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Review on 16.2" Apple Macbook Pro Late 2021 3456Γ—2234, Apple M1 Pro, RAM 16 GB, SSD 1 TB, Apple graphics 16-core, macOS, MK193ZE/A, space gray, English layout by Jnis Kokins ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The quality is at the highest level, be sure to try it.

There is no justification for the thickness. Before that, all the way, Apple with a poker face released thin i9 laptops that warmed up and throttled like creatures, and then they made a percentage with a TDP 3 times less, but at the same time they decided to make cooling and the laptop itself 1.5 times thicker πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€· ‍♂️ Screen. good. It is felt that it is better than the usual retina, but I can not say that this is some kind of breakthrough. It's nice to work. Do not expect it to outperform the RTX 3080 \ 3090, this is a marketing hoax, in the tests they underestimated the power on the video card by ~ 100W and it could not reach its maximum, in practice no m1 max was even close to 3080.

Pros
  • Productivity is a gun. Lightroom compressed raw 42Mp with Sony a7r3 - normal flight. Video 5.4k 10 bit with Mavic Air 2s in DaVinci - very fast. Rendering is not instantaneous, but during operation there are no lags even if you wind up the effects (but forget about 8K right away, this requires a different level of performance) Battery. Enough to work for the whole day (I have a version with m1 pro 1Tb). m1 max according to reviews works 30% less Very cold. The coolers haven't started even once, even when rendering a heavy video. The topcase also does not heat up, a little warm if you sit indoors under the air conditioner.
Cons
  • Thick. The paint from the keyboard peeled off after a month of use (this is not grease, the paint really peeled off). I consider it a disgrace for such an expensive product to use such paint. The rubber around the screen has become even thinner, over time, the keyboard, when carried in a backpack, will be β€œimprinted” on the screen, as it was in previous models Between the rubber band and the display itself, a 1mm gap appeared where dust is constantly clogged The white woven MagSafe 3 cable looks gray and dirty after a couple of months of use, probably will have to be washed. Actually, it was a stupid idea. Also, if your laptop is not Silver, the MagSafe plug will be different in color :D HDMI in 2022 πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ when everyone got used to 1-2 free USBs and bought adapters, they brought back hdmi. Moreover, this is the thickest port on the laptop, if not for it, the laptop would probably be thinner. The brightness of the monitor is exactly the same as in the 2022 retina, I think this is a failure. HDR mode is brighter, but it's useless when working with photos / videos