Just like on the MacBook Air, I was able to run Fortnite smoothly in 720p.
You can play plenty of games on the MacBook pro too, thanks to the M1's powerful GPU cores. And it only took a few minutes for me to get through the setup process. The computer turned on almost instantly the first time I lifted the lid. And that's pretty much what I saw over the past week with our review model, which was equipped with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD alongside the M1 chip. The only downside is that it's a completely different architecture than the x86 Intel chips Apple previously relied on, so older apps have to run through the Rosetta 2 emulator to function.Īfter being blown away by the performance of the MacBook Air M1, I expected the MacBook Pro to deliver a similar experience, with a bit more power thanks to its improved cooling. By betting on a 5nm ARM-based design, Apple has managed to craft something that's both powerful and energy efficient. Intel, meanwhile, doesn't expect to have any 7nm hardware until 2022. It's built on a 5-nanometer process, which is even more intricate than AMD's 7-nanometer chips. That SOC packs a punch, with eight CPU cores and up to eight GPU cores. Now let's focus on what makes this MacBook Pro so special: Apple's new M1 system-on-a-chip. Beyond that, the MacBook Pro has the sam refined keyboard that Apple unveiled earlier this year, which is more comfortable and more reliable than the flat butterfly design. Personally, the fact that the Air doesn't have a Touch Bar makes me prefer it even more. I've never been a huge fan of the Touch Bar, but at least Apple has refined it a bit to make room for a physical escape key and power button/Touch ID sensor.
The Pro also has Apple's Touch Bar, which provides touchscreen shortcuts for basic system functions and apps. The MacBook Pro's 13.3-inch screen is 100 nits brighter than the Air's, but otherwise both computers share the same 2,560 x 1,600 Retina Display. Plenty of PC makers are pushing their 13-inch ultraportables below 2.5 pounds, so I'm sure Apple can manage that. It would have been nice to see Apple attempt a serious redesign, especially one that further differentiated the Pro from the Air, which is a mere two-tenths of a pound lighter. It has the same aluminum case there are still only two USB-C ports and it's pretty portable at three pounds.
Like the M1-equipped Air, this retooled MacBook Pro is physically identical to the previous model.
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