Apple Unveils Redesigned MacBook Pro With Notch, Added Ports, ProMotion Mini-LED Display, M1 Pro or M1 Max Chip, and More

[miq]

Intel is paying a lot of people tonight to invade Apple forums

Right yes, because anybody who dares criticise Apple must be an Intel staffer 🙄

 

[Gnomeo86]

They are simply GORGEOUS 😍

And of course... the notch is here to stay haha

 

[Mainyehc]

It’s a weird design choice to have rounded corners on the top of the screen but not on the bottom

Actually, it doesn't. It looks extremely Classic Mac OS-like, harkening back to a more than 20-year-long tradition. Early versions of System had four rounded corner masks (to match, I believe, the roundrect shape of the CRT bezel on the plastic front plate of compact Macs and Apple monitors), and later versions, IIRC, kept two of them on the top.

As a matter of fact, even Mac OS X kept those right until 10.4 “Tiger”, and then they finally got rid of them in 10.5 “Leopard”, in 2007.

And, of course, there's the whole, err, post-iPhone X Apple product lineup, where all but their lowest-end mobile offerings feature displays with round corners.

Unless they can make the display cover the display/backlight electronics at the hinge edge, by making them loop back à lá iPad or Apple Watch, they will likely never round the two lower corners. That would just be gratuitous and a waste of perfectly good pixels.

 

[dandeco]

Wowww, the M1 Pro and M1 Max sure look amazing! Now to start waiting for Apple to come out with a higher-end Mac Mini using the M1 Pro chip, to become my main desktop computer in place of my 2012 quad-core i7 Mac Mini (those new MacBook Pros look really cool, but I am perfectly happy with my M1 MacBook Air.)

 

[Heelpir8]

RIP Aesthetics

Hello, functionality!

 

[sw1tcher]

Apple, good job. You've pushed the industry standards forward once again with the incredible performance.

Apple pushed industry standards by bringing back MagSafe, actual function keys (no more lame touch bar), and an HDMI port.

Can't innovate anymore, my ass!

 

[Palliser]

16” w M1 Max is $3,499

 

[JDHiro]

That was en epic event IMO. Just placed my order for 16" MAX, 64GB, 1TB!

 

[Combi06]

Ordered. Delivery for Tuesday Oct 26!

 

[uller6]

That notch! But holy cow do these look fast.

 

[gaximus]

DAMN BOI HE THICKKK

It sure looks that way, but according to the spec sheet, it's nearly the exact same thickness as the current 13" MacBook Pro, only 0.01cm thicker.

 

[anson42]

Yes indeed, I can't believe they really added a horrible notch also to a Mac. Terrible choice Apple. I was definitely interested in this machine, but with a notch, NO WAY. I work with images and I don't want the images displayed be ruined by a notch. A notch!?! You must be kidding. Un be lie va ble.

If you work with images in full screen, doesn't full screen actually occupy only the 16:10 area? In other words, the notch doesn't come into play in full screen mode. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I thought the video showed some apps in full screen where content was below the notch only.

 

[CC77]

I don’t understand, are people really complaining about having more screen real estate?

It's not more screen real estate? It's less. It interferes with the (most foundational and important) objects that are constantly on my screen:

 

[TheWatchfulOne]

I like the old design better. This looks like a Windows laptop from early 2010s, minus the thinness.

This machine will run circles around a Windows laptop from the early 2010. In fact, it will run circles around Windows laptops from early 2021 and later.

The design remained me of the Titanium PowerBook.

 

[Wackery]

Right yes, because anybody who dares criticise Apple must be an Intel staffer 🙄

Intel does have a history of doing ******** marketing, read up in their paying benchmarks to look better or their recent weird ads

 

[Nozuka]

Seems like a no-compromise Pro Machine, actually deserving of the name Pro.

Of course consumers will have plenty to complain about, but it is not for them. (Many will buy it anyway)

 

[miq]

They seem to be using the notch as a signature design. No need for it, it's there as much for form as function.

I recall a time when Apple designs were iconic for their beauty. Wasn't so long ago...

Welcome to Tim Cook's Apple. Anyway I'll catch you on the flip side, I'm off to Samsung, whose innovation actually excites me and doesn't burn a hole in me wallet.

 

[derdante]

No HDMI 2.1 is a real bummer on a pro device.

HDMI digital video output

Support for one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz

 

[Andy-V]

Ignore soz

 

[aleni]

Damnnn! The casing design looks old! Bring back Jony Ive!

 

[Timmy D]

ouch that entry price point. will stick with my 2020 13" MacBook Pro M1 for a few more years. Even though the 14" looks good to me...

 

[SteveJobs2.0]

Interesting to see new products that follow absolutely no discernible strategy.

Welcome back to Apple before they re-hired Steve Jobs.

 

[Nicky G]

Trade-in system is doooown! Nooooo! Shut up and take my 2020 Intel MBP AND my money dammit!!!

 

[ItsASpider]

THE NOTCH, AGAIN !!!!

OMG, please stop making ugly products !!!

Such an ugly piece of hardware.

Face ID must be the worst tech to come in a decade.

Lol, it's not FaceID's fault, this thing doesn't have FaceID.

Which makes this much, much worse.

 

[bsbeamer]

The M1 Pro chip features a 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU, a more capable Media Engine, more Thunderbolt controllers, support for up to 32GB of RAM, and more. The M1 Max chip features the same 10-core CPU as the M1 Pro, but includes a 32-core GPU with support for up to 64GB of RAM.

There is a 24-core GPU custom configuration option that is not being mentioned in reports so far:

Apple M1 Pro with 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine
Apple M1 Max with 10-core CPU, 24-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine (+$200)
Apple M1 Max with 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine (+$400)