MacBook Pro (2021) Review: should you get the cheapest one?
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The new 2021 MacBook Pro is exactly what professionals have been waiting for. So what about the $2000 base model? We spent some time with it to get the MacBook Pro experience and see how it's M1 Pro processor stacks up.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:47 The new Design
2:03 Let's talk about the M1 Pro processor
4:51 The Ports! Especially MagSafe
5:45 Thanks Manscaped!
6:15 The XDR display and its notch
8:58 Battery life variables
9:58 The Price
11:12 Conclusion - Věda a technologie
Jonathan is such a great addition to LMG, I love his small understated jokes, particularly the visual ones, and his calm demeanor is so soothing! He feels like your cool friend that you go to for advice because they make everything look effortless.
Except for the overly nasal American voice/accent.
Linus Tech Tips. 🤔
LMG, not LTT.
Exactly, I couldn't agree more! He seems really cool and I love his low key sense of humor.
@@sherlockmaverick I came here to be exactly that pedantic.
One idea for the future: in this video you concentrated on the creative workflows, which makes sense, as it is what you are doing the most. But I think it would add a lot to have developer perspective as well, and LMG has a unique opportunity as it has almost-in-house development team working on Floatplane. Maybe do some tests building Floatplane app, running it in emulator etc. This could also promote Floatplane at the same time.
Good video nevertheless!
Couldn't agree more. Seems like no one gives any perspective to the folks who have to develop these video apps all the youtubers rely on for income.
Snazzy Labs admitted this in his teaser and will look at more use cases. There are many use cases beyond development too, which can shed light on what the laptop can do … music production / DJing? Data Science?
This is my complaint with most CZcams reviews of the new MB pros. They all focused on creatives and not everyone else which is a bit dumb. There are so many fields in science that could use the power but no one ever runs mapping, modeling and simulation software that people in science use.
They will probably do that on the Linus Tech tips channel. Since it's more technical
I just wanna know how many terribly written nested IF statements in Excel it can run on a big spreadsheet
Oh that's just me watching from my space gray one, suddenly questioning my choices
Me too lol
Lol. I asked an Apple guy in-store which was his favorite color and he said, "Space gray because I'm basic like that." Haha. All of my friends have space gray but I've always had silver MBPs (I skipped the last generation where color was even an option) so I decided to continue with that.
@@emma70707 I skipped last gen too (I came from a 2013 15”) but went space gray anyways. I actually really like it. It seems less dark than my roommate’s space gray MBP, but that might just be me making things up
@@emma70707 Lol. I went from a silver MBP to the gold MacBook Air (because it looked like copper and I thought it was cool) to now a Space Gray one of these and this did, in fact, make me feel basic.
I wanted silver because of nostalgia but after seeing it in person, it’s not quite the same shade I remember the 2007 MacBook Pro being, which was the Mac that finally got me to switch teams. So space gray is fine with me.
That thumbnail alone is… *very impressive*
I got the 16" base with 1TB, it's $500 more but full M1 Pro, double the storage, bigger battery and 2" larger screen, I felt that was definitely worth the cost!
Same here
It’s $700 more though, because you’re doubling the storage? 16” base still only comes with 512gb for $2499.
The 1TB is the midrange stock model. It’s actually only $200 more than the same specs in 14”. It’s also what I got. It’s amazing.
Here it’s 780 € mores
This will probably be the spec I go with, have you tried any photography software on it (LR, PS, C1)? Is it good?
Remember when the value sweet spot was around the mid range models? And now this base model is too powerful for any normal person. I love that the Macbook Pro is truly a professional tool now. I'm sure the only features most actually care about (screen, ports maybe, magsafe) will trickle down anyway.
For my use case, the M1 is great. When I’m on the go I don’t need all that power and even with the M1 I haven’t utilized it to it’s max.
yeah I would even argue that most normal users of a MacBook barely need any 'power' at all. Like all we do is surf the web and write. For me the M1 is amazing because I love the battery time.
I've a Mac mini m1 coupled with a ultra wide 49" display. It's pretty much the ultimate working from home device. Running my admin and user desktop next to each other .
I love my M1 Air as a life long windows user. Its fast enough for my use case. Amazing laptop
Same here for me. Got the M1 Air and definitely not using it to its full potential.
@@joha4574 Exactly why I'll be switching from a mid 2018 base model mb pro to a base M1 mb air 👌
5:04 The self deprecating humor in this segment is both depressing and hilarious.
‘All by myself’ is being sung in the minds of those who read your comment haha!
Why do reviewers always focus so much on video editing? Do they not reaalize that 95%+ of their viewers don’t buy laptops for video editing? Why not talk about coding or engineering?
Brilliant review. Would love to see more developers focused portion in the review.
Watch some of Alexander Ziskind videos. He does all sorts of dev tasks on his Macs
Wait for the LTT review
Nice
I just love the MAC address style of video, with the editing and quality of the videos, they're some of my favourite on the platform. Please don't let this channel die!
I must say: after watching tens of CZcams reviews on this product, your video is by far the best of the lot.
Precise, concise, and effective.
I just subscribed to your channel
Honestly the real MVP is M1 MacBook Air. It is amazing for all my tasks. I do photo editing, 4k iPhone video editing, 1080p mp4 movie editing, Xcode, python in VSCode, class on browser ms teams and everything in between. I love this machine so much.
Good to hear! Is it the 8gb or 16gb variant?
@@kumu141 16gb
Been thinking about picking up a MacBook for programming/daily use away from my desktops. The M2 chip looks kind of promising with the extra bit of RAM.
All in all though, hows the SSD storage? You just go for the base 512GB or up it at all?
@@kxngmars6527 I got 512gb but I have ample of space left, 350gb to be precise.
Honestly if you're going to upgrade the ram and storage of M2 MBA. I really recommend you to go for base M1 Pro MBP then.
@@arnavodkaa That’s also what I was thinking. I can always get a portable USB C SSD or something if I needed more. Thanks for the reply!
I love the way Jonathan does his reviews. They’re so informative and comfortable to watch.
Ive watched a lot of new Mac vids and like yours the most. Great script and editing
Great video as always. Production value and script is top “notch”!
Thank you, I’ll be here all night!
$3,500 16” owner here.
It does it all.
I considered upgrading to 2 TB SSD and 64 GB RAM, but Apple Silicon is going to get so much better, I can’t imagine this machine will be mine long enough to justify the additional $800 for hardware and possibly $400 for AppleCare+.
Wait another 2 years for the feature jumps in each model to topple out
A 3500 dollar laptop that has 32 GB of RAM and less that 2TB of storage? Lol guess that little status symbol in the back is more important that actual performance.
I just got the base model M1 MBA and I couldn’t be happier!
That notch with a webcam cut-out added to the outro got me chuckling. Appreciate the dig.
Your review sounds so fresh and natural mate! Thanks
So excited for this review!
Great Video! Cain't wait to see more future coverage of these new Macs
Definitely my favorite LTT channel. Camera work is top-notch. Now we need a crossover episode with Anthony about Linux distros for M1. That man needs his own show too.
Production value is great on this channel. Well done.
I Am not an Apple user, but i love to watch this channel! Its kind of relaxing and has the best Apple products reviews that i've seen recently.
I've had my M1 Pro for about 8 months now and yes these new ones are tempting of course, but my current machine is plenty powerful, so I'm gonna stick with it for hopefully many years. Bought it for music production and it's excellent, I really can't complain
Doing so much more teleconferencing, and spending so much more time looking at a display than 2 years ago, the 14” MBP is worth it for me based on the screen, webcam, microphone, and speaker upgrades. And the ports make it easier to hook up to my desk setup.
I honestly couldn’t be happier with my M1 Air. I love the new Pros but I’ve not felt the need to upgrade at all, the M1 Air is already so fast for everything I do as a developer/graphics person.
Agreed. Simply complete overkill. If they make an Air with a larger screen in the future, I’ll buy it in a heartbeat.
Yeah the only real issue with the air for me is the lack is Not being able to Drive 2 external Displays
I'm in a similar boat. Will probably wait for an M2 Max in a year or two before feelin' any need to retire the 2020 M1 MBA.
I am going to hold off a bit. Still using my M1 air, will upgrade to the $2,499 model in 2yrs, too soon to go computer hopping.
@@stratonarrow Yes, a 15 inch Macbook Air would be my ideal computer. Although, I highly doubt that'll ever be a thing.
THESE VIDEOS ARE INSANE, chef kiss for all the details. What a bliss
Really enjoyed the video! Keep up the great work!
Another great video, really well explained and laid out
100% agree that silver is the color going forward. That contrast with the blacked out keyboard 😮💨
I feel the passion in this video, keep this magic going
Thanks for actually showing the use of HDMI in video instead of just talking about it like the dozens of other videos I've watched on the new MBPs.
Excellent review. Thank you for the time and info shared.
This video production is fresh 😍
Jonathan, you're my favorite Mac intrusion
Ive been waiting for this video for some time
I got an open box 16” base model at Best Buy for $1,900 which was a freaking steal. It’s awesome and super happy with it.
You guys got every version of the new MacBook Pro so I sure hope we get to see a comparison of all configurations
What a great review, I wish you make reviews of other non apple laptops, even if it's another channel, subscribed!
Love the outro notch
I always love seeing what will come next in the Macbooks. I had a macbook pro back in like 2013 and it was great :) If I had the money I'd get a new one
Very professional and excellent video quality
I've never thought I would enjoy Mac channel,
Interesting note on the resolution 6:54.
2015 MacBook Pros had the 2:1 with a smaller effective resolution, for some reason in 2016 they upped the virtual resolution and never changed the panel resolution, now they've finally corrected that.
It’s probably because intels integrated graphics couldn’t handle the additional resolution very well
@@chidorirasenganz No the way MacOS handles hiDPI, physical resolution is irrelevant, everything is rendered at 2x with a virtual scaled resolution.
@@EricParker I meant why the 2016 generation display panels weren’t a true 2x. Hence the scaling wasn’t as clean
finally someone discusses the difference between the base charger vs the 96W charger. Thank you!
Great job on an exceptionally informative video!
Great, I’ve been waiting to find such a grate explanation for the bais m1 Pro.
I am loving this channel! Great writing, production, and presentation. Even for canadians! OMGJK
So glad they added more ports, I was sick and tired of dealing with my Anker management
Great video as always!
probably the one video that i needed
I'm a product owner at a software company. I think the base model will be a big upgrade from my 2020 i5 16 GB MacBook Pro. I'm going to wait a few months to gather up the cash for it, but ultimately I will do it. This was a great video, I'm really enjoying Mac Address.
Also, the notch on the outro comments was a nice touch.
2020 M1 Macbook Pro Space Grey person here - Couldn't be happier with it in the most basic variant. It has everything I could ever need, I can't remember giving it enough load to spin those fans audibly so far with design work and there is a high chance I will never do. There is certainly no need for me to get an even stronger machine since this one is already strong and super reliable :)
Oh boy have I been waiting for this
An idea for this channel: can we please have comparisons on everyday tasks too? Multi tasking with a teams meeting, while editing a power point for example. Having multiple apps running in the background, and general connectivity.... the content creator perspective is great, but limited for most people.
Jonathan is great. I love the way he adds commas into his sentences like a boss. He’s right up there with Christopher Walken.
Just wanted to say that this was the best MacBook Pro review. Thanks!
I love it for dev work.
Stays cool through stuff my old Intel i7 MacBook would be burning up doing.
Great! What configuration did you get?
Just got a base Space Grey open box special from BestBuy. EXTREMELY happy coming from a slowing down Late 2013 retina with the discrete graphics. Keyboard is crisp, display is AMAZING and it lasts two days with light internet browsing and CZcams. Was hoping the 2013 would last until 2023 but with supply chains in chaos I upgraded a year early and happy with the purchase.
Thanks for this video. I have a 2020 M1 and I was hesitant to get a base model 14, but it looks like an overall upgrade.
Happy on my M1 Air right now, will get the Mac mini pro as soon as it is available, but no rush, I'm fine.
On a side note, I'm impressed how well my Air handles battery management, as I'm almost always plugged in. I didn't trust the AI first, but it fits, after a few month of training and nearly a year of use, it's spot on and 99% health.
Stays at 80% charge most of the time, but knows when it gets busy. Magic.
Love YOUR videos
This is a great and honest review!
Interesting and insightful video! I’ve read some reports that the M1Pro/Max MBPs were originally going to have Face ID, but that this feature was cut quite late in the game due to supply issues with the required hardware. (iPhones had to come first!)
I got a base model upgraded to 16 GB of RAM (I feel like at this point 16 should be the minimum on laptops) and so far it’s been phenomenal for my casual video editing. I haven’t been pushing it too hard, but cutting a gameplay video with a handful of edits and lite effects in DaVinci barely eats at the battery, only got the machine to a slightly warm (but still comfortable) temperature, and was very smooth the whole way through. Some things got it to snag a bit, but compared to an intel MacBook it’s a dream.
My favorite Apple-centric place to watch videos about everything Apple. Never miss a new video.
Picking one tomorrow in the store.
the notch in the credits was the best touch of the video :D
That titanium g4 was the first I bought … that transition to bsd was what sold me on MacOS
Been using a 2015 i7 MacBook Pro, and upgraded to the M1 Max. The difference is astonishing, and probably would have been so even if I had upgraded to the just the M1 Pro. Really excited the Apple is also now a partner with the Blender Foundation - looking forward to see where that goes!
Anyone who upgrades to a six year newer computer is going to notice the difference.
@@robertp457 *cries in dual core MacBook air 2015*
I got the 14" 10-16-16-Core M1 Pro with 512 GB. I saved on storage because a 2 TB NVME SSD and USB C enclosure is only ~200-300$ (whereas Apple charges 600$). I have noticed though that the external SSD is about 20% slower on the MacBook Pro 14" (700 MB/s) than on my 2017 iMac 27" (900 MB/s). I have tried all sorts of combinations of ports (internal and on my CalDigit Dock). I even went to an Apple Store and ran benchmarks on all Apple Silicon and a few Intel Macs they had and found that the external SSD speeds on Apple Silicon consistently were 20% slower than on Intel. Weirdly the only combination that worked with full speed on Apple Silicon was using the second Thunderbolt port on the dock. Hopefully this can be fixed in Firmware
By far the best review on the MacBook Pro 14!
I’m a dj and I do quite a bit of audio editing I still went with the base 14, the extra two cores aren’t a big enough jump in performance with the tasks I’ll be running to justify the extra money, the base is already lightning quick compared to the 2017 i7 15 MacBook Pro I’ve been using. Can’t wait to get mine in hand in a couple days.
I got the base model 14", (8-core CPU, 14-core GPU) and they pull hard on anything I could ever throw at them; Unreal machines!
I went for the 16 base pro max 24GPU The poor man’s M&M ….lol Love the notch over your head at the end too funny…..
I’ve been thinking and dreaming of buying a MacBook Pro since 2008. Back then, I didn’t even know what I was going to do with it, just wanted it, as Jonathan said, for the “clout”.
Now, some 14 years later, I’m a backend and hobbyist mobile developer and about to get this base model MacBook Pro. It’s more than enough and the specs should last me a good 3-5 years if not more. Thanks for this video, MA. Helped clear a few things up for me. 😁
God this guy is such a good camera personality, he makes MA
Start at base model, go up one storage upgrade from 512GB to 1TB. This one upgrade includes the extra 2 CPU core upgrade and it's really the perfect middle ground to help future proof this laptop in my opinion.
Just bought the base 14” and I love it. Runs cool and quiet, power brick is smaller, and its more powerful than my 2014 15” MBP. Handbrake x265 rencoding take half the time and i can actually use Video Enhance AI now. It was unusable on my old MBP.
Got the base 16 inches inch. Need screenestate. It is not too heavy and it is fantastic. Battery life is good.
I opted for the extra $300 full M1 Pro option for my video editing machine. I wanted the smaller form factor than the 16" and since I'm still using a lot of Adobe products which are "Apple Silicon Native," but clearly not really functioning properly, the extra CPU/GPU horsepower seemed worth the extra cash to get through this transitional period. I'm also hoping the extra $300 in upgrades will give me an additional year or two of functionality before I have to upgrade...
Nice review - one of the best on the new MacBooks 👌
I bought the last round of intel’s i5 13” pro w/1tb ssd. I wasn’t sure how all the M1 software stuff would run so I went with the oven haha. I love it and it’s plenty powerful for what I do. I’ll consider getting a new MacBook once my AppleCare is done. I like the 14” form factor more but we will see what my needs are when I’m ready in about 2023 haha.
Air could be better
I went with the base model 2021 M1 Pro Pro (wow, what a mouthful). I did make one upgrade to the base model, and that was to go from 512GB to 1TB. Additionally, I paid the extra $20 for the 96w charger.
FINALY SOMEONE SEES THE SIMILARITIES! (between the PowerBook G4 and this)
The only Apple product I've ever owned was a 1st gen ipod shuffle. I just like hearing Jonathan explain things.
One thing I'm really intersted to know about it how well these new Macs do with running Blender. This is my main focus and I'm aware that a powerful GPU or very powerful CPU is necessary to ensure that the vieport it updating quickly and renders don't take ages. I'd love to see this tested in Blender or similar programs such as Unreal or Maya - specifically with how the viewport functions with large scenes, rendering large images or animations and physics simulations. Traditionally Macs haven't been great at this stuff but it would be great if this was a portable blender machine. I'm so over having a windows desktop beast.
I just came from m1 MacBook Air since it couldn’t utilize multiple monitors 😭.
The base configuration of m1 pro is so convenient for me in my budget and use case (light gaming w/emulation, seamless workflow with VM and business apps , portability).
The boosted performance is just a cherry on top for my personal use.
Dang, the thumbnail awesome. Explained everything. 😂
Gotta say, I don’t even own a Mac, my only apple products are an iPhone 8 Plus and my AirPods Pro, so macs aren’t really an interest to me, but his style is incredible and the video oozes production quality. One of linus’ best hires.
I am still daily driving my 2013 15inch Retina Pro. I got the base specs at the time from apple store and have gotten new screen on warranty a couple of years into ownership. And also replaced the battery at apple store which meant new keyboard face side about 2 years ago currently at 95 battery cycle count. I will use this laptop until it dies.
Beautiful machine, With a price to match it! But one hell of a beast, worthy of the cost. Problem is many just wont need or use everything they can do.
Bought one for archicad last year and damn this thing is usefull, this + my ipad pro 2018 means that I can work from everywhere without any issues. I wasn't a big fan of mac. Still get mad at finder all the time but i have to admit that this a really good computer
If you want the base M1 Macbook pro, get the macbook air. Way cheaper, has around the same perfomance (just one graphics core less), is fanless, and still has a great screen.
aka, if you are not a PRO, don't get the PRO...
It's as if they would have thought about the name before releasing it ;)
M1 Air rocks. Great battery life too
i disagree.
No mini LED, HDR, 120hz, ports, MagSafe, thin bezels, etc.
Even if that stuff isn’t worth the extra money, it’s still a good idea to wait for the next MBA
@@OneDerscoreOneder He wasn't talking about the M1 Pro MacBook Pro which starts from $2000. He was comparing the Air to the $1300 13 inch M1 MacBook Pro.
@@loki.8435 still even if he was comparing to the $2000 his opinion is valid as the MacBook Air is half the price of the new mbp.
very well spoken chap right here
thanks, I will subscribe M.A!
You should do a 3 month and a 6 month follow up on if the base model is still good enough.
I’ve heard good things about the ssd speed and Mac OS being able to utilize it for swap space for the unified memory. I’d probably opt for the larger ssd rather than a ram upgrade for that reason, at least to 1tb which doesn’t seem too much of an added cost considering the base price of the machine.
I went Space Grey for my 16" MBP. Coming form a 2013 15", I've had enough of Silver.
Apple needs to bring out standalone space grey accessories again, but with USB-C...