![]() Basically, if you’ve already got the 2021 MacBook Pro, there’s little reason to upgrade to this latest model. It has the same design, the same display, with the only major upgrade being the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips for improved performance and power efficiency. Whether you should upgrade from the M1 Pro/Max models really does depend on what you do with your laptop and whether you can justify the price for the performance gains, but for those on older MacBooks, this a dream machine that will deliver noticeable performance improvements instantly.The 2023 MacBook Pro 14, compared to the 2021 model, is not all that different. ![]() In the same breath, it's likely the same will be said for these M2 Pro/Max models two years down the road so they would be a solid investment. Should you buy it? If you have the budget, we have absolutely no hesitation in recommending it, but there is also an argument for considering the MacBook Pro (M1 Pro/Max) models, which are still fantastic machines two years on and may be cheaper now if you can get hold of them. But even without those things, it's still impossible not to adore this machine. It would also have been nice to see Face ID, and while we are on our wishlist, a touchscreen wouldn't have gone amiss either. Its biggest downfall is of course that all this greatness comes at a price - which ranges from $1999/£2149 to a whopping $6499/£6749 fully specced. For those already on the M1 Pro or M1 Max models though, you may decide it's not warranted this time around. The M2 Pro and M2 Max models are claimed to have between 0.3 and 0.4x faster filter and function machine learning performance in Photoshop and between 1.1x and 1.3x faster object-tracking performance in Final Cut Pro for example, but do you need either of those that much to warrant the cost of the upgrade? For those moving from an Intel-based MacBook Pro, the differences are seemingly greater so there's definitely more of an argument for that upgrade. For however excellent this machine is, the machine it is replacing is also brilliant. It's questionable whether those on the MacBook Pro (M1 Pro/Max, 2021) models actually really need to upgrade and that's arguably the biggest downside to this laptop. Everything we did throw at it though, we can wholeheartedly say it handled without even batting a pretty little aluminium eyelid. We are fully aware that what we do for our day-to-day job doesn't even come close to what this laptop is capable of, so we can't review it from the perspective of some of the people that might consider buying it. On the MacBook Air with M2 chip and 16GB memory, timings were over 8 minutes for the 4K file, and just under 1 minute 30 seconds for the ProRes file. By comparison, the same exports on a Mac Mini with M1 chip and 16GB memory took just under 4 minutes for the 4K file and 2 minutes and 50 seconds for the ProRes file. It is rapid in everything it does, from image and filter processing on Photoshop to video rendering in Final Cut Pro.Įxporting an 8-minute 4K video in high quality took just under 2 minutes 30 seconds on the MacBook Pro and resulted in a 3GB file, while exporting the same video in ProRes quality took just 34 seconds and resulted in a 27GB file, showing just how rapid Apple M-silicon chips are at dealing with ProRes. There's still a huge cost that comes with this machine, but we have yet to find something to complain about in terms of its performance. ![]() We had the 14-inch MacBook Pro in for review with the M2 Max chip with 12‑core CPU, 38‑core GPU, 64GB unified memory and 2TB SSD so it's definitely not the base model, but not the top-spec model either. ![]()
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