Apple Announces New 13-inch MacBook Pro With M1 Chip, Starting at $1,299

[jackietreeh0rn]

RAM only up to 16 GB?

 

[bydandie]

Well I was expecting to see LTE given the custom Silicone - but no. Ah well 🥲

 

[OriginalClone]

16GB RAM Max on all the new M1 laptops and Mini?

That’s what I’m not liking about this new chip. The ram options will be tied to the chip. Would’ve loved to see 32gb ram in 13” pro.

 

[Bokito]

unified memory, no need for more for this type of macs

MacBook Pro. A lot of people rely on the MacBook Pro for things that are both CPU and Memory intensive. Even if Apple Silicon Macs use less memory on average, 16GB almost certainly isn’t enough for most Pros if you want to use your Mac for at least a couple of years.

 

[Caliber26]

Am I alone feeling more than disappointed about no body redesign?

A redesign wasn’t heavily rumored for this new batch of Macs. All things point to a redesign coming at some point next year.

And, I hate to sound line an Apple “apologist”, but the current design of those notebooks are excellent and miles ahead of what’s offered by most competitors. Plus I’d rather get a new Mac now, knowing the current design has had ample time to iron out its wrinkles (ie: keyboard issues).

 

[Frantisekj]

Lol, they brought that guy from PC/Mac adverts at the end. I was guessing this come back but not right there....

 

[vtrautia]

Wow. Massive improvements on performance and battery life.

 

[Nordichund]

I was going to wait for the 2nd iteration, but I'm really tempted to order one tomorrow.

 

[rafark]

Has Apple become a boring company? I mean, the chips look promising but their products look literally the same and have looked the same for around a decade and a half. I was expecting at the very least a name change. They used to show the new hardware/design first and then show the details. Now it just seems to be about the details.

 

[Abombito]

I knew I'd be kicking myself for buying a new 13 in. MBP earlier this year but I didn't think I'd be kicking myself this hard. Obviously I'm going to wait on reviews & benchmarks before I consider trading mine in for this or maybe even an Air, but I'm hoping if I do I'll still get a good price for mine.

 

[MacBH928]

I am so excited that Apple is finally going "Back to the Mac". Designing new chips just for the Mac platform is HUGE!

As a big adversary of Tim Cook and his emojis:

 

[TimWillz]

Those battery life figures are absolutely unreal.

 

[innovationwho]

No I am really disappointed. Those bezels make this look so dated

Get an iPad. Bye.

 

[mcapanelli]

I just bought a new 13" pro three months ago. Hopefully by the time I'm ready to upgrade they've boosted the ram cap and went to a redesigned 14" screen.

 

[Steve121178]

There you have it ... and it was all going so well .... the new chips can only handle 16Gb memory. Terrible shame.

Wait for the M2 I guess?

 

[aibo82]

So we have been waiting for one CPU the M1 so they can stick it in 3 last years products! Is that it?

no M1 Pro for the MacBook Pro just lumped in the Mini and Air one in a Pro machine!!!

 

[dugbug]

Meh. Chunky bezels remain and it's had a bit of a spec bump. Nothing to see here.

THAT is a bit of a spec bump?????

 

[umbilical]

720p FaceTime HD camera, seriously again!!!!!! ?????

 

[slamtennis]

Battery life and fanless are welcome! Will continue using the 2016 Macbook Pro for now. I need those bezels to shrink and 1080p front camera, dated design.

 

[Darth Tulhu]

Am I alone feeling more than disappointed about no body redesign?
And, they are comparing performance to Windows laptops, which again brings forth my favorite topic: is some sort of official 'Boot Camp' support for M1 Macs expected? No word on this so far.

Nope, you're not alone.

But as I stated in a different thread, I think Apple's transition path is clear: The redesigns will come at the end.

I believe that when Apple removes Intel fully, they'll redesign all their Macs at once (except the mini... can't get any simpler).

 

[bradman83]

Those disappointed that there is no redesign remember - when Apple introduced the first Intel Macs in 2006 they used the exact same designs and the previous PowerPC Macs (except the original MacBook, which was basically a stretched out widescreen iBook). The first challenge is getting the platform up and running from a technological perspective, then to tackle redesign issues.

 

[aarond12]

Store's up!

 

[Dammit Cubs]

Incredible. But only two thunderbolt ports? Also, no mention of whether it has WiFi 6...

Hope that helps...

 

[cardfan]

this is the first time im gonna say it, and i'll say it strong: this is not a pro device. they took the exact same chip showed off for a macbook air and a mac mini, slapped pro on it and then somehow claimed this sucker is going to perform way better, and called it "pro"

not even like an M2 or M1X, it's the same processor. no mention of it being higher clock speed, higher ram, better gpu, etc in the base config at this higher price.

It’s marketing bs numbers being thrown out. Too much software that won’t be native. Trying to sell that emulation will be faster than current native apps.

The only thing pro about this one is the fan. Otherwise its the MacBook Air.

 

[xDeadTechx]

Incredible. But only two thunderbolt ports? Also, no mention of whether it has WiFi 6...

It has wi-if 6, it was on the Collage of features.