2021 Apple 14-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Pro
2021 model 14-inch Apple MacBook Pro (MKGR3LL/A) comes with the very powerful M1 Pro chip with an 8-core CPU and a 14-core GPU, 512GB Solid State Drive, 16GB memory, Mac OS Monterey operation system, a thicker chassis in a flat casing that can accommodate more of connectivity ports as well and an impressive battery life of up to 17 hours.
There are 14 user reviews and ratings so far for an average score of 4.4 out of 5 stars at Amazon.com for this premium grade, expensive Apple laptop that is designed for advanced professional users that require plenty of processor and graphics power, performance and speed. The new MacBook Pro with M1 Pro chip can be used for business, gaming and multimedia, but you’re best sticking to the M1 version if you’ll be using your laptop for day-to-day tasks. You can purchase it in either silver or space gray and with a 10-core CPU and a 16-core GPU and a larger 1TB storage space.
With these new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips Apple ofers awesome performance in CPU, GPU and machine learning. The 10-core CPU performance is up to 3.7 times for you to carry out your demanding professional tasks very quickly at lightning speeds. These ten cores on the SoC- System on Apple M1 Pro chip is made up of the 8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores. The 32-core GPU offers as much as 13 times higher performance in the very heavy and graphics-intensive games and apps. And the 16-core Neural Engine gives you 11 times better machine learning performance.
You can also have up to 64GB of memory on this Macbook Pro with the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips for amazingly smooth and fast multitasking performance. You also have the option to have up to 8TB of superquick SSD storage for opening files and launching applications instantly. The connectivity options included on this new powerful MacBook Pro are 802.11ax WiFi 6 wireless, Bluetooth 5.0, 3 x Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports with the support for significantly faster charging and data transfers of up to 40 Gbps, a USB 3.1 gen 2 port with up to 10Gbps speed, an SDXC card slot and an HDMI port.
The 14.2-inch diagonal mini-LED backlit Liquid Retina XDR screen has the 3024 x 1964 pixel resolution with the amazing dynamic range & contrast ratio. With the ProMotion technology you can expect up to 1000 nits of sustained full-screen brightness and 1600 nits of peak brightness and the adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz and the True Tone technology. It comes with a six-speaker sound system with the force-cancelling woofers for an impressive audio performance, one of the best on any laptop. The webcam is a great quality Full HD 1080p FaceTime with an advanced image signal processor for very good quality video calls.
The 2021 MacBook Pro weighs 3.53 pounds and measures 0.61H x 12.31W x 8.71D inches. It has the black background on the keyboard rather than the space gray background and the touchbar is removed and you have a key row there instead. The key bounce and travel are a bit better than the 13.3-inch M1 MacBook Pro. It can warm up a bit during your very intensive tasks (but without fans coming on) unlike the M1 chip that stays cool at all times.
This October 18, 2021 release Apple MacBook Pro is probably the best laptop you can buy if you’re a creative professional, with the best screen on any laptop, an amazing overall CPU and GPU performance, long battery life of up to 17 hours, great sound performance and a good number of modern ports. It would be an overkill if you need a laptop for daily use, but if you are a programmer, photographer, video editor or music producer it is a very good laptop even despite its high price tag. In the box you will find the 14-inch MacBook Pro, a 2 meter USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable and a 67-watt USB-C power adapter or a 96-watt USB-C power adapter (with the 10-core CPU version).
