Memory (or RAM) is also an important choice because more memory makes it easier to run multiple beefy apps with fewer hitches. To find out how much you need, click the Apple logo in the top-left of your screen, then About This Mac, then click the Storage tab to see how much you are using.
The MacBook Air offers 256GB to 2TB, the 13-inch MacBook Pro has 256GB to 4TB (depending on the version), while you get 512GB to a whopping 8TB in the 16-inch MacBook Pro. One of the most important choices is storage. There's no going back once you've bought your storage (Image credit: Future)Īpple lets you customise a few areas of its laptops’ internal specs, but you can’t change your choices after you buy. When considering battery life and weight, either the Air or the 13-inch Pro are your best bet. It is slightly lighter than the 13-inch MacBook Pro, (2.8 pounds vs three pounds), but the difference is clearer with the 4.3-pound 16-inch Pro. It should not be surprising that the MacBook Air is also the lightest of the bunch. The MacBook Air is totally fanless, so everything it does is utterly silent. We found the 16-inch MacBook Pro hit almost 12 hours thanks to its huge battery, but it does so at much louder volumes due to its fans spinning up. That’s partly due to the super-efficient M1 chip – it helped the MacBook Pro last 13.5 hours in our review, while it powered the MacBook Air for 11 hours (see our MacBook Air M1 review). Longevity is key for a laptop, and there is great news here: Both the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro last an absolute age. In our MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1) review, we found it traded blows with the 16-inch MacBook Pro that is almost double the price.Īpple is expected to bring its own Apple Silicon chips to the 16-inch MacBook Pro this year, perhaps as early as the summer, so that should restore its performance advantage over its smaller sibling. This system-on-a-chip integrates a processor, graphics, and memory into one chip, and its performance is amazing.
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If you are leaning towards the MacBook Pro, you have a choice to make: Do you go for the 13-inch model or the 16-inch version? Not only is the latter a larger machine, but it comes with a few extras bundled in: Much better audio, a redesigned cooling system, plus a dedicated graphics chip that can improve rendering and gaming performance.īut the 13-inch MacBook Pro has a trick up its sleeve: Apple’s M1 chip. How many inches do you need? (Image credit: Future)
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