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14-inch MacBook Pro Can Fast Charge Via Thunderbolt, But Fast Charge Limited to MagSafe in 16-inch Model
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You need to pay the $20 extra to upgrade to the 96W MagSafe Power Brick to "fast charge". But, you can fast charge using MagSafe on the 14", unless I'm mistaken.
This appears to be related to the 14 inch model. The 16 inch model has MagSafe of up to 140W which exceeds the 100W max of thunderbolt4.
Yes, but MR changed the original title of the article. My comment made sense then.
My question is, and no one has spoken about this, if the 14 and 16 inch have the same m1 max chip inside why does the 14 inch top out at 96W max, but the 16 inch tops out at 140W max?
Will m1 max be throttled down in the 14 inch enclosure, and consume more peak power (and thus have higher performance) in the 16 inch model?
Will m1 max be throttled down in the 14 inch enclosure, and consume more peak power (and thus have higher performance) in the 16 inch model?
Instead of the 4th Thunderbolt port, they put in the SD card slot and HDMI port. The MagSafe doesn't use bus bandwidth.
Good thing I held onto the charging brick from my old 16" MBP then. It is 96W
Wish they’d given me another thunderbolt instead of wasting it on an sd slot and hdmi.
Dedicated ports are useless to a large segment.
I agree, but for the last 5 years Apple provided 4 Thunderbolt ports, and these boards (and reviews) were filled with messages complaining that "Apple doesn't include real ports." I'm sure some people are still upset they didn't put back a USB-A port.
Interesting news, given that the 240w USB standard was approved at the beginning of the year. More evidence that this machine was supposed to come out months ago.