Headphone port is far more powerful now so I no longer need to lug along a portable audio player or a DAC/amp. Even at the same 500 nits brightness, it's more color-accurate, with faster (seemingly?) response and the contrast ratio is just amazing. 3D modeling with AutoCAD Fusion 360 is much smoother, photo editing/exporting is twice as fast, and compiling large coding projects is anywhere between 50% to 100% faster.Ģ. It's much faster for my 'professional' tasks. It's still fairly fast for most casual useĪnd personally, here are the things I have gained going to the 14' device:ġ. It's still the sleeker, thinner and lighter deviceģ. Here are the things the 13' Pro M1 does better in a nutshell:Ģ. I think I am ready to move on from the 13' Pro M1. So I exchanged the 16' for one of the new 14' with M1 Pro last Friday and got the weekend to play with it. the fact is: it's still heavier and bulkier than a past MacBook from 5 years ago. Yes, I know the 16' isn't really that much heavier or bigger than my old 15' 2015 MacBook. I really liked the new 16' real estate, but the extra heft and bulk really gave me pause.

I got the new 16' MacBook with M1 Max in to test for last week.

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