Hey friends, Andrew here! Hope you're all well. So, the other week i shared my review of the
13-inch macbook pro m1 after a full year with it i said in the video i was most likely skipping
the next upgrade cycle because the original m1 that i'm using right now is a super powerful
and really sufficient laptop but the thing is apple addressed basically all my concerns and
negatives in that video with the newly launched and redesigned m1 pro and m1 max laptops and i
couldn't say no to this upgrade and i just got back um on launch day with one let's
unbox this bad boy together and give you my first impressions talk about what's new why i decided to
drop the money on this new macbook and before i forget actually i am giving away an apple watch
more details at the end of this video so stick around for that if you want a brand new apple
watch but let's get stuck right into unboxing this thing okay so the one i've got here is the 14 inch
m1 pro with 10 core cpu 16 core gpu 16 gigabytes of memory and one terabyte of storage it's not
custom built this is the step above the original 14 inch or the base 14 inch because i was just too
impatient and actually i wanted to pick one up on launch day so what i did was i
actually pre i didn't pre-order because i did not want to wait for the long delivery times
so what they do is they usually allocate small batches to stores for pickup and i ordered this
online at 7 00 am and i was able to pick this up at 9 00 to 10 a.m so picking this up right now my
first impression is it's actually quite heavy it's definitely heavier than the 13 inch and one that i
have right now and it's definitely bulkier feeling in general it's almost like a retro throwback to
the 2014 macbooks with uh chunkier curves before we get into the laptop itself this is really
important this is the new magsafe 3 and they finally bought back the magsafe in general
which is great for i guess like clumsy people who constantly knock over their laptop but with
the magsafe 3 this is a considerable upgrade so first impressions of this cable is that
it is now braided which is awesome and also the connected tip seems to be quite a lot slimmer as
well compared to magsafe 2. also it's good to note that this charger specifically is 67 watts but it
also comes in 96 watts and 140 watts depending on the model that you get but if you want to achieve
50 uh charging in 30 minutes you'll need at least the 96 watt charger which is a 20 premium so just
going through the usual manuals and whatnot um i should also mention that this specific model
sent me back 3749 australian or 2500 usd all right so i'm looking for the stickers
here it's one of my favorite parts and these stickers actually really interesting this year
for you apple fanatics you'll realize these are now black not the transparent
white usual stickers that we get i think these are shipped with their pro line products although
the iphone 13 does not come with these so it's really interesting to know so yeah it's uh this
one comes with the black stickers and the imac pro and mac pro also come with the black stickers
but they're a great addition now let's move over to the power brick and while we look at the power
brick actually i want to share something that apple didn't mention i actually read this on mac
rumors and it's pretty important so with a 14 inch you're able to fast charge over usbc but with the
16 inch macbook pro it's quite strange it's only limited to fast charging over the magsafe port i
haven't seen this fact mentioned all that much but it's extremely important because for those of us
who dock their macbook pro constantly this is a big change so i'll be using this macbook pro
mainly through usbc so achieving that faster charging is uh pretty useful actually so that's
something to note guys if you're going for the 16 inch 14 inch that is a slight difference when it
comes to charging speeds so now moving over to the laptop itself i am so excited to open this
up i personally chose the 14 inch reason being i like the smaller portable size and i also want
to maximize performance without sacrificing its portability that's why i went for the 14 inch
but um as you can see the macbook pro is now embossed on the bottom of the macbook i think it
looks amazing and again i'm not too sure about the body hasn't grown on me yet it's really sort of
retro feeling but um yeah it's really interesting by the way that i recently ran a poll and only 70
percent of you said you're not getting the new macbook and all the comments we're talking about
how annoying the upgrade cycle is looking here by the way gotta love those uh ports gotta love
those ports so excited to see the magsafe back and the two usb ports and the headphone jack
and on the other side as you can see come on guys the sd card slot that i'm beyond excited for that
i do not need crazy adapters now there's even a hdmi port although it's not hdmi 2.1 i believe
but anyway point is way more portable now don't need to carry so many accessories with me
um and yeah let's open it up now you can see the immediate difference with the black keyboard
i think it looks amazing i'll test it out in a second but let's take a look at this screen one
of my favorite parts of unboxing is peeling this paper sticker off so let's go ahead and do that
there's just something so appealing about a fresh out of the factory screen with zero fingerprints
looks so good and speaking of looking so good the cursive writing that's happening right now i can
see pro motion 120 hertz in action right now it is so silky smooth and let's not forget about
that big notch up there okay that is a key design element now of the new a macbook 14 and 16 inches
i personally don't mind it i think it looks pretty good but yeah just scrolling around i can
really see the difference between the promotion display it's it's really evident and i think it
looks amazing this screen is really popping i wish you could see this in person right now
short fun fact this is the first time apple has brought back the 14 inch screen size since the
ibook g4 all the way back in 2005. so yeah this screen is known as the liquid retina
pro xdr it's a 3024 by 1964 for the 14 inch version and it has 1600 nits peak brightness
by the way the 13 inch m1 that i currently have is capable of only 500 units in comparison so this
is a huge increase and i can seriously see it just typing away right now this keyboard feels freaking
awesome i feel like it is it is a big step up from the current m1 13 inch that i have and of
course the touch bar is removed and replaced with that fingerprint sensor on the top there
oops i don't know what i've done here to enable voice dictation but interesting to note
that uh actually the speakers sound really good just from that interruption right there
um looking at the bezels too the bezels are thicker whoops okay so it's
it's really interesting to know the speakers sound really good i think overall my first impression
of this thing is very positive i mean there are a lot of great things to love about this laptop
so far just based on appearance as well on paper it's honestly seriously impressive it literally
addressed all the concerns i had uh sd ports are back there's a far better webcam it's a better
keyboard mag safe is back there's a pro motion hdr i mean the display looks great there's thinner
bezels as well which i haven't mentioned yet and apparently there's better battery life and apple
is promising some insane performance upgrades like 9.2 times faster 4k render and final cut
pro and even 2.6 times faster performance in adobe photoshop numbers that creatives only dream of so
cannot wait to jump in and uh test this all out actually i am really keen to actually set this all
up into my day-to-day workflow and see how that new m1 pro chip performs and how it stacks up
against the original m1 and i'm also super curious to see if those bluetooth issues that i found on
the original m1 are finally smoothed out so if you want to see that full m1 pro review in a few weeks
time make sure that you subscribe to this channel but thank god honestly for the additional ports
seriously trust apple to have us celebrating bringing back an sd card slot also guys we
are almost at 100 000 subscribers honestly thank you so so much for supporting this channel this
milestone means a lot to me for many different reasons reasons i'll share over on my instagram
at andrew ethan zang so make sure you follow me over there too but anyway i want to celebrate
the milestone with you there's a couple of giveaways i want to host as a small way to
say thank you and give back to the community the first giveaway i'm hosting is actually this apple
watch se here so to enter just comment below your all-time favorite apple product below and why
then make sure to fill out the additional details in the giveaway link i'll drop down below
i'll then pick out a winner at the end of this month and then there'll be another giveaway
when we actually hit that 100 000k 100 000k damn no 100k mark anyway i hope you've enjoyed
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