Because it’s way smaller and therefore can only accommodate a smaller battery than the 16”.
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New MacBook Pros Offer Up to 10 Hours Longer Battery Life Than Prior-Generation
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I mean, just a light refresh. Removal of TouchBar and 16GB RAM in the entry model. They can keep the other internals like the M1 chip. I bet at $1,299 it will still sell like a hot cake.Wow! That was really optimistic, that would completely cannibalise their MacBook lineup.
Yep, the 14" was designed to house the M1 Max, which is massive compared to the tiny M1 in the 13", thus, the battery had to be smaller...
My 2013 mbp 10,1 can playback 24/96 natively, unless they gimped it this year? They also mentioned 3.5mm port handling essentially higher quality headphones, which indirectly makes me think that it will play at least 24/96 and not 24/48 as a minimum
But isn't the MBP that you have (M1, 8 GB memory and 256 GB SSD) a $1300 MBP? Serious question, because that is what I have and it cost me $1300 USD last November.
Or did you mean you hoped the more powerful 14" MBP would only cost $1300? Which seems odd, given that Apple is keeping somewhat close to the Intel model pricing for the initial Apple Silicon Macs - that would have been around $1700 - $1800 for the 14" MBP, which should be taking the place of the more powerful Intel 13" MBP model.
The battery is larger than the M1 Pro.. yet less battery life.
Probably due to the 120hz / Mini Led / M1p
I think the battery claims aren't what they seem. If you look at Apple's website, it shows this:
The more typical "wireless web" stat is only 3 hours more, probably more in-line with what most tasks will see.
Link: https://www.apple.com/mac/compare/?modelList=MacBookPro-16-2019,MacBook-Pro-16-2021,MacBook-Pro-14
Note the 10 hour increase is for "Apple TV app move playback", I assume because of new hardware decryption.
The more typical "wireless web" stat is only 3 hours more, probably more in-line with what most tasks will see.
Link: https://www.apple.com/mac/compare/?modelList=MacBookPro-16-2019,MacBook-Pro-16-2021,MacBook-Pro-14
this title is misleading.
2020 M1 13" MBP had 17 hours of wireless web, 2021 M1 14" MBP only has 11 hours of wireless web. if you're coming from a 2020 M1 don't expect battery life to be better. it will be worse
2020 M1 13" MBP had 17 hours of wireless web, 2021 M1 14" MBP only has 11 hours of wireless web. if you're coming from a 2020 M1 don't expect battery life to be better. it will be worse
Not a bad take. I really think that Apple made pro machines this time around with pro pricing. But their entry level stuff is so good that you can't really be mad about it. You really have to justify the extra cost at this point. For me the display would be it, so a 14 inch entry level is going to have decently better performance than a 13" MBP but a way better display and far superior I/O...and is beyond powerful enough. It will be interesting to see how "future proofing" plays out on these machines.
Either way, Apple is slaying right now.
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I am somewhat sceptical given that the power adapter jumps from 67 to 96 watts if you select anything other than the basic 8 core cpu.
I mean, just a light refresh. Removal of TouchBar and 16GB RAM in the entry model. They can keep the other internals like the M1 chip. They can call it MBP 13" (2021). I bet at $1,299 it will still sell like a hot cake.
I didn't hope that they would release a 14" model at $1,299. They spent too much R&D and marketing to pull this off.
Wondering the same. Based on the selected CPU benchmarks we were shown today, it looks like core speeds are identical in Pro and Max. It’s a big reason I went for the pro; my worst use case for GPU will be 5.7K 360 amateur video editing, which will never touch the insane Max specs and memory bandwidth.
Am I the only person extremely happy to see Promotion come to the MacBook Pro? It made it an instant purchase for me.
Sure but it doesn’t have a surprise U2 album that can’t be deleted.. Gonna pass on this generation
Apple's new MacBook Pro machines are equipped with super efficient M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, which means improvements in both performance and efficiency. The new machines have much improved battery life compared to prior-generation Intel machines.
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Pro/Max chip offers up to 17 hours of movie playback with the Apple TV app and up to 11 hours of wireless web browsing. The prior 2020 Intel model offered 10 hours of movie playback and 10 hours of wireless web browsing.
M1 Pro/Max performance is on par with M1 performance, but it can't quite match wireless web battery life. The M1 chip in the entry-level MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air offers 20 hours of movie playback and up to 17 hours of wireless web browsing.
The 16-inch MacBook Pro has far more impressive performance than the prior-generation Intel model. It offers up to 21 hours of movie playback and 14 hours of wireless web browsing. The 16-inch Intel machine offered 11 hours of movie playback and 11 hours of wireless web usage.
According to Apple, the 14-inch MacBook Pro is equipped with a 70-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery, while the 16-inch model includes a 100-watt hour battery. The 16-inch MacBook Pro uses a 140W power adapter, while the 14-inch model uses a 67W power adapter for the 8-core machine and a 96W power adapter for the 10-core machine. Both models can charge over Thunderbolt or MagSafe.
The 10-core 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro models are also capable of charging from zero to 50 percent within 30 minutes through a new fast charge feature. The 14-inch model can fast charge over Thunderbolt or MagSafe, while the 16-inch model needs the MagSafe connection for fast charging.
Article Link: New MacBook Pros Offer Up to 10 Hours Longer Battery Life Than Prior-Generation
They mentioned this was on watching videos. I do have to wonder how long the battery lasts when doing something that fires up all 10 CPU cores and 32 GPU cores.
And it would also cut into their MacBook Air sales. It's all about keeping their profits high and their stockholders happy, GradSchool dude. Have you not learned that in...grad school? Basic Business 101.
