MacBook Pro

From £1,299

In October 2021, Apple released the first MacBook Pros with its revolutionary new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. While the 8-core, 13in MBP is still available with an M1 chip, Apple launched new 14in and 16in supercharged MacBook Pros.

The base 14in model comes with an 8-core CPU but can be configured to 10-core. The 14in also comes with either a 14- or 16-core GPU but can be customised with an up-to-32-core GPU. All the 16in variations come with a 10-core CPU as standard and an up-to-32-core GPU.

The upgraded CPU is said to offer up to 3.7 times faster performance over its predecessor, while going for the 32-core GPU means up to 13 times faster graphics performance. Combined with the 16-core Neural Engine, the new models boast up to 11 times faster machine learning.

Both models start with 512GB of storage but this can be upped to 8TB. And both can be ordered – thanks to the M1 Max chip – with up to 64GB of unified memory.

The 70W battery in the 14in MBP provides up to 17 hours of movie playback and 11 hours of wireless web browsing, while the 100W battery in the larger model offers

up to 21 hours movie watching and 14 hours’ web surfing. Both models boast a Liquid Retina XDR display, with a 3024x 1964 resolution on the 14in model, and 3456x2234 on the 16in. Both offer Extreme Dynamic Range (XDR) for up to 1,000 nits of brightness. There are also more ports – an SDXC card slot, HDMI port, 3.5mm headphone jack, MagSafe 3 port, and three Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports. All three models are available in Space Grey or Silver.