From The Verge: Apple has announced a redesigned MacBook Pro, which now includes a 14-inch screen, Apple’s new M1 Pro and Max chips, a notch, squared-off design, and a wider selection of ports in addition to the standard Thunderbolt ones — it brings back the HDMI port and SD card reader and adds a MagSafe 3 connector for charging (though you can also charge it with the Thunderbolt ports if your house is littered with USB-C power bricks). It starts at $1,999 and can be ordered “today.”
It has a 14.2-inch 120Hz ProMotion Mini LED display, which Apple is branding as “Liquid Retina Pro XDR.” It has slimmer bezels than the previous generation but also includes a notch, which houses a 1080p webcam but not Apple’s Face ID system. Resolution-wise, the 14-inch model runs at 3024 by 1964, and it can run at 1,000 nits sustained brightness and 1,600 nits peak brightness.
You can configure the 14-inch MacBook Pro with Apple’s new M1 Pro or M1 Max chips. Both can feature 10 CPU cores — the Pro can have a 14- or 16-core GPU, while the Max has 24- and 32-core GPU options. The new MacBook Pro comes with 16GB of RAM standard, and you can upgrade to 32GB with the M1 Pro or 64 GB with the M1 Max. However, the M1 Pro included with the $1,999 base model is a trimmed-down version of the CPU — it only features eight CPU cores and 14 GPU cores.
The base also comes with a weaker 67W power adapter — to upgrade to the “real” M1 Pro with 10 CPU cores and 16 GPU cores, you’re looking at spending at least $2,300 before tax (and that model will come with a 512GB SSD). There’s also the $2,499 pre-built model, which comes with the fully loaded M1 Pro, a 1TB SSD, and a 96W charger (though the upgraded charger is included in the base model if you configure a CPU upgrade).
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