The so-called Magic Keyboard is unchanged, which is mostly great: Apple previously replaced its horrible and loathed butterfly keyboard with a more traditional low-travel scissor-switch keyboard, and it offers one of the best typing experiences in the market. For example, even with a dock connected, you can only connect to a single external display, something that I also expect to be addressed in the coming truly-pro MacBook Pro updates. Unlike the MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro includes fans and active coolingĪside from its new in-house internals, the MacBook Pro (M1) offers a similar experience to its predecessors, albeit with a few limitations triggered by the M1 chipset.
Higher-end (Intel-based) MacBook Pro models feature four Thunderbolt 3 ports, two on each side, and we’ll presumably see an Apple Silicon-based update to these truly-pro MacBook Pros sometime this year. The difference? They’re now denoted as Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports by Apple the outgoing Intel-based versions had two Thunderbolt 3 ports.įrom a positioning perspective, this is the base model of what I think of as the least pro of Apple’s MacBook Pro versions, with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, both of which are integrated into the M1 chip and are thus non-expandable. Like the M1-based Mac Mini, it’s physically identical to the Intel-based model it replaces, but unlike the Mini, it has the same number of expansion ports as its predecessor, in this case two, both on the left. For now, the MacBook Pro has my attention. That may still happen, but depending on how long I’m able to hang on to the MacBook Pro, perhaps it will make more sense to wait for a second-generation Mx-based MacBook Air. That said, if I were spending my own money on a Mac right now, and I was just poised to do so again, I’d get the base model of the MacBook Air, which is fanless and thus silent, and costs $300 less than the MacBook Pro. Yes, I was interested, and so here we are. As you may recall, I previously evaluated an M1-based Mac Mini, but eventually decided that I would prefer-and get more use from-a portable Mac.Ĭoincidental to my M1 plans, Intel recently contacted me to see whether I’d be interested in reviewing and comparing a new Intel Evo-based PC and an M1-based Mac. For my second look at an M1-based Mac, I’m evaluating the 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro, which retails for $1299.
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