New MacBook Pro Has More Ports, Expanded Processing Power

Let's start with the conclusion: The new MacBook Pro is great, but probably not the ideal laptop for everyone, Christoph Dernbach reported for Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa).

Photo Insert: The new M1 Pro or M1 Pro Max powered MacBook Pro

The new MacBook Pro is available in two versions, which differ mainly in screen size: 14 and 16 inches. Both can be ordered in various configurations.

The 14-inch model starts with Apple's M1 Pro processor (CPU) with 8 computing cores - 6 performance cores are responsible for maximum performance, while 2 efficiency cores take care of the routine jobs in an energy-saving way. In addition, Apple is using a graphics chip (GPU) with 14 cores for reliable results in video and photo editing.

At the upper end of the scale, there is the M1 Pro Max CPU with 10 cores, a GPU with 32 graphics cores, and several extras that are supposed to speed up video editing and boost artificial intelligence.

This upgrade can be had in both the larger and smaller versions of the MacBook Pro.

“Our test device (16-inches with M1 Pro CPU for 3,440 euros), quickly showed that even with the improved M1 Pro version, the Apple chip leaves Intel's processors behind in the dust. And as expected, the M1 Pro Max tops the performance once again. In our hands-on test, we tried to make things hard for the MacBook Pro by editing a video in 8K resolution, but the Pro barely noticed. We were able to change color and raw data, move around the timeline, perform film editing without even the fan kicking on,” Dernbach stressed.

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