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MacBook Pro fourteen-inch unveiled with M1 Pro/Max CPUs, more ports, MagSafe, and an iPhone-similar notch

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Apple tree revealed today the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Pro and M1 Max processors, a redesigned keyboard with physical shortcut keys, more than ports, MagSafe, a notch, and several more interesting features.

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We are expecting to become the xiv-inch MacBook Pro in the coming days, then expect a full review shortly. In the concurrently, this writeup will go over everything you need to know most the 14-inch MacBook Pro.

MacBook Pro (14-inch) price and configurations

The 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at $ane,999 for a model with an M1 Pro chip (eight-core CPU, 14-core GPU), 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. From there, you can upgrade the M1 Pro chip to have a ten-core CPU for some other $200. From at that place, another $100 upgrade you from 14 to 16 GPU cores.

For $2,899, you lot can get the fourteen-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 Max chip, which has 10-CPU cores and 24-GPU cores. Raising the cost to $3,099 gets yous the total 32-GPU cadre model.

Upgrading from 16GB of memory to 32GB costs some other $400 every bit does going from 32GB to 64GB (supported but by M1 Max configs).

As for storage, the base of operations MacBook Pro comes with a 512GB SSD. Upgrading to 1TB costs an extra $200 or you tin can spend $600 to leap up to a 2TB SSD. If you salve massive files locally, at that place is an 8TB version that costs $2,400 more than the base of operations 512GB SSD.

All told, the most expensive 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip (10-core CPU, 32-core GPU), 64GB of storage, an 8TB SSD costs $5,899.

MacBook Pro (14-inch) specs

	MacBook Pro 14-inch
Price (starting)	$i,999
Screen	14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display (3024x1964 pixels) at 120Hz, 16:x
Processor	M1 Pro (eight-core CPU, 14-core GPU or ten-core CPU, 16-core GPU), with optional M1 Max with upwardly to 10-core CPU and 32-core GPU
Bombardment life (claimed)	Up to 17 hours (video playback)
Storage	512GB to 8TB
Retention	16GB to 64GB
Ports	Thunderbolt iv (x3), HDMI, MagSafe, headphone jack, SD card slot
Webcam	1080p
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0
Dimensions	12.3 10 8.7 x 0.half-dozen inches
Weight	3.5 pounds

MacBook Pro (14-inch) operation: M1 Pro or M1 Max

The fourteen-inch MacBook Pro runs on your choice of either Apple's M1 Pro or M1 Max processor. The onetime has up to x CPU cores carve up into eight high-performance cores and two high-efficiency cores. For graphics, the chip has up to 16 GPU cores or viii more than than the M1 for 2x graphics performance.

Apple says the new M1 Pro delivers 70% faster performance than the M1 and up to 2x faster GPU speeds. RAM goes up to 32GB of memory at 200GB/due south, an upgrade over the 16GB of RAM supported in the M1.

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If you choose the more powerful M1 Max chip, yous'll get the same 10-core CPU merely double the graphics with 32 GPU cores. This enabled 4x graphics performance over the M1 chip in the MacBook Air and thirteen-inch MacBook Pro. It also boosts memory to 64GB at 400GB/southward and features an enhanced media engine with two ProRes accelerators for higher multi-stream performance.

Apple is as well promising blazing-fast storage, with an SSD capable of hitting a blistering 7.4GB/s read speeds.

MacBook Pro (fourteen-inch) pattern: Notch, speakers and ports

So far, the discussion around the new MacBook Pro design is focused very much on the notch centered at the pinnacle of the display. Yep, this laptop has a notch. And it's not similar the 1 in on the Lenovo Yoga C940 -- this notch cuts into the brandish like to the iPhone 13. Here is where you'll notice the 1080p front end-facing camera, just unfortunately, Apple tree didn't add Face ID for facial recognition unlock.

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If you can look past the notch, you lot'll find some nice design improvements. These include thinner display bezels and a new aluminum enclosure that Apple claims tin can move fifty% more air than the previous generation. The 14-inch MacBook Pro is 0.vi inches thick and weighs just 3.v pounds. Flanking the keyboard is a six-driver speaker arrangement.

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We besides get more than ports! On the correct side of the 14-inch MacBook Pro are an HDMI port, a Thunderbolt 4 input and an SD card slot. On the other side are a headphone jack and two more Thunderbolt ports. Too, MagSafe returns for charging.

MacBook Pro (14-inch): brandish

As for the display, this model comes with a 14.ii-inch "Liquid Retina Pro XDR" mini-LED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate and 5.ix one thousand thousand pixels. The panel can supposedly evangelize up to ane,000 nits of brightness with a peak of ane,600 nits. If authentic, this would brand it the brightest panel we've ever tested (without a privacy filter).

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Using clusters of local dimming zones that tin illuminate during vivid scenes or turn off completely during dark ones, the panel also achieves a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. We haven't seen the screen in person, merely the iPad Pro 12.9-inch's mini-LED was vivid and exhibited deep black levels, especially when watching HDR content.

With ProMotion, the aforementioned 120Hz refresh rate tin can dynamically match the move of the onscreen content to provide smooth motility while conserving battery life.

MacBook Pro (14-inch): Battery life

Apple tree claims the MacBook Pro xiv-inch can concluding for 17 hours on a unmarried alter when watching videos. Information technology'due south a bold claim merely Apple is usually pretty accurate about its battery life claims, so we look to run across at least 10 hours (if non 15 hours) in our Laptop Magazine battery test, which involves continuous web surfing over Wi-Fi at 150 nits.

Come back in a few days to come across our MacBook Pro review with real-world runtimes.

Outlook

Artistic pros who demand the meridian in performance should go along an eye on the fourteen-inch MacBook Pro as it arrives on the doorsteps of tech reviewers and early adopters. If what Apple claims is true (and it usually is), the new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips are the almost powerful processors of their kind. And it'south not even close.

Across functioning, the xiv-inch MacBook Pro dazzles with a mini-LED display, and the return of HDMI and SD card ports along with the death of the Bear on Bar proves the company is finally listening to customers. This is, in many ways, the MacBook Pro Apple fans have been waiting on. Well...if you lot tin ignore the notch.

Phillip Tracy is the assistant managing editor at Laptop Mag where he reviews laptops, phones and other gadgets while covering the latest industry news. After graduating with a journalism caste from the University of Texas at Austin, Phillip became a tech reporter at the Daily Dot. There, he wrote reviews for a range of gadgets and covered everything from social media trends to cybersecurity. Prior to that, he wrote for RCR Wireless News covering 5G and IoT. When he'due south non tinkering with devices, you can find Phillip playing video games, reading, traveling or watching soccer.

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