Apple Macbook Pro 16

Nothing beats the big Apple.

Apple’s new Pro form factor is only 2% bigger than the MacBook Pro 15 in chassis size, but offers an inch more screen thanks to a better screen to body ratio. It’s also got a bigger heat sink that is capable of handling the powerful CPUs that range all the way up to an Intel Core i9-9880H CPU. Apple is the only vendor here to have 9th generation CPUs in its current lineup, since Intel wasn’t doing a great job at delivering the custom processors in a timely fashion (which is likely why Apple announced in June that it’d be making its own chips going forward). Nevertheless the processor’s optimisation in the MacBook Pro 16 is one of the best we’ve seen and more than holds up against Intel’s stock 10th generation mobile CPUs.

The 3,072 by 1,920 pixel Retina display is one of the standout features, with a bright 500nit HDR display capable of reproducing the full P3 gamut, which is critical for videographers.

If you do need extra graphical processing capabilities then the MacBook Pro 16s can be configured with an AMD Radeon Pro 5500M GPU that is competent at graphical processing and will even offer decent 1080p gaming performance.

While this premium unit isn’t cheap in any configuration, some of the higher specced units are actually competitively priced and Apple has made some solid design choices by reinstating the Magic Keyboard design, including powerful Dolby Atmos configured speakers and throwing in a 100Wh battery that’ll keep you going for 11 hours of web browsing.

An powerful laptop for video editors and creatives that want access to Apple’s software.