So the macbook pro line is completely updated now with apple silicon chipsets
inside them however what is the right macbook pro for you well today i'm going to be doing a
comparison of the m1 the m1 pro and also the m1 max and also the 13 inch 14 inch
and 16 inch macbook pros and working out for you what is the right macbook for your needs.
Hi it's Matt here, so that's right today I want to do a comparison of these free macbook pros
that you see in front of me what apple offer right now also i want to compare the kind of
different sort of chipsets that are out there to help you match the kind of RAM the storage and
everything else what is right for your needs with these macbook pros so let's get started with what
three models we have available so first of all we actually have the standard m1 13-inch macbook pro
and the 13-inch macbook pro comes with basically two options that you can pick from for kind of
performance wise so you can pick a m1 macbook pro with either eight gigabytes or 32 gigabytes of
ram but you do have lots of options of storage as you can see here on apple's website so depending
on how much storage you need you can pick on that now i will talk a little bit more further about um
basically the specs and reasons why to pick this 13-inch macbook pro a little bit later on in the
video but let's move on to the 14-inch macbook pro and what kind of options you can pick for that in
kind of specs wise so with this model right here you can actually pick yourself either an m1 pro or
m1 max chipset now looking on apple's website there are loads of different choices that you can
pick from you can pick an m1 pro with eight cores and a 14 core gpu all the way up to an m1 max and
that comes with a 10 core cpu and also a 32 core gpu and you can pick that with 64 gigabytes of ram
and with that m1 pro the baseline you can choose it from 16 gigabytes of ram
there are loads of options where basically the gpu cores go up from 14 cores to 16 cores
to 32 cores and the same with the cpu it goes from 8 cores to 10 cores and obviously the m1 max is a
far more powerful chipset with some extra features inside it so the ability to handle more ram also
the memory bandwidth is 4 000 megabits compared to the standard 2000 megabits on an m1 pro also you
get sort for example two video decoders where you only get one on the m1 pro the same here with the
16 inch macbook pro is a very very similar lineup the only difference is you can't pick that m1 pro
with that uh 14 core gpu and 8 core cpu you can only pick the option of a 10 core cpu and a 16
core gpu inside it and go all the way up to the m1 max with that 64 gigabytes of ram 32 core gpu and
10 core cpu and with this option as well you can choose between 16 gigabytes all the way up to that
64 gigabytes of ram inside them for storage for both of these devices you can pick anything from
512 gigabytes all the way up to 8 terabytes on both of these models so that's with the speccy
bits and pieces out of the way for you kind of techie guys out there but the main reason why
you're probably here guys is probably wondering well with all those techie specs and things like
this which macbook is right for me well it depends on your kind of usage so i'm going to give you a
couple of scenarios out there so first of all if you are somebody who's maybe going off to
university off to college or in school and let's say you're not really doing something that is
going to be kind of technical related it related that famous old word information technology it
related then i would say the 13-inch macbook pro is going to be absolutely perfect for your needs
with this macbook pro you can run things like the office suite and in fact i've actually made
a video about this on my channel showing how well the office suite works on this so this is the
likes of word powerpoint excel uh you know the likes of chrome for example if you use that as
your kind of web browser out there even safari as well you can open up say about 30 tabs at one go
and also have the likes of word uh powerpoint let's say even outlook open at the same time
and it'll be absolutely fine even on a macbook pro with just eight gigabytes of ram however if
you're going to be doing something a little bit more intense than that let's say you're bringing
lots of pictures into your essays and things like this then maybe 16 gigabytes of ram might
be a better option but that m1 chipset inside this macbook pro is super powerful and i've said this
to a lot of guys out there recently what you've got to remember with this m1 chipset inside it
the actual performance of this is actually more powerful than the highest spec last generation
16-inch macbook pro that we had out there what cost basically about three times the amount
of the baseline 13-inch macbook pro that you have right here it is really really amazing
so don't think that you actually need to get a high amount of wrap or you need to buy these
two machines that you see right here this one here is more than perfect for your needs
now something else i would also comment about this macbook pro in its design it is as a word the last
generation design and there's nothing actually wrong with that it's still a great machine
you get the likes of say the touch bar what's now being removed on the newer macbook pros
that you see right here also at the same time as well you only get two usbc ports on the side but
to be deadly honest if you're a person who's just writing essays maybe sticking in that old external
hard drive with your documents and things like this this is going to be absolutely fine you're
not going to be sticking lots of different bits and pieces into this macbook pro and if you did
you can buy dongles out there and i put some of those ideas and dongles in my description below
so do check them out if you did actually want to get some dongles for your 13-inch macbook pro
so this is what i would say this model is definitely for it's for those type of users
now don't get me wrong if you do take videos on say your iphone uh let's say you've got yourself
an iphone 13 12 or something like this and you want to do a little bit of editing on it say you
want to use imovie or let's say you even stored photoshop onto the 13-inch macbook pro it will be
able to handle it and it will be absolutely fine a lot of people out there before these two macbook
pros actually ditched their 16 inch highest intel macbook pro that was out there for this
model because the power inside it is so incredible and it's been optimized for so many different apps
and many apps in the future will be optimized for these macbook pros with the apple silicon inside
it so yeah definitely recommend looking into this 13-inch macbook pro if you're one of those type
of users or i'd even say even if you're a person who's just at home who just wants a macbook around
the house to do some sort of facetime calls zoom calls team calls or anything like that
this is perfect for you to doing any of that kind of browsing and the great thing is as well with
this macbook pro it is most likely at the time of making this video this is the end of 2021 this
macbook pro will probably get updates for at least say the next five to six years so it is a great
time to buy it and there are lots and lots of deals out there for this macbook pro so let's move
on then to the 14-inch macbook pro and why you may consider getting this model here now the 14-inch
macbook pro is of the next generation it's the newest design macbook pro and to be honest it's
absolutely incredible and jam-packed with lots of features and enhancements over the 13-inch macbook
pro that we have right here like i say again there's nothing wrong with the 13-inch macbook
pro and it's right for probably most people's needs out there so i'm gonna say it's probably
gonna be the most popular macbook pro out there but the next one here this 14 inch one does give
you a slightly larger screen instead of the 13 inch that we have here it is a 14 inch macbook pro
the other great thing what you get with this you get the mini led display this is a standard kind
of led in this this is mini led so it's improved kind of technology what does help save on battery
life inside the likes of this macbook pro here but the great thing i love about that display is also
it's that it's got an adaptive refresh rate on it what this basically means is that the refresh rate
of it this base means the screen refreshes itself a certain amount of times per second
and this is adaptive so it goes from anything from 10 times per second all the way up to 120
times per second or 10 hertz to 120 hertz and this is absolutely amazing to have this inside
this macbook so for example if you're browsing on the web for example and as you're flicking around
and then let's say you stay still on an article it will go right down that adaptive screen down
to 10 hertz but the second you start scrolling it will go back up it saves a lot on battery life
also as you may have probably noticed compared to this 30 inch macbook pro this screen is a
lot brighter than what you get with this one here something else what you also get with this
macbook pro is a great battery life and i forgot to mention on the 13 inch macbook pro you also get
a great battery life apple has claimed up to 20 hours on this macbook pro whereas this one here
they've claimed up to 17 hours and recently i did a battery drain test and you'll actually see
on that battery drain test check it out on my channel but actually it was almost neck and neck
it was basically about 10 minutes apart on my drain test where basically that this macbook
pro the 14 inch one drained its battery before the 13 inch macbook pro really they're almost neck and
neck you're not going to basically get an extra say heart double the amount of time 10 hours on
this macbook pro compared to this one they are very very similar in their kind of battery life
now other features why i pick this macbook pro here the 14 inch one is you do get some additional
ports and bits and pieces inside there so you do actually get that thunderbolt ports on the side
whereas you only get two on this macbook pro you actually get three of them so there's two on this
side and there is one on this side an additional what's also on this side is a hdmi 2.0 port so
this allows you to plug this into another monitor and you can also use the usb c ports on either
side and then plug in an additional monitor if you wanted to do that as well and do it that way
also there's an sd card slot on this macbook pro and also at the same time as well there was that
brand new magsafe connection or the magsafe connection what apple used to do up to 2015
and now they have brought it back and that's really really cool to have that back
now who this macbook pro is for i would actually say this model is actually designed for probably
more of those kind of students who are a little bit more further ahead in saying in the i.t
world or they're actually start studying i.t or let's say you are an amateur in your profession
so say you're an amateur photographer or you know if you're an amateur video creator
or let's say you're getting started with youtube and you've got a bit further into it let's say
you've got say ten thousand twenty thousand subscribers you're a bit further into your journey
you're not starting out with 100 subscribers um you're wanting a bit more further than this
macbook pro is perfect for you it has the ability to easily chew its way through 4k video if you
were using the likes of final cut pro and let's say premiere or davinci then yeah there's going
to be absolutely no problems with that as well the same with photoshop or lightroom this macbook pro
can easily get through editing loads of different kind of clips and photos with no hassle whatsoever
again because this model starts with 16 gigabytes of ram goes all the way up to 64 gigabytes of ram
basically you can open up multiple apps all at the same time and this macbook pro does not
break a sweat personally though if i was saying if you're buying this 14-inch macbook pro you do have
the ability like i said earlier in this video to choose from an m1 pro all the way up to an m1 max
i personally wouldn't favor going for an m1 max inside this macbook pro unless you really need
a larger screen and we'll talk about that in a minute with the 16 inch macbook pro
i would personally say get an m1 pro inside this mainly because other youtubers out there have
shown that the thermals with having an m1 max inside this get a little bit hotter compared to
say the 16 inch macbook pro there's a little bit more space for air to breathe around and i'm not
saying this is going to overheat or anything it just makes more sense really just to have
a bigger screen with that but if you are desperate to get a smaller screen macbook pro and make it as
powerful as you can yeah you can do this macbook pro and there's nothing wrong with doing that
so yeah do look into that but personally i would say generally an m1 pro is going to be more than
enough for most people with kind of doing kind of amateur sort of things doing things as a hobby
of photography videos 3d files and things like this and to be honest you'll be future proof
for many years even with that chipset for support with this macbook pro it is most likely that like
the m1 chipset it will probably get five to six years of support from apple into the future so if
you do buy one of these you've got the reassurance you're probably going to get that long of updates
at least on this macbook pro well let's move then on to the big daddy the 16 inch macbook pro
now basically for design wise it is almost identical to the 14 inch macbook pro so if
you've just skipped over to the 16 inch macbook pro and not looked at the 14 inch i'm going to
basically go over some of the points but not as much detail you get that mini led display
what's much more brighter than say the likes the 13 inch macbook pro you get all those additional
ports that i talked about the two free usb c port sorry and then also the magsafe and also the sd
card slot and that hdmi port and also at the same time you get that brand new design 16 two
point inch design and you also get this notch at the top if you love it or you hate it now who i'd
say this macbook pro is for i would say it's also for those people who i took the 14-inch macbook
pros for so those amateur photographers out there or those people who are going into university or
the college who are studying kind of photoshop uh you know video editing photo editing you get
your idea definitely this model is for you guys but if you can't afford it get this model here
but what i would also say this macbook pro is for is definitely for those professionals and for
for example those video creators who are making videos daily or let's say they're making three or
four videos a week this macbook pro is absolutely perfect for you with having the m1 max equipped
inside say the likes of this macbook pro remember you can put that in the 14 inch as well
it could easily chew its way through 8k video now as you may know out there 8k video isn't really
the standard yet but it probably will be in the future what makes this macbook pro and also this
macbook pro future-proof for those reasons if you're going to be editing say 8k video also you
have the ability to load loads of different kind of music streams into this macbook pro as well and
it can handle it with the amount of ram and that m1 max chipset inside it granted you're gonna have
to get some dongles to plug into this macbook pro or dock for doing that but there's lots of
accessories out there and like i said do check out in my description the different sort of hubs and
bits and pieces that you can buy for these macbook pros and the great thing is they're all compatible
with each other everything i'm putting in my accessories is not just exclusive to one machine
it works on all three of these macbook pros again what i would say with this macbook pro you can put
an m1 pro inside it but personally i would say put an m1 max inside it because it has the potential
and it has that breathing space with the fans inside it compared to say the 14 inch macbook
pro like i say again i'm not putting down the 14 inch macbook pro i absolutely love it but i
just think it makes more sense to put that higher core kind of cpu into this model here especially
if you're going to be doing kind of those daily creating videos or editing photos and likes of
lightroom photoshop and whatever like that it's probably better to have that kind of better more
fan potential and breathing space inside the 16 inch macbook pro now for prices as you can
see here they are quite expensive for macbook pros the 13-inch macbook pro right now starts at
around about 1 200 us dollars or 1 300 us dollars for the baseline model the same with this 14-inch
macbook pro here it starts at 1999 us dollars so basically 2 000 and that's for the m1 pro
with that 8 core and that 14 core gpu and it can go right up beyond that into around about 5 000
and the same here with the 16-inch macbook pro it starts at 2499 us dollars and it can
go right up beyond 6 000 for this machine if you put all the top storage in top amount of ram
top m1 max chipset inside it but don't go too crazy make sure that you pick basically the right
gpu and cpu ram amount and storage amount for your needs remember all of these machines are super
capable and remember the best thing to do is not compare them to a standard intel macbook pro
they were completely in a different ball game so i know for example a lot of people have moaned that
the m1 13-inch macbook pro only comes with eight gigabytes of ram and they're going eight gigabytes
of ram in 2021 you must be nuts and you call this a pro machine but you like i said check out
some of my videos check out lots of other people's videos on youtube you will see the eight gigabytes
of ram and the way how apple silicon handles that eight gigabyte is completely different to
the way of say an amd chipset or an intel chipset would handle it and basically eight gigabytes of
ram is more than enough for most people and even doing some video editing on eight gigabytes of ram
is absolutely fine and it won't basically make your macbook pro overheat or blow up or anything
like that but you're getting the idea there's some great options out there and yeah do choose wisely
but also at the same time know what matter what macbook pro that you do pick you can't go wrong
in your decision well guys it's also time to wrap up this video so if you have enjoyed watching it
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