefer no notches or camera cutouts. even as pleasant as rounded screen corners are, they're still impractical. anything that disrupts normal square/rectangle, just makes things more difficult and annoying for developers and users.
14-inch is like the most perfect laptop I've ever seen in my life, except for gaming. I returned my 16-inch M1 Pro for a 14-inch one and I love it. Maybe I'd use 16 if I was a content creator.
Bro I literally did this same thing yesterday haha. I bought the MacBook 16 and used it for 1 day! Too heavy and bulky. Took it back and got the 14 inch instead. Similar performance and perfect weight and screen size! I just hope the m2 version doesn’t come out next month or else I’ll be devastated haha.
That was by far my favorite intro that you have ever produced. Incredible animations and transitions. Setting the bar higher every video. Nice job Marques
Damn damn good laptops. The 16" M1 Pro base model is the sweet spot, IMO. I opened every program on my dock, played a Logic project with plenty of effects and opened and ran X-Plane at full panel resolution.. Not a hiccup.
Marques Brownlee, I sooooo genuinely enjoy watching your reviews and yes, I just ordered the MacBook Pro 14" with 32GB Ram. All I'll be using it for is purely for music composition. This is the first time to have a MacBook Pro as normally I'm based on iMac's, MacPro and iPad Pro. I have had MacBook in the passed along time ago, but I was advised that the best for a small home music studio will be a MacBook Pro 14". Thank you for your brilliant and positivity you bring to us in a happy and sincere way. Jean-Claude from Melbourne, Australia ...
I just transferred my massive 300 GB photo collection from an external SSD and my M1 Max did about 1 Gigabytes (1,000 MB) per second!! Coming from a 2012 MBP this blew me away! The really crazy part is that the internal SSD can do up to 5,000 MB per second and so I'm not even scratching the surface here! 😲
The port limitation is all about bandwidth. Already there’s no other laptop out there that can support all those ports AND 3 full speed thunderbolt 4 ports. The controller for all those newer standards are likely a couple generations away.
@@lewis_base I don’t know much of that device, but most laptops have the usb-c/thunderbolt ports use the same controller for each port therefore limiting the throughput. From what I’ve read and seen from a few tear downs of the MacBooks they have individual controllers meaning that each thunderbolt 4 port (3 of which), are full speed no matter the amount of things you plug in. That’s one reason as to why it can handle 2 proXDR displays up to 3 and a 4K TV.
I got the absolute base model 16” M1 Pro model, and even there, it’s been a complete beast. By far, even to this day, if someone asked me what my favourite Apple product was, it’s this. I tested the waters on the final Intel 16” MBP to see if the largest spec’d model could facilitate my workflow of OBS streaming, Photoshop/Final Cut Pro, multi-tab Chrome browsing, and other little small-bite apps doing work like FTP/chatting/etc. in the background. It absolutely couldn’t even do the first step of OBS streaming, immediately ramping up the fans when opening the app, and by the time the app even started to render a preview window, it started to throttle down to a point where it’s unusable. The base 16” M1 Pro MBP not only never ever kicks up the fan enough for me to hear them, but it now runs my 100+ layer Photoshop documents (multiple), 10-15 usual tabs on Chrome, every single extra dock/full-res preview and actual streaming on OBS, and all my other apps like Discord, Transmit (FTP), Music, and even a queue’d up demanding Handbrake video conversion. It does all of this at once, whisper silent, with a maximum of some very slight warmth when you touch the aluminum right next to the fan. I couldn’t even imagine how much better this works for even more complex workflows with the higher spec options, considering mine is the absolute lowest-end M1 Pro chip running off of 16GB of RAM. Just madness, fantastic work Apple.
17:02 Its M1 MAX MBP That did the render at 4mins and 6secs. I love this video as it was one of the most informative reviews that came out till date. Love that at least somebody made a video about that Dec that is built in this time.
The bigger benefit with higher impedance headphone amp is more about the sound quality getting better when using high impedance headphones. The amp doesn't have to struggle as much.
I started as an amateur audiophile years ago when I found this channel. I was probably in middle/highscool school and I'm 24 now. That headphone jack brought me some old school excitement even though I'm completely happy with my airpods/ATH M50s
Duuuuude! about time Marques. I have been waiting for you to upload this video. Now I can finally make a decision, btw the man tells it like it is and that is "Next Level" baby.
I have a M1 Air and all I use it for is college classes. That being said, the battery life is a game changer. I can go be on my laptop all day for studying, classes and media at night and still be above 50% the next morning. Being able to go into a class with only 15% battery and not really worry that its going to die is amazing.
wont last long with every update tho,
@@hamSAH713 which laptop do you use
@@ProgramRe do you notice it being significantly slower on low power mode?
Agreed bro!
@@politikaskontekstom its marginally slower. The gpu cores take the main hit. Its noticeable with 2 3 apps open and window switching
me who just edits some school documents and watch TH-cam all day: yes i need that performance
😂😂me too
Why is this so relateable!
Lmaoooo
I’m in this reply and I don’t like it 😂
Hehehe :))
You traveling with your iMac was the first thing I thought when I saw how this handled 8K.
And the silent fans on Red raw might be the most impressive demo I’ve seen of what these can do, way more surprising than the ProRes performance
Incredible
@Bruh Bruh bait
@Bruh Bruh ...Android laptop??? There's no such thing as Android laptops.
@Bruh Bruh I go
@Bruh Bruh I love slow rubbish
I think one thing to keep in mind with performance is future proofing. When I was 18 I bought a $1900 MacBook Pro with the upgraded processor, memory and RAM. I was just going to use it for college and didn’t need all the power, but that computer ended up lasting me 7 and a half years before the performance was too slow. You may not need the power now, but if you pay up now, this could easily last you 5-7 years.
me with my baseline 11 inch mba that lasted me through 6 years of highschool and college: 👁👄👁
I’m gonna buy the base model 14 inch pro for college, coding, and starting an online e-commerce business
Ha! I’m still rocking a 2017 MacBook 12 retina for work. May finally upgrade to baseline Air.
Do you think the new M2 macbook pro or the 2021 Ipad pro with keyboard is better for college. I'm 18 years old starting college next month
@@eliaskhalil7302 If you're doing engineering then you should definitely get the laptop. I would get an upgraded MacBook Air because for your needs, the performance difference is irrelevance, but the difference in lightness and thinness will be noticeable since students move around a lot. If you're not doing engineering then I'm not sure which one is better, but if you don't need the performance I would value thinness and lightweight! imo
Carrying imac while trevelling was actually mind blowing😂
Ya
must be a ceritfied baws to do that.
Mind blowing that he didn't set up a remote desktop and carry a small laptop instead. I'm sure the wifis in those tech events could handle 10s of GB of data upload in an hour.
@Bruh Bruh ok
@Bruh Bruh that is an opinion you can have, don’t know why you’re trying to start shit.
Yea I couldn't agree more. Been using the maxed out Macbook 16 inch M1 Max for a week now, editing my content in Resolve 17 and wow...lets just say i"m finally getting rid of my 10 Core iMac pro. This thing is an editing beast
@Bruh Bruh Android laptops? U smoke crack bruh?
@@alxfnjm hes talking about a chromebook
very trash
@Bruh Bruh cz u can afford one
@Bruh Bruh can you give me your dealer name? i'm gonna sue that mother F......
How’s battery life on M1 Max?
"If the next version of this laptop still has a notch this big and doesn't add face ID, I'll wear socks and sandals for a day like Linus"
- MKBHD Nov 2021
fun
Here before this blows up
Here Before this blows up too.
Looking forward for that video after the next MacBook Pro launch.
i m from future and i knew it they suck
We have 16' M1 Max macbook pros as editing stations at the video production firm I work at and first time I used it it was JAW DROPPING
Having it perform better than the huge, high power usage, RTX 2070 tower PCs I used before it is still incredible to me
Edit: Just bought myself a base 14' M1 pro and I am absolutely loving it
I’m stuck between the the M1 Pro or the max but it’s like a 1,200 price difference 😭
@@TH-camfuckingsucks-k9n I think the Pro is more than enough unless you have some hardcore workflow that requires all that power.
@@anthonyt425 i second that
For my at home setup I’m just getting the base 14’ cause that amount of power is very rarely needed
Perform better than the RTX 2070?! How true is that?
@@TH-camfuckingsucks-k9n you can get an asus vivo book s14 which is similar then the 14 inch m1 pro but smaller bezzels, thinner body, faster cpu and gpu, for less then half the price, you can probably install mac os on it too
Btw fun fact: while they look thicker another reviewer actually measured and turns out the 14” is thinner than the old 13” MBP at the thickest point- the clever tapered edge design just made the old ones look even thinner.
apple lists the dimensions; 13" m1 mbp is indeed slightly thicker
the old mbp's didnt have a wedge design i think you meant mabook airs
@@samarthmadhivanan5726 I think he's referencing the taper of the old MBP's, they have a "bevel" that looks like the edge, but then get thicker if you look beyond the edges, whereas these new ones don't have the bevel around the edge and just carry the thickness all the way to the edge so they look thicker.
i hate wedge design. Some manufacturers even trying to make sqare laptops look wedge. Ugly as kack. Glad this trend is over
@Bruh Bruh shut up. No one asked
Never knew how much I appreciated your reviews until I found myself refreshing this channel since the new MacBooks came out!! Awesome. Got the 16” max, can’t wait.
5:28 one thing worth noticing is they've moved the headphone jack to the left, so as most headphones have their cable running from the left earpiece, it prevents a lot of cable mess
Indeed, that positively surprised me as well
it has always been on the left
@@henryjim1476 not in the last Touch Bar MBP (2017-2021), but prior to that, the retina MBP (2012-2017) had it indeed on the left. The ones before I don’t remember.
@@artnaz Same with the original Unibody MacBook Pros (2008 - 2012).
u can just wear it oppositely caesar
The fact that a laptop with a chip you can get in a $3,500 configuration can beat the load times of a $50,000 machine when rendering video is insane. That is such a quick jump with Apple Silicon. Makes me excited for the future with M2, M3, etc. The power per watt is insane.
I'm absolutely saddened by the fact that engineering software like AutoCAD, SolidWorks, GIS programs and new drone mapping programs can't be run on MacBooks without the use of BootCamp and running Windows. The potential for increased performance and productivity by running those with MacOS is incredibly high. There's nothing I want to see more than that as a person in the engineering field.
I feel you bro
Can AutoCAD not be run on MacOS?
@@sebzapata There’s a mac version. When I was a student awhile back there were missing features and usage was different. Not sure if its changed since then. Either way, when 95% of all other engineering software needs Windows, its not enough for companies to even consider a Mac for professional use
Absolutely, 100%!!!
@@austinmaurer342 In german we call machines like that: "Goldener Käfig"
These macbooks are truly masterpieces of electronics. However, they are far too expensive for conventional activities and often unusable for special areas of application. Many programmers tinker with Linux here and there. Something like that is out of the question for company laptops. As for the other cases, what else is there great besides audio and video editing?
Most of the business software that is needed for business matters is Windows dominant. The macBook is of little use here. This is why these parts are only the "non-plus-ultra" for a limited group of users.
I’m a dev. The primary project I work on at the moment took 6 minutes to build on my 2016 15” MBP. Now with the 16” M1 Pro MBP with 32GB of RAM it takes < 2 minutes. Bonkers. That right there makes it worth the price tag. Not to mention the other design updates. I’ve also been really enjoying the thermal efficiency- it’s the first time in a long time where I’ve been comfortable sitting on a couch working for a long time with the machine on my lap because it just doesn’t get hot!
I'm a dev too on the 14" M1 Pro. It smooths out the rough edges everywhere, shaving off random seconds and minutes. No huge signifiers like FinalCut for me, but quicker build times and overall snappier performance make me happy I upgraded.
idk much but does that mean that you save like days of build time an year?
What language is your project built in?
Saving 4 minutes is worth $3000 to you?
@@andrewp6738 I'm a dev too, currently I have 2019 i9 macbook, performance is still good, but constant fan noise is killing me, i wish to upgrade just to kill that noice
my man casually says "my mac pro has 768 gigs of ram" like he's talking about an ssd 😦
😂😂😂
Ye my ssd got 500gbs and then there is this guy 🤯
I have 8GB RAM and 256 GB SSD+ 1 TB HDD and look at him 768 GB RAM 😲😲😲😲😲
Lived 4 years with 32 gig pendrive😶
I had to listen to it twice, i thought i misheard it
Just bought the 16" Max Pro myself. Can't wait to edit on it!
how is it??? is it good? xD
Just ordered my 16" Max Pro!
Sheesh a Max Pro now! Apple gotta stop updating so quick ;)
Damn that must’ve been expensive asf
@@SoulOne713 3racks lmao
1:42 “these laptops have top notch design” i see what you did there
@@andykun9764 top _notch_ and the MacBook has a notch
"I understood that reference"- Captain America
Top notch design with a big notch at top 😳
jokes been around for 4 years now
You know I realized that this topic is really a "glass half full/half empty" type of situation. I'm having trouble calling it a notch because I don't see it as a notch into my display, I see it as two extra slivers of display stretched out into what used to be a bezel. To me, the "notch" is just extra display I didn't get, rather than something that's been taken away from the display.
i’ve finally been able to consolidate all of my work to one portable device, that maintains battery all day. I have to run CAD, Signal analysis tools, EM field solvers(all X86-64) in Windows(via Parallels). And I can do this on battery, all day long. I have to be at a lot of places during the day and being able to just close the laptop lid in the middle of something, going to some other location, and then being able to jump right back in anytime, with the computer sitting in my lap(if I have to) without my legs melting off… it has added such convenience that I’m able to work much more efficiently. I used to have to use a giant fan pointed at my windows laptop to keep it from thermal throttling.
Happy for you man.
Are you using the 14 inch or the 16 inch laptop?
Nice bro keep up the great work
Which specs did you go for?
Thanks for the useful real world review girl! especially about battery life
I've been having the audio waveform issue too. I didn't have this issue on my M1 MBP 13" in the previous version of FCP. So I have a feeling it's a FCP issue, not an issue with these new Macs.
Interesting - I still don't have the issue on the Mac Pro, which I haven't updated to Monterey yet so maybe it has something to do with that too.
I've got a 2017 MacBook Pro and the new update of Final Cut is super buggy
ok
@@stereoheartsrnb ok
@@Ok-lu8gx yES
Great review, concise, articulate and fun to watch. I have been using the 16 inch MacBook Pro for a couple of weeks. I've been able to consolidate all of my audio and video production work on this machine, and without any of the performance issues I've had on previous laptops and desktops. Pretty amazing.
I love how the MKBHD solution to shooting and editing on the road was not to sacrifice 8K video or anything like that, it was just brining a whole iMac
We've come a long way lol
It is his job
Apple probably owns everything in there and they sponsor him
@@The-Heart-Will-Testify He's not sponsored by apple 😂
The power efficiency is the most insane part of these chips imo
I think that is why Apple should make a portable gaming device like the steam deck
@@jandersen6802 software just isnt there for it. steam is the core of pc gaming, so they just needed to design the hardware to throw it in. MAYBE for iOS with the app store, but on mac there just isnt much
@@bradhaines3142 well the M1 is capable of running iOS apps because their chips are based on the same architecture. I think Apple could definitely make a device that's supposed to run games from the App Store with high fidelity and refresh rate. I don't think it would sell well, but it's definitely possible.
@@jandersen6802 The iPad pro doesn't count?
Yep, imagine what they could do if they started making consoles and taking Apple Arcade a bit more seriously.
The long awaited review 👏👏👏
@Bruh Bruh you really do love android eh??
@Bruh Bruh Yeah because it is a competition of Android vs. Mac -_-
@Bruh Bruh you on the wrong video fam
@Saitama thanks for spotting that ❤️
@Bruh Bruh You really have to spam this reply on every comment... wow you have no life
As someone starting college in January as a IT Major this is the machine I’m going with. I will be getting the 14 with the best Pro processor with the 1tb of storage. My 2009 Unibody Mac Pro doesn’t even work with the software my school requires. I feel old but this will be a welcome upgrade. I really like the M1 Chips. Seems Apple did something right and really nailed it this time around. Also giving the M1 Chips to the 13 was a good way to force users to get the Air or the 14 because the 13 is about useless right now.
That's a lot of hardware to learn how to tell people to reboot the system...
"Top notch design."
Well played sir, well played.
This is what I came down here to see
🍷👍 Talk about looking sybolic!
I likely will not touch the edges of the power of this laptop, but this is one of the best reviews of a laptop I've ever seen in it's completeness, comprehensiveness and clarity. It covered every conceivable aspect I would be interested in and did it in such a way and with a clear explanation that I am now able to not only be confident of purchasing a new MacBook Pro, but which one and in which configuration. That is a very important aspect, as I work for a non-profit and need to make a definitive decision and not have to regret it - because I'll have it a very long time. Kudos!
Oh yeah, made my decision too. I went for the base model M1 Pro 14" model. There are some reviews which compare the 8 vs 10 threads and they perform pretty similarly.
im the 69th like :D
Nonprofit person here too- I understand the struggle lol. When you spend a significant amount of money on something it HAS to work.
It's not that concise man. there's a lot of details - I'm sorry, I'm a software engineer so I wasn't looking at it from the perspective of consumers. You're right, this is a video of clarified a lot for me too! now I know which MacBook pro would be appropriate for me and my needs, I want to get my brother a laptop, so this helps me decide that too!
@@tylersmith2799 premium non-profits out there
I love how you can have the menu bar stay at the top now all the time when in full screen. It’s a really nice thing to have.
You know you could just autohide the dock and get the exact same behaviour before, right?
@@bewhee you do realize we are talking about two different things right?
I've been clinging to my early 2013 Macbook Pro Retina, but at 9 years old, it's definitely showing signs of it's age. I haven't liked any of the Macbooks that have come out in recent years, but this new 2021 Macbook looks awesome!
I agree with you. I have a 2016 MB Pro with the damn butterfly keys, which are a problem. Otherwise, I've been pleased with my computer. But I like the performance and look of the new ones.
Sameeee
Yeah, the M1's are certainly mind-blowing on all levels; especially the M1 Pro and the M1 Max. I bought the M1 Macbook Air and the M1 MacMini with 16GB RAM and 512 SSD earlier this year. I have been absolutely blown away by the performance, efficiency of the M1's cores, and the quietness by which these units run. So far they both have been able to handle all my web development projects without a hitch. It does make me excited knowing that if I need more power and flexibility Apple's silicon Mac product selection now has me covered.
Have fun getting docker to run
Intel beat it according to leaks
Web development projects? It seems that you need too much CPU power. /s
@@space0015 Supposedly it gets hotter and uses more power
AMD have much better CPU this ARM CPU for smartphone what performance I have in smartphone and tablets... Apple do Revenue 70% ON you! How much whey need to drug when to court?
That was such a good review. Not a single second wasted.
Meh...... Mkbhd is known to be a sell out.....so this video is nothing new....
@@simonbravo87 sell out? You’re the one criticising a product without ever using it
@@simonbravo87 you are a sell out
@opal The Phone of the Year awards was a bad video. This wasn't.
On April 1st he posted the best Mac he ever reviewed, little does Marques know that he would actually be doing that in November as well
I just got a 32gb 1tb m1 max macbook pro and I freaking LOVE it!! This thing is my baby. Using it for music production and graphic design is amazing. Super fast, quiet, and cool.
I have the lowest end 16 inch. Walked into the Apple Store the other day before a job and said F it and picked one up. I had last years M1 13 in MBP and this is miles ahead of it. I don't use it for much else than shooting photos to it and it's more than capable to run Capture One, Photoshop and Lightroom. If this will be your only machine I would suggest getting one of the beefier ones. But I am more than happy to use this.
Not gonna lie... bought the maxed out 14" because I've been holding out since 2010, and my 2010 Macbook Pro is definitely on its last legs. The last few generations of Macbook Pro was...NOT what a Pro should be, at least in my opinion, and this new one is a proper Macbook Pro...Finally got one after a decade of waiting
Wow talk about an upgrade. Enjoy that man!
Yeah, I should've done the same. I had a 2009 mbp, but I spilled big red on it and destroyed my laptop. I bought a 2018 one lol.
@@XenogearsPS Oh my god nooooo what a waste of Big Red!!! Now on to more pressing matters... Yeah I told myself, I will never buy a Macbook Pro until Apple brings back magsafe and ports...
The exact same here! Totally agree.
Wow, holding out that long is seriously impressive. My 2011 MacBook Pro was annoying me so much I got the 2018 model the week it launched. The best part is that you'll never know what you're missing out on without a Touch Bar, because you never had one - that's a fairly big deal.
0:15 It's the little details like matching the pitch of the charging sound to the key of the music that really sets your intros apart. Fantastic work!
Excellent review. Thanks for breaking things down so honestly and clearly. I'm on the 2019 16" MacBook Pro and the battery life when doing editing video or photos is terrible. It's a beautiful machine, but not a good mobile workstation.The portability, battery life and performance of the M1 Pro and Max chips seems like an incredible upgrade.
“Top notch design” Marques, you have done it again. 😂
You comment is older then the video?
@Bruh Bruh ;-;
@Bruh Bruh If you’re going to go through the effort of replying to every comment with this at least do it on a video about an phone not a laptop lmao.
@@stormsurge1850 hes 12 don't listen to him
@@pleaseimjustahuman he’s 5 not 12
I bought the new Macbook Pro 16" (M1 Pro). I have to say - it's the BEST laptop on the market. The power - incredible. The battery life - mind blowing. Speakers - great. Honestly, I've been waiting for this laptop since last year and it's so worth the wait.
You cant run any real 2021 RAY TRACING game - so the best laptop its a joke.
@@tomerweiss4900 if ur buying the MacPro ur not gonna game on that
@@tomerweiss4900 why would you need to run ray tracing on a MacBook 😂
yup.
I sat at a coffee shop for 4 hours the other day. About half that time was python grinding away at data files and watching youtube. I still have 40% battery.
@@hyperadapted Is there something wrong with professionals who also likes to play games? I dont get you
Marques: "I'm not sure why the space grey laptop doesn't also come with a space grey magsafe connector... that would've been a nice touch"
Apple: *Takes notes*
@Бру Бру what version of android runs on laptop? Stop being a fanboy
Ha! I wish. If they are, it sure takes them a long time to act on them.
No apple does not.
@Бру Бру apple is a company, android is an OS. what part of these 2 do you think coincide?
don’t worry it is a spam bot
As someone who stated editing in 1981 with 16mm film, then moved to 1” video, ¾” video, Betacam, Avid, Premiere, Final Cut Pro Studio (I was apple’s broadcast guy in Asia PAC for a couple of years working with a whole lotta big houses in the region) I have to agree with you 100%. M1 powered MBPs are the tool that finally frees content creators from a desk in a room…anywhere. I thought we had hit that point in 2004-6, but this makes all that look and feel like serious delusion. I’m running Resolve, for a whole lot of reasons, and I refuse to work with more than 4k, but lately I’ve been including more footage from a GoPro 10 in 265 “just because “. As a test, I have transcoded less of it and my DSLR footage to ProRes, which has been my workflow for almost 20 years just as a way to avoid the unavoidable space bar struggle to play thing. I decided on the 14” purely because I (usually) do my work out of a backpack roaming around South East Asia, and I can slide this into my 30L everyday pack, with cameras, lenses, lights and get on a scooter/bus/train/plane and go to the next location. I totally get what you mean about a few of the ports being not quite as bleeding edge as the could have been, but, as someone who’s dropped far more money than they should have on aluminium shells over the years, there were so often too many over specced ports that were a total waste. Case in point: Thunderbolt. Great standard, piss poor adoption by the marketplace. Apple users were never a big enough demographic for affordable devices to take advantage of it. Finally the rest of the user world has caught up and we’re getting the advantage of usability and reasonable price. So, all things considered, I’m happy as a pig in mud, and once things open up again, I’m really excited to get back on a plane and actually be able to do serious, serious content creation absolutely, unequivocally anywhere I want to lift the lid on my sweet little space grey piece of joy.
You are 100% wrong
@@vinniecocco9932 elaborate
@@m.f.3347 he’s just being a dick lol
As an software engineer I am glad these machines are back in the form from a couple of years back. Yeah, they are beefy in size. But man, this is amazing. It is workhorse in your backpack. That amount of ram is quite useful for me. I don't need the M1 Max luckily, my compile times are mostly aimed at cpu. All those ports. They are expensive. Totally worth the penny.
"So, there will be a lot of professionals like me who are really happy with these. There is also gonna be a lot of people who totally dont need this power but just have a lot of money to spend and just want to get a nice laptop". There is no better way to describe it.
Some people like to buy a high tier macbook so they can replace it every decade.
And Louis Rossmann will be happy, that there is this group of idiots out there buying these poorly made devices, with one good part in them.
@@whazzas5023 me! it's like buying a laptop from 2026
@@SourBogBubble ok we got it, you hate Apple and you think you r better and smarter than everybody else. Thanks for your comments
@@whazzas5023 Spot on!
I'm old. I once had a Tadpole laptop with a Sun SPARC CPU, and we needed a bunch of them to troubleshoot our embedded processing platforms (Motorola RISC, one of those chips by another name and cooling fan is likely in your fridge or washing machine) - it was running Solaris with CDE, and not only was it a credible desktop replacement (compared to Windows NT) It could run diagnostics at full speed on equipment in the field. Like... FULL SPEED, and you had a full hour of battery life to play with. The new MacBooks remind me of that... Only they don't cost 30k in '90s money, and have Mac OS instead of Solaris with CDE tack-welded on top.
And several hours of battery life
Ok. But who asked tho?
@@eduarddraghiciu3400 Isn't it bedtime for you kiddo?
fully kitted out macbook pro max does cost like 6000 euros still. but less than 30 000 dollars sure.
14" Pro is the first Mac I've owned, it replaces a Surface. And in that capacity it's also next-level.
I just can't wait for a mac mini pro max or whichever desktop they come up with. These machines seem very very impressive for my music & video work
Music production?? Im looking for a laptop to use it for that lol
Remember, turn on "Find My Mac" and the police can go straight to your Mac if it wanders off.
If they name it M1 mac mini max or M1 mac max mini, it would be hilarious just to keep saying it lol.
Thabor chinos thabor
@Mark Odessy man i just looked up the prices💀
From a software engineer who also edits videos/photos while still using a 2017 macboook pro, i5 processor, 8 gb memory, this review makes me emotional.
I too use the same model but with a 16 gb memory, I wish it had all the ports :(
This is such a good looking MacBook. For some reason, I just love the more blocky and square design compared to the rounded edges.
@Pinnęd by MARQUÈS BR0WNLEE no one is going to fall for it
Well, the price is gonna give you a heart attack.
As someone who has never owned an apple product I must say this laptop is really nice especially compared to windows laptops! Only thing that I don't like is the smearing/ghosting when moving anything on the screen at 120hz. I bought this laptop for Blender 3d because Apple joined the dev fund to support Metal. Blenders viewport performance is extremely good and the trackpad support is perfect. I also just found out that Windows 10 Blender releases don't support trackpad gestures like Mac releases of blender do. I tried a trackpad on my windows 10 pc for Blender and it was terrible. But there is a patch D7660 Add support for precision touchpad gestures on Windows which I beleive is just now being integrated into blender on windows 10.
I truly love watching your videos, especially when your reviews, legitimately, validate my purchase decisions (even with my level of frugality; I usually sit on decisions for up to a year before pulling the trigger).
This is my first-ever Macbook Pro and I’m 💯 satisfied with my purchase this year. 👌🏼
I've been waiting years for this upgrade. From the 2012 retina display ... Was overjoyed to see this announced and had my order in within the hour
It's basically 2015 model all over again, 2012 didn't have haptic touchpad for example and was old school overall
The performance on these Mac's is insane, love this review
It is about on par with AMD and Intel on performance, better on battery, much worse in gaming and 2-3x more expensive. Check the Hardware Unboxed for some comparison benchmarks.
@@nxadventures9510 And those exports on premiere, it is misleading - open a project, import some footage and export an h264 without any effects. It is that fast because of the chip that handles encoding, but who is going to do rough cuts and not apply any filter? Do 1 filter and the benchmark is lost. For anything multi-core intensive those macs are good, but not better than a multi-core amd machine. Just check puget system benchmarks, much better than what's been shown here.
@@nxadventures9510 yea well not all of us our gamers lol.
@@nxadventures9510 idk m1 chip scores much higher than intel i7 chips ive tested.
@@nxadventures9510 Yeah, people get crazy just by looking at YT. No reason to get crazy at all. I rather buy a €900 Windows laptop with all the bells and whistles I need.
Just got the 16inch M1 Max and it's crazy how noticeably faster it is than the last one I had (2017). Using mainly for graphic design 🤙🏽
Planning on upgrading from my 2012 retina. Bittersweet but your comment is encouraging
Isn't M1 Max too much for graphic design?
@@StevenAkinyemi for the average design job yeah. But dealing with heavy PS jobs it's a dream eg. Retouching images to go on a large-scale billboard at 50% true to size, 300dpi. That file is probably around 2-4gb. No buffering, lag etc...
These intros just keep getting better and better. Thought I clicked on an ad
Hi
You did
@@tradeMark182 lmao
Fascinating that comparing something to an advertisement has become a compliment
Ikr
Been waiting to hear your thoughts on the new Macbooks :)
Hi
@Bruh Bruh Your mom is better
It's him! Eucalyptus oil man!
@Bruh Bruh so you go n keep on replying this on all comments?? Jeez good luck to yor life 😢
@@Terminal_Apotos confirmo
My eyes can't decide whether to stare at the beautiful machine or the adorable Groot plant in the background
Actually Drax was there too, he was just standing so incredibly still that he became invisible to the eye.
me too I can't find it online though
Same wauw 😂
I'd feel guilty hitting the like button since you've earned 333 ones
That is also me
The only reason I rewatch the video is because of that intro music. THAT THING JUST SLAPS THE RIGHT WAY AND I LOVE IT!!!!!
‘I’ll wear socks and sandals for a day, like Linus’ had me laughing
And I thought he’d been wearing them all along
Never saw you this excited about a product like this one. And I agree, 16” M1 Max is the way to go. Really happy to see this performance. Apple killed the laptop market. Everyone will have to re calibrate.
I don’t think I agree.... these computers are beasts but most people don’t have 3k to spend or don’t even need a laptop that good... I’m running a Lenovo i7 9gen and a 1060 laptop and I can do basically whatever I need. I think the market will truly change when these monsters Apple created become like 1grand used condition
@@miguelrocha2157 like mentioned a couple times, these are tools, your i7 1060 is nowhere close to the power of this macbook pro. the macbook pros competitors, are in fact around the 2k-3k price range. you cant just randomly pick a good value laptop and say that the macbook pro is too expensive, there are people out there who need this kind of power on the go, people like marques himself. marcelo is still right, theres still no laptop in the current market that is capable of doing what the new macbooks can.
@@miguelrocha2157 Until we start talking about battery life, fan noise, speakers, screen, build quality, and everything else that's not related to the performance. A laptop is so much more than just the performance... For how long can you use your Lenovo on your lap, without roasting your nuts? I'd now
@@orvvro 😂
@@yeehaw5741 yea right... try gaming on those laptops ;)
Haha a new "Top Notch" design, clever :-)
nice pun haha
I mostly love how he couldn't say that with a straight face 😂
ikr and it was so subtle
Yeah it’s a beast !!
A joke straight from 2017/2018
Amazing review and definitely getting one of the 14" M1 Pro Max.
Check your external monitor needs before you choose your version!
I don't do a lot of video editing but I do use a workstation with either dual (or more) monitors and I've been experimenting with the larger curved monitors at the higher 220hz refresh rate. I nearly purchased a 13" M1 but thankfully someone pointed out that the M1 (on the laptop) only supports one external display. I did a little digging and:
M1 - 1 External display
M1 Pro - 2 External displays
M1 Pro Max - up to 4 external displays
That was a game changer for me.
I’ve had it for a week and I’m still exited to watch this I’m such a nerd
Ikr
SAME DUDE SAME
@Bruh Bruh Big ego mode: Activate.
We all are nerds the m1 macbook is dope
@Bruh Bruh cope
19:13 this is a really important point. Yes these are expensive machines, but for pros you basically get than money back in productivity. It's an investment!
not really there are better laptops that are cheaper than the macbook
@@stalksy8969 for example?
@@weikaiqin9424 Idk you gotta look it up but there are better laptops that are cheaper or around the same price
@@stalksy8969 For example?
@@stalksy8969 Sure but they'll have disadvantages (worse battery life, worse screen, doesn't run MacOS if you need FCP etc)
I am watching this right now on my 14" M1 Pro base model. This laptop does everything that I need it to do. Photo editing here and there and occasionally playing Diablo 3.
I've been using an M1 Pro MBP 16" for nearly a month... and wow. A significant upgrade form my last MacBook Pro. Really loving everything about it!
16:23 so the macbook has only 64 GB of RAM, compared to 768 GB of RAM, on the mac pro.....
that just sounds like something my mom would say, not knowing and throwing some familiar numbers around 😂😭
I'd be like, "noo, that's probably the SSD" 😝🤣
But seriously, I wonder when the general public will be talking about like 1 TB of RAM, like it's nothing 🙃
If we assume that 16GB was "nothing" in 2020, then we'll hit 1TB around 2030-2032. Not sure going to 1TB is the best way to use the advances in process technology though.
bro first check out! the mac pro really supports upto 1.5 TB of ram! That statement wasn't a mistake
@@Nobody-xp6ip 1.5tb of worse ram than those 768gb i think
@@frstesiste7670 we won’t hit 1TB RAM on avg in 2030. There is a point of diminishing returns. I’d imagine things would start leveling out at 32-64GB of RAM as standard
@@aquaneutral what?
“I can’t wait for the M1 Mac Pro desktop”. Marques, wtf are you going to be editing. 100k footage or something.
Nah, just minted.
you can edit the same, just faster and more responsive :)
Or maybe you can take the rack mounted Mac Pro, login with more than one user, and edit four or more videos at the same time. That would be even wilder.
He'll be going full 360° 3D video then.
Uh, 22 minute videos usually have about 50 minutes shot. He produces videos all the time for his channel. The videos make him money, the M1 Mac Pro desktop can save him time which is money. Pays for itself.
I think this is one of your best reviews ever. Wow 🙌🏻
@@ginxxxxx Elitism? He literally said it was because his renders took OVER NIGHT to render.
"top notch" review
@KahlosHack very cringe ain't it?
That's he's on top
The review is good but it is marketing review of an all ready old device with minor issues resolved, so it’s actually an old function renewal review
I’m very impressed with both your ability to speak on task for so long without multiple takes and the smooth editing/splicing when you do. Great work!!!
Carrying that giant case everywhere is true dedication to your job 😂
Why it's different than all people carrying a suitcase with a full of clothes everywhere?
I travel with the M1 Mac MINI, now it can retire too :)
Once you edit on a M1, there is no going back.
@Bruh Bruh If you’re gonna hate on Apple at least don’t say stupid ass comments without any context and at least back up your opinion 💀🤣
There are no android computers lmfao do you mean Windows or ChromeOs? Even then macOS with Apple silicon powered computers have the advantage for power to wattage ratio. There’s numbers all over the internet. Fandroids like you are clearly missing screws in your heads🤣
@Bruh Bruh Android doesn't have computers
@Bruh Bruh I used to follow that logic but this is undeniably a great device. I use an android and it's great for the price but an iPhone is perfect for the average consumer who can afford it. Also tf is an android pc, huawei matebook? Chromebook lmao.
@@Lol-rv5bv I never see someone getting triggered so much at trolls
@@anharun This is TH-cam I can’t tell the difference between a troll or not unlike irl. Anyways I’m not triggered I’m just trying spit some facts into his head Incase he isn’t a troll
So, this is a real Pro laptop, laser-focused for actual professionals. Neat. They finally actually lived up to their Pro labelling and marketing.
totally agree
They've done that a few times. The first PowerBook, the first MacBook Pro, and the 2018 MacBook Pro come to mind as well for being stunningly excellent for their times.
"For professionals", ye, try run a real professional software on iPad laptop (ARM joke*)... This laptop is only for content creators, pictures, video editing, music production. Nothing pro...
@@TheXpresive professionals are music producers, content creators, video and picture editors. the laptop could absolutely run engineering programs, the creators refuse to validate and make a mac version.
@@quandaliusdinglus3374 profesionals are not only media creators... It's also 3d modelers, engineers, programmers, mathematitians, data scientists, data engineers and much more. I call those people people a higher tier or real professionals than content creators... And Mac is literally only for content creation which is nothing professional as that can be done even on tablet and smartphone...
I legitimately bought the 16 inch MacBook pro with the M1 Max, 64gb of ram, and a 4tb ssd, just to end up using Windows 11 via parallels most of the time. I am not an Apple guy, but this... this is a good computer. I almost never have to charge this thing. It's light. It's sleek. It's sexy. It's git some great ports, and it's got one hell of a screen. Build quality is next gen, and something that other companies need to take note of.
last year I bought the Dell XPS 15, 4 hours battery life, it gets hot, the speakers rattle... If only I got a MacBook pro....
The hapiness and excitement tht I got when I saw u released the long waited mac video is unexplainable!!!
Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ❤
🙏🙏🙏 facts facts
Apple Silicon is a game changer😍
Too expensive for me but its nice to see such game-changers out there 😂
Thank you so much for the complete honesty. I do love these Macs but to be honest I'm perfectly happy with my M1 from last year. It never had any kind of problems, the battery still lasts forever and runs all my workflows flawlessly. I'll keep it, for now, will delay the upgrade. I think I might eventually upgrade to the 16" m1 max when it drops in price a little bit, maybe refurbished, it's def too much just for a "nice to have".
I remember, it was 2008, I bought myself Playstation 3 (used, but hot staff this time). Problem was that I had just crt screen, and to play first time hd game, I had to visit my friend, whose parents bought sony bravia 32” hd TV. Since PS3 was a HEAVY peace of incredible technology 13 years ago, I used my ryanair size suitcase to carry this console from one apartment to another, being proud myself that there is someone in Poland, not using 55x40x25 case to smuggle cigs to UK, but to show magnificent games in crazy 1366x768. 😂 Do not laugh about this iMac case, since there is a purpouse to share new technology among certain people 🤗
I just bought mine and it will be here before my birthday in March. I use Photoshop and do design work for my job and in my leisure time. I can't wait to play around with it!!
16:59 Should say "M1 Max MBP: 4:06". Great review, I can confirm that on my new 14" MBP I don't really notice the notch anymore (despite wanting to use a wallpaper that is black at the top of it) despite using a OnePlus 7T Pro without any kind of punch hole or notch :)
It's as if someone went to the future, stole a MacBook and came back.
This is incredible 😲
The future is now, old man
Yep if you wanna time travel right now just go rob an Apple Store
Choosing a device is always about what apps you are gonna use and how much performance you want out of the apps. But, it's so good to see MacBook Pro finally gaining the name again.
just upgrade my 16" 2019 MBP, and bought an M1 max 16"... I'm an architect. Could not be more happy
"I'll wear socks and sandals, like Linus" spoken like a punishment 😂
And mostly single right 😅
…it is…
Lol
I reeeeeally hope they don't add face ID in the next version, and that it continues to have a notch, just so I get to see Marques using socks and sandals
@@graciouscompetentdwarfrabbit haha
for a day... take it easy wild boy 🤣🤣
I've always said people look at notches wrong. if you view it as cutting into your screen, then yes it's annoying.
Instead, you need to see it as your screen gaining ears into where the bezel used to be, to move time/date/battery/menu items up out of the way.
of course software has to incorporate it smartly as well, or you will get the notch encroaching where it isn't wanted or blocking things.
The notch at least makes sense on a phone, but it seriously has no place on a laptop. There are many laptops out there with bezels as thin as this without needing to resort to a notch. This just creates the unnecessary association between notches and thin bezels in the consumer's mind, which further perpetuates the myth that notch = better.
@@DogeFrom2014 I'd prefer no notches or camera cutouts. even as pleasant as rounded screen corners are, they're still impractical. anything that disrupts normal square/rectangle, just makes things more difficult and annoying for developers and users.
@@rokko_fable Well yeah that's what I'm saying
My M1Max 32 core will arrive soon! Can’t wait
Don’t listen to him he’s a bot scammer
EDIT : It's deleted now
@@louie.idkone duh
How much is an M1 Max?
@@MaximaToluene a lot haha
It sure is a powerful computer
14-inch is like the most perfect laptop I've ever seen in my life, except for gaming. I returned my 16-inch M1 Pro for a 14-inch one and I love it. Maybe I'd use 16 if I was a content creator.
Bro I literally did this same thing yesterday haha. I bought the MacBook 16 and used it for 1 day! Too heavy and bulky. Took it back and got the 14 inch instead. Similar performance and perfect weight and screen size! I just hope the m2 version doesn’t come out next month or else I’ll be devastated haha.
@@kevstreet6710 same lol. I’d be cheesed if it does 😂
"Saving you a dongle" is such a first world convenience 😂 I'm all for it though
That was by far my favorite intro that you have ever produced. Incredible animations and transitions. Setting the bar higher every video. Nice job Marques
Marques trademark of quality.
@History Decolonized I noticed that it wasn’t around it but it would’ve been off center so actually it was a perfect edit :)
What's so special... It's basic.
@@brokeguy5607 nice one
@History Decolonized you need to decolonize ur brain first...how do you think centering works?
Damn damn good laptops. The 16" M1 Pro base model is the sweet spot, IMO. I opened every program on my dock, played a Logic project with plenty of effects and opened and ran X-Plane at full panel resolution.. Not a hiccup.
Insane!
both base models the 14 and 16 are actually the sweet sport specially for the price
Marques Brownlee, I sooooo genuinely enjoy watching your reviews and yes, I just ordered the MacBook Pro 14" with 32GB Ram. All I'll be using it for is purely for music composition. This is the first time to have a MacBook Pro as normally I'm based on iMac's, MacPro and iPad Pro. I have had MacBook in the passed along time ago, but I was advised that the best for a small home music studio will be a MacBook Pro 14". Thank you for your brilliant and positivity you bring to us in a happy and sincere way. Jean-Claude from Melbourne, Australia ...
"I'll wear socks and sandals for a day, like Linus." 😂
Security blanket more ports? Good grief Charlie Cook.
Can’t wait for linus to see this
Take that Linus
I just transferred my massive 300 GB photo collection from an external SSD and my M1 Max did about 1 Gigabytes (1,000 MB) per second!! Coming from a 2012 MBP this blew me away! The really crazy part is that the internal SSD can do up to 5,000 MB per second and so I'm not even scratching the surface here! 😲
Boot ssd of that speed are not new
1 GB = 1024MB :D :D
Bruh gen 4 SSD's are fast af. I upgraded in 2019 and never been so happy
@@lopovM xD
We are living in the future tbh
The port limitation is all about bandwidth. Already there’s no other laptop out there that can support all those ports AND 3 full speed thunderbolt 4 ports. The controller for all those newer standards are likely a couple generations away.
I am not sure if that is indeed the case, the MSI GE76 has the following:
1x Type-C (USB / DP / Thunderbolt™ 4)
1x Type-C USB3.2 Gen2
2x Type-A USB3.2 Gen1
1x Type-A USB3.2 Gen2
1x RJ45
1x SD Express
1x (8K @ 60Hz / 4K @ 120Hz) HDMI (2.1)
1x Mini-DisplayPort
A
@@lewis_base only 1 thunderbolt
@@lewis_base I don’t know much of that device, but most laptops have the usb-c/thunderbolt ports use the same controller for each port therefore limiting the throughput. From what I’ve read and seen from a few tear downs of the MacBooks they have individual controllers meaning that each thunderbolt 4 port (3 of which), are full speed no matter the amount of things you plug in. That’s one reason as to why it can handle 2 proXDR displays up to 3 and a 4K TV.
@@sombresun11 It does have 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 and 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 which nearly match the bandwidth of 2x Thunderbolt 4.
I got the absolute base model 16” M1 Pro model, and even there, it’s been a complete beast. By far, even to this day, if someone asked me what my favourite Apple product was, it’s this. I tested the waters on the final Intel 16” MBP to see if the largest spec’d model could facilitate my workflow of OBS streaming, Photoshop/Final Cut Pro, multi-tab Chrome browsing, and other little small-bite apps doing work like FTP/chatting/etc. in the background. It absolutely couldn’t even do the first step of OBS streaming, immediately ramping up the fans when opening the app, and by the time the app even started to render a preview window, it started to throttle down to a point where it’s unusable.
The base 16” M1 Pro MBP not only never ever kicks up the fan enough for me to hear them, but it now runs my 100+ layer Photoshop documents (multiple), 10-15 usual tabs on Chrome, every single extra dock/full-res preview and actual streaming on OBS, and all my other apps like Discord, Transmit (FTP), Music, and even a queue’d up demanding Handbrake video conversion. It does all of this at once, whisper silent, with a maximum of some very slight warmth when you touch the aluminum right next to the fan. I couldn’t even imagine how much better this works for even more complex workflows with the higher spec options, considering mine is the absolute lowest-end M1 Pro chip running off of 16GB of RAM. Just madness, fantastic work Apple.
17:02 Its M1 MAX MBP That did the render at 4mins and 6secs. I love this video as it was one of the most informative reviews that came out till date. Love that at least somebody made a video about that Dec that is built in this time.
I am actually worried how marques didnt notice that yet
I dont see anything running at the screen.
@Marques. Your introduction part is getting next level. I have been admiring it quiet long and Specially for this one you nailed it.
The bigger benefit with higher impedance headphone amp is more about the sound quality getting better when using high impedance headphones. The amp doesn't have to struggle as much.
I started as an amateur audiophile years ago when I found this channel. I was probably in middle/highscool school and I'm 24 now. That headphone jack brought me some old school excitement even though I'm completely happy with my airpods/ATH M50s
I may have ordered one this afternoon before seeing this so here’s to hoping it was the right decision.
Got a 14” Max
Why use an actual portable laptop or an iMac in a Pelican Case when you can buy the $700 Mac Pro wheels and carry that around 😎
Lol
Hell yeah
Duuuuude! about time Marques. I have been waiting for you to upload this video. Now I can finally make a decision, btw the man tells it like it is and that is "Next Level" baby.
I don't even want a Macbook, but I love watching your videos because they're so informative and easy to watch. Unreal.