It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to hear that the MacBook Pro runs macOS – currently on version 13, Ventura. Excellent compatibility with iPhones and iPads.If you prefer, you can use just about any sufficiently powerful USB-C charger (or simply swap the cable and keep using Apple’s brick), which would let you top this up with the same charger you may use for your phone, tablet, or Switch. The included charger uses Apple’s updated MagSafe port, with a surprisingly strong magnetic lock to hold the cable in place. That’s at the faster end of even high-end laptops, so you needn’t feel chained to a power socket for long. I was sent the middle-of-the-road 96W charger with my review unit, which offers enough juice to restore 53% of the battery in just half an hour over MagSafe, with a full charge taking a little over an hour. I’ve been writing for a couple of hours, all on battery, with some light multi-tasking – the laptop is still on 98% Meanwhile any 16in model ships with an even faster 140W charging brick. For one, Apple ships the laptop with a variety of chargers: if you opt for the cheapest chip on the 14in you get a 67W power adapter, while upping processing power nets you a 96W charger instead (which is also an upgrade option with the lower spec silicon).
When it comes to charging, there’s a little more variation. I just checked, and the laptop is still on 98%. I’ve been writing for a couple of hours, all on battery, with some light multi-tasking.
This isn’t as critical to laptops as it is other hardware, but as someone used to occasionally tapping and scrolling with a fingertip, it is a slightly irritating omission.įor a real-world example, I’ve been writing this review so far while sitting in a cafe near my home. Then again, one element where Apple is behind Windows rivals is that the company still doesn’t include a touchscreen option. Few people will take advantage of the spec for gaming on a MacBook of course, but it’s one part of why the laptop as a whole feels so smooth and snappy. Windows manufacturers have been slow to adopt fast refresh rate panels outside of their gaming lines, so this is one area where Apple is ahead of the curve. Across either screen size (technically 14.2in or 16.2in, to be precise) you get a rich resolution (3024×1964 on the 14, 3456×2234 on the 16), impressive peak brightness of 1600 nits, and, best of all, a 120Hz refresh rate. It helps that if you can look past the notch, this screen is hard not to love. That said, you’ll probably forget it’s there pretty quickly, and outside of a handful of apps with expansive menu bars, it doesn’t really ever affect usability. The notch is ugly, and it is annoying – especially since it doesn’t contain a full Face ID module, making it feel rather unnecessary for a single webcam.
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