Moreover, this redesigned laptop comes with a 14.2-inch, 3024 x 1964-pixel Liquid Retina XDR mini-LED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. Battery life is tested at 14 hours and 8 minutes. The other performance specs are just as impressive, with the laptop supporting up to 32GB of RAM and an 8TB SSD. And with Apple’s commitment to both power and efficiency, the notebook powers through the most grueling tasks with barely a whisper from the fans. The middle child in Apple’s proprietary line of chips, it has more than enough power to outperform some of the most powerful Intel and AMD-powered laptops. The M1 Pro and M1 Max processors Apple revealed promise to be the fastest, most power-efficient chips ever built for portable computing, and we can confirm the M1 Pro fits that description. Pros: If you’re willing to spend $1,999, the 14-inch MacBook Pro is a practically perfect option, if not the best laptop, on the market. MacBook Pro (14-inch): Best for creative pros needing portability We compared these two keyboards side-by-side and unanimously voted in favor of the new version due to its bouncier keys and improved layout. The Surface Laptop 3 (4,791) with 10th Gen Intel chips dropped further behind, but still topped the category average (4,178).Īnd, of course, the MacBook Air has the Magic Keyboard, which is far more comfortable and reliable than the previous Butterfly keyboard. Our MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM scored a resounding 5,962 on the Geekbench 5.2 overall performance test, crushing the XPS 13 (5,319, Core i7-1165G7) with an 11th Gen (Tiger lake) Intel Core. Specifically, the MacBook Air lasted for 14 hours and 41 minutes on our battery test, making it one of the longest-lasting laptops around. Pros: The new MacBook Air delivers almost everything you could want in an Apple laptop thanks to its M1 chip, which enables record-setting performance and battery life.

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